40 thousand people perform Friday prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque

OCCUPIED QUDS, July 05 (YPA) – Thousands performed Friday prayers in the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque in light of the strict military measures imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities on access to the mosque.

The Islamic Endowments Department in Al-Quds estimated that about 40,000 citizens performed Friday prayers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) reported that a number of those deported from Al-Aqsa Mosque and prohibited from entering it performed Friday prayers near Lions Gate, noting that the occupation forces attacked a number of them.

Since the start of the comprehensive Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Al-Quds, in October 2023, the occupation forces have tightened their procedures at the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the entrances to the Old City, and sometimes citizens from occupied Quds or Palestinians from the 1948 territories are prevented from entering the mosque to perform prayers.

YPA