AhlulBayt News Agency - Nearly 65,000 Palestinian worshipers managed to perform Friday prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque despite the Israeli tight restrictions throughout the occupied city of Jerusalem.
65,000 worshipers performed Friday prayers at the holy shrine including 200 worshipers from Gaza Strip who headed to the occupied city via Erez crossing.
Israeli police forces were deployed in large numbers since the early morning hours throughout the surrounding areas of the Mosque and the Old City.
During the Friday sermon, the preacher of al-Aqsa Sheikh Youssef Abu Snineh strongly condemned the Israeli “unfair” arrest of Sheikh Mohamed Salim over his last week sermon.
He also pointed out that Israeli authorities turn blind eye to Jewish break-ins and violations in the holy shrine, while restricting Palestinian worshipers’ entry.
Sheikh Abu Snineh concluded by calling for achieving a real national unity.
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