Local sources said that the closure started immediately after the Friday congregation would continue in effect on Saturday.
Sheikh Tayseer Al-Tamimi, the chief Islamic justice in Palestine, denounced the decision in his Friday sermon at the Ibrahimi Mosque.
He described such measures against the Ibrahimi and Aqsa mosques as an all-out war waged by the IOA against "our people and holy shrines" with the support of the American administration.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) installed a number of roadblocks within Al-Khalil city and in nearby villages and launched a storming campaign of local houses especially in Halhul and Dora.
Local sources said on Saturday that the IOF soldiers detained a Palestinian citizen from Al-Khalil at a road barrier southeast of occupied Jerusalem.
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