AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): A total of 120,000 Palestinians performed the last Friday prayer of Ramadan in Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday despite the strict measures taken by the Israeli occupation authorities, according to the Islamic Endowments Department.
The Department said that 120,000 people performed the Friday prayer inside the mosque compound and in its courtyards.
Earlier on Friday, Israeli occupation forces imposed tightened restrictions on access to the holy site, denying worshippers from the West Bank access to Jerusalem, scrutinizing the identities of young men at the entrances to the Old City and Al-Aqsa Mosque, and preventing many of them from entering.
The occupation forces turned back dozens of elderly worshipers at Qalandia and Bethlehem checkpoints, citing their lack of Israeli permits required to access Jerusalem.
The occupation police beefed up their presence in the Old City and the surrounding area, deploying some 3,600 heavily armed police officers in Jerusalem’s Old City and the surrounding area, and sealed off many roads around the Old City.
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