The occupation forces close Al-Aqsa Mosque to worshippers for the third consecutive day.

For the third consecutive day, the Israeli occupation authorities continue to close the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem to worshippers, citing the tense security situation.

Since dawn on Friday, Israeli occupation forces have completely closed the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, preventing worshippers from entering them, coinciding with the start of the Israeli aggression against Iran.

The occupation also imposed a comprehensive closure on transportation in Jerusalem and erected extensive military checkpoints around the Old City, closing roads and preventing Palestinians from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque, leading to the closure of all its gates to worshippers.

This closure is the first of its kind since the COVID-19 pandemic, and Jerusalemite sources view it as a dangerous transgression and a move aimed at altering the religious landscape of the city amid the most dangerous phase of Judaization it is currently undergoing.

Meanwhile, and within the state of emergency declared by the Home Front Command following the aggression against Iran, the occupation forces continued to impose severe restrictions and restrictions on the residents of Jerusalem and its suburbs.

On Friday, the occupation forces completely closed off the Old City, concentrating their forces heavily there, allowing entry only to the town's residents.

Israeli occupation police also stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after Friday dawn prayers, evacuated worshippers from the prayer halls, and completely closed the mosque's gates, preventing thousands of worshippers from reaching it.

Meanwhile, the mosque's preacher, Sheikh Muhammad Sarandah, delivered the Friday sermon inside the mosque, while employees of the Endowments and Prayer Department, the mosque's guards, led the prayers amid a tense atmosphere following the closure and restrictions.