The occupation continues to close Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, wounding four citizens with bullets.

For the fifth consecutive day, the Israeli occupation continues to impose a complete closure on the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and to close the Old City to visitors except for its residents.

The Jerusalem Governorate stated that sporadic occupation attacks resulted in the injury of four Jerusalemites with live bullets in the towns of At-Tur, Bir Nabala, and Al-Ram.

At the same time, the occupation forces have allowed settlers to perform religious rituals near Al-Aqsa Mosque and intensified their daily raids on Jerusalem's towns and suburbs, amidst a military presence at dozens of checkpoints, gates, and the apartheid wall.

Under the pretext of a "state of emergency" that has been in place since last Friday, the occupation forces are preventing worshippers—even residents of the Old City—from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque, its covered prayer halls, and all its courtyards, as well as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Most shops in the Old City are closed, with only essential goods stores operating.

Last night, Israeli rabbis and soldiers blew the shofar beneath Al-Aqsa Mosque, at the northeastern corner of the Western Wall plaza, in what they described as support for the occupation soldiers. In another scene filmed yesterday, settlers performed prayers inside the Wilson's Arch Synagogue near Umm al-Banat Bridge, west of Al-Aqsa. Meanwhile, settlers are promoting the sale of stones from the wall's floor for 189 shekels each, on the 58th anniversary of its occupation.

In the Hardoub neighborhood of the town of At-Tur, an Israeli sniper fired four live bullets at 12-year-old Iyas and 22-year-old Uday as they stood at the door of their home. The first was injured in the hand, the second was hit in the back, and a third was injured. Later, the occupation forces fired flares during their raid into the town after midnight.

The raids extended to the Ein al-Lawza neighborhood in Silwan, where a young man was arrested after raiding several homes and detaining young men in the neighborhood, coinciding with the setting up of a military checkpoint at Wadi al-Rababa. Israeli forces also raided the town of Shuafat, searched a home in the town of Issawiya, and closed the entrance to the town of al-Ram after storming the Coptic suburb. They also raided the towns of Hizma and al-Eizariya. Two young men were also injured by live bullets in Bir Nabala and al-Ram and were taken to the hospital for treatment.

Amid escalating security tensions and frequent sirens in Jerusalem, most Jerusalemites lack safe rooms or "fortified shelters" in their homes, which are the only means of protection from shelling. Experts agree that the occupation authorities' announcement of the opening of schools and public institutions for use as shelters—despite the fact that some, according to residents and engineers, are threatened with collapse or are not even suitable for receiving civilians—is little more than propaganda. These sites are insufficient to accommodate the large number of residents and do not meet minimum safety standards.

In a scene parallel to the internal siege, the occupation authorities surround the city of Jerusalem with 84 checkpoints, distributed among permanent military checkpoints, earth mounds, and gates along the separation wall. These checkpoints impede the movement of citizens and separate Jerusalem from its Palestinian surroundings in the West Bank. These checkpoints are used daily to harass citizens through inspection, detention, and denial of passage.