More than 60,000 Palestinian worshipers flocked to the courtyards and prayer halls of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform Friday prayer, defying the strict military measures imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities in the vicinity of the Old City and inside occupied Jerusalem.
The Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem stated that worshipers began flowing towards Al-Haram Al-Sharif from the early morning hours, where the courtyards were filled with worshipers who came from various neighborhoods of Jerusalem and the occupied territories of 1948, despite attempts to restrict and scrutinize identities at the mosque's gates.
These large numbers come amidst the continued imposition of a strict siege on Al-Aqsa Mosque by the occupation authorities, preventing residents of the West Bank and Gaza Strip governorates from reaching the holy city for prayer for nearly three years, which deprives hundreds of thousands of their right to practice their religious rituals.
More than 60,000 worshipers performed Friday prayer in Al-Aqsa, as tens of thousands of our people flocked to it since the early morning hours.
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Despite Israeli restrictions.. 60,000 perform Friday prayer in Al-Aqsa Mosque