Israeli police positioned stringent restrictions on worshippers coming into Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem for Friday prayers.
An official from the Islamic Waqf (Endowments) Department in Jerusalem knowledgeable Anadolu Agency (AA) that solely 15,000 people might attend Friday prayers on the mosque, a major lower from the same old 50,000.
The official, selecting to stay nameless, mentioned: “The prayer halls and courtyards of the mosque were nearly devoid of worshippers due to Israeli restrictions.”
The Israeli police have enforced limitations on worshippers’ entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque because the graduation of the Gaza battle on Oct. 7, with elevated restrictions noticed on Fridays.
Witnesses mentioned that the Israeli police solely allowed aged folks to enter the mosque to carry out prayers.
They added that the police attacked worshippers on the Asbat Gate and the Sahira Gate after stopping them from reaching the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli police have been deployed all through East Jerusalem, establishing limitations on the entrances to the Old City and on the exterior gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli measures pressured tons of of worshippers to carry out prayers within the streets.
Witnesses instructed Anadolu that Israeli police attacked worshippers within the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood close to the Old City with wastewater.
Palestinians carried out prayers in one of many neighborhood’s streets after being prevented from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque for prayers.
This marks the thirteenth consecutive Friday when the Israeli police focused worshippers within the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood.
Source: www.dailysabah.com