Posted by: John Phoenix
Tens of thousands of worshipers performed Friday prayers at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, despite the restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation forces on the worshipers.
The Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem reported that 40,000 worshipers performed Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the funeral prayer in absentia for the souls of the martyrs of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
صور .. صلاة الجمعة من رحاب المسجد الأقصى المبارك
The Israeli occupation authorities tightened their measures around the Old City of occupied Jerusalem and at the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque, obstructing the arrival of worshipers to perform the noon prayer in Al-Aqsa and preventing others from entering it.
Local sources reported that the occupation soldiers and police officers obstructed the entry of worshipers through Bab al-Asbat and prevented a number of young men from entering the mosque to perform Friday prayers, amid a state of alert and heavy deployment of occupation forces.
The occupation forces stopped a number of young men and obstructed their access to Al-Aqsa Mosque on Al-Wad Road in the Old City of Jerusalem and through Bab Al-Qattanin, one of the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
A number of those deported from Al-Aqsa Mosque performed Friday prayers on the Mujahideen Road.