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APAIMages - APAIMages CLIENTS ONLY, Ramallah - 22 April 2022. Palestinian Muslim worshippers are pictured at an Israeli controlled Qalandia checkpoint as they make their way to attend the third Friday prayers of Ramadan in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers performed today the third Friday prayer of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem, despite Israel's restrictions on the entry of worshipers to the holy site.
About 150,000 faithful, most of them Palestinians from Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Arab towns inside Israel, prayed at al-Aqsa Mosque today, the third holiest site in Islam, said the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf authority overseeing the compound.
WAFA correspondent said Israeli police and security forces shut down multiple roads and alleys leading to the old city of Jerusalem, forcing worshipers to use significantly longer routes to reach the holy site.
Israeli occupation forces also deployed large numbers of troops at the gates leading to the holy site, inspecting worshipers' identify cards and conducting bodily search to some of them.
Israeli police further tightened their security measures around the holy site, but prayers passed peacefully. Thousands of Palestinians prayed at Israeli checkpoints leading to Jerusalem from the West Bank after being blocked from entering the holy city.
Earlier today, scores of worshipers inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque were injured in an Israeli raid on the holy site. The attack was the latest in a series of almost daily attacks since April 15 in which
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAIMages CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAIMages - APAIMages CLIENTS ONLY, Ramallah - 22 April 2022. Palestinian Muslim worshippers are pictured at an Israeli controlled Qalandia checkpoint as they make their way to attend the third Friday prayers of Ramadan in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Ahmed Zaghloul, a citizen of Nablus, was denied entry to Jerusalem. STORYLINE Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers performed today the third Friday prayer of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem, despite Israel's restrictions on the entry of worshipers to the holy site. About 150,000 faithful, most of them Palestinians from Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Arab towns inside Israel, prayed at al-Aqsa Mosque today, the third holiest site in Islam, said the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf authority overseeing the compound. WAFA correspondent said Israeli police and security forces shut down multiple roads and alleys leading to the old city of Jerusalem, forcing worshipers to use significantly longer routes to reach the holy site. Israeli occupation forces also deployed large numbers of troops at the gates leading to the holy site, inspecting worshipers' identify cards and conducting bodily search to some of them. Israeli police further tightened their security measures around the holy site, but prayers passed peacefully. Thousands of Palestinians prayed at Israeli checkpoints leading to Jerusalem from the West Bank after being blocked from entering the holy city. Earlier today, scores of worshipers inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque were injured in an Israeli raid on the holy site. The attack was the latest in a series of almost daily attacks since April 15 in which
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