70,000 Pray at Al Aqsa on Friday Noon Salat

CROSSFIREARABIA – Tens of thousands of Palestinians performed the noon prayers on Friday at the Al Aqsa despite the restrictions imposed by the Israeli army on civilians entering the gates of the Holy Mosque. Local Jerusalem sources said 70,000 were able to enter Al Aqsa compound and performed the Friday prayers. They said many came from the old city and Jerusalem as well. The Israeli occupation police spread in the old city and gates of the holy mosque checking the IDs of those wanting to enter the mosque and turned away 10s of youths and allowed the elderly to get through the mosques.

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Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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