Pictures: Tens of thousands perform the Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque…closing streets with cement blocks in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber
Tens of thousands of Palestinians performed the second Friday Prayer of the holy month of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque despite the Israeli restrictions at the checkpoints established on the entrances of the city of Jerusalem.
The Islamic Awqaf department explained that more than 200 thousand Palestinians performed the second Friday Prayer of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The occupation police established checkpoints on the entrances of the city of Jerusalem and streets and roads leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque and deployed infantry units in the Old City of Jerusalem; they also closed several streets and prevented vehicles from passing through.
The forces prevented men under the age of 45 from entering Jerusalem through the checkpoints established on its entrances under the pretext of not having a permit to enter Jerusalem.
Jabal Al-Mukabber
In the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber, the occupation authorities surprisingly closed several streets with cement blocks. The street between the villages of Jabal Al-Mukabber and Sur Baher was closed and a checkpoint was established near the southern street of the village.
Esawyeh
At the entrance of the village of Esawyeh, occupation forces stopped the busses on Friday morning and checked the IDs of all passengers and prevented young men holding West Bank IDs from leaving the village and detained them in the police vehicles.
Arresting a woman
The occupation forces arrested on Friday morning a woman from the area of Herod’s Gate and transferred her to Salah Eddin Street police station in Jerusalem.
