Israeli enemy authorities have announced the continuation of restrictions imposed on the entry of worshippers to Al-Aqsa Mosque, including preventing the holding of the third Friday prayer of the holy month of Ramadan.
Hebrew sources reported that the so-called Israeli “National Security Minister,” Itamar Ben-Gvir, decided to ban Friday prayers at the mosque.
Al-Quds Governorate confirmed that enemy police had informed authorities that al-Aqsa Mosque would be closed to worshippers and that Friday prayers would not be held there.
Israeli enemy forces also prevented worshippers from remaining in the courtyards of the mosque under the pretext of a declared state of emergency, while maintaining a heavy deployment of forces around the mosque and at the gates of the Old City.
Adnan Al-Husseini, a member of the al-Quds Waqf Council, said on Friday that the closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque to worshippers and the prevention of Friday prayers are part of Zionist policies aimed at imposing political measures and changing the status quo at the mosque.
Quds-based bodies and Islamic and national forces have issued broad calls to the Palestinian people to strengthen their presence in the city of al-Quds, travel to al-Aqsa Mosque, mobilize to protect it, and break the siege imposed on the holy site.
These calls emphasized the importance of maintaining vigil and presence at al-Aqsa Mosque and confronting enemy measures at its gates and within the alleys of the Old City, while also urging the Arab and Islamic nations to take urgent action and assume their responsibilities toward Islam’s first qibla and the third holiest sanctuary.
During the first and second Fridays of Ramadan, enemy forces had already imposed restrictions on the entry of worshippers to al-Aqsa Mosque and expelled hundreds of Palestinians from al-Quds from the site. They also placed conditions on the entry of Palestinians from the West Bank, limiting the number of those allowed to 10,000 worshippers, provided they were men over the age of 55 and women over the age of 50.
