On the fourth and last Friday of the month of Ramadan, the occupation authorities isolated Al-Aqsa and the Old City from their surroundings, amid an influx of worshipers to Al-Aqsa Mosque. The occupation authorities deployed more than 3,500 members of their forces in the streets of Jerusalem and on the roads leading to Al-Aqsa and inside the Old City, and at the gates of the mosque in particular. The forces closed many roads in the nearby neighborhoods leading to Al-Aqsa (Sheikh Jarrah, Al-Sawwanah, and Wadi Al-Jouz), and closed the streets surrounding Old Jerusalem to the movement of vehicles and buses (Bab Al-Sahira, Sultan Suleiman, Nablus Street, Salah Al-Din Street, Bab Al-Amoud, and Al-Musrara, and designated Special roads for buses carrying worshipers, and special roads for pedestrians through barriers and iron barricades. The occupation forces arrested the young men, ghosted them, and checked their identities before allowing them to enter the Old City and Al-Aqsa. Arrests have also continued from the vicinity of Al-Aqsa since the dawn hours Source: Maan News Agency
Related Articles
Eight Palestinians Die of Starvation and Malnutrition in Gaza as Humanitarian Crisis Deepens
Gaza: Eight more Palestinians have died in the last 24 hours due to starvation and malnutrition in the famine-stricken Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of famine-related deaths in the region to 281, including 114 children, according to medical so…
Seventh Palestinian succumbs to wounds following Israeli airstrike in Jenin
JENIN: A seventh Palestinian young man succumbed to his wounds today a few hours after he had been critically injured in an Israeli airstrike which initially killed six Palestinians, including four siblings, in the northern West Bank province of Jenin…
UNRWA: 450,000 were forcibly displaced from Rafah
Bethlehem – Ma’an – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRA) estimated that 450,000 people have been ‘forcibly displaced’ from Rafah since May 6, when Israeli occupation forces entered the east of the city.
The agency …
