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Greater than 60,000 Palestinians provided Eid al-Fitr prayers on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, however the temper was quiet and never celebratory as folks celebrated Israel's greater than six-month-long siege of the Gaza Strip. Expressed condolences for the victims of the warfare.
Massive contingents of Israeli law enforcement officials had been deployed on the metropolis's entrances, surrounding areas and streets. Since police had stopped some folks from coming into the premises, they provided prayers on the outer gate of the mosque.
Whereas few folks from the occupied West Financial institution had been allowed to enter, the Division of Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem mentioned in an announcement that greater than 60,000 trustworthy gathered for prayers to mark the top of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Israel has restricted Palestinians' entry to the Al-Aqsa Mosque amid rising tensions within the occupied West Financial institution because of the ongoing Israeli army offensive on Gaza.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque is Islam's third holiest web site, which has stood on a hill in Jerusalem's Previous Metropolis for greater than 1,300 years. Jews discuss with the Al-Aqsa Mosque complicated because the Temple Mount and consider it’s the place the First and Second historic Jewish temples stood.
Israel captured East Jerusalem, the place Al-Aqsa is positioned, throughout the 1967 Arab–Israeli Struggle. It captured the complete metropolis in 1980 in a transfer that was not acknowledged by the worldwide group.