The occupation impedes the arrival of thousands of worshipers to the Al -Aqsa Mosque on the third Friday of Ramadan – the seventh day

The Israeli occupation forces continued, for the third Friday of the blessed month of Ramadan, to impose strict restrictions on the entry of worshipers coming from the West Bank to occupied Jerusalem, to perform the prayer in the blessed Al -Aqsa Mosque.

The occupation army strengthened its presence on the Qalandiya military barriers north of occupied Jerusalem, and the “300” separation between the cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem, and was expected in the identities of the citizens, and prevented those under the age of 55 years of men and 50 years of women and obtained “special permits”, from entering Jerusalem, and despite that thousands of citizens flocked since this morning, through the barriers in an attempt to reach the Al -Aqsa Mosque.

Witnesses reported that the occupation forces restored dozens of elderly people to the Qalandiya and Bethlehem barriers who were on their way to Al -Aqsa Mosque, on the pretext that they did not obtain the required permits that enable them to enter.

They added that the occupation forces closed the gates of the Qalandia military checkpoint for about half an hour, before they reopened them, detained a journalist and achieved with him the field after obstructing the work of the press crews at the place.

It also imposed strict restrictions on the gates of the blessed Al -Aqsa Mosque, and they were accumulated in the identities of the young men on the entrances to the old town and the doors of the mosque, and prevented a number of them from entering the prayer.

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