Israeli Security Restrictions on Al-Aqsa Mosque

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have imposed tight restrictions on Palestinian worshipers' access to the Aqsa mosque and prevented many of them from performing Friday prayers inside it.

The IOF also intensified their presence in the Old city of Jerusalem.
Local sources said that the Israeli police prevented Palestinian men under age 50 from entering the Aqsa mosque, while women were allowed in.
Israeli forces have also erected iron barricades, closing all streets leading to the Old City's gates.
Palestinian worshipers were obliged to perform dawn prayers in streets.
Several buses from 1948-occupied territories carrying hundreds of Palestinian worshipers were also prevented from entering east Jerusalem to attend the Friday prayers at the Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli police claimed that these security measures came to prevent expected riots.
Israeli forces have carried out recently attacks and break-ins at the Aqsa mosque aiming to impose Israeli control over it especially on the Passover Holiday.
Source: Palestine Info