In Pictures: 50,000 Palestinians attend Friday prayers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque

Occupied Jerusalem (QNN)- Tens of thousands of Palestinian worshipers performed Friday prayers today at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem despite Israel’s strict restrictions.
Jerusalem’s Islamic Waqf confirmed that about 50,000 worshipers performed the Friday prayers at the mosque today.
The Waqf said Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, 1948-occupied Palestine, and occupied Jerusalem succeeded in reaching the holy site and attending the Friday sermon and prayers despite Israel’s strict restrictions.
In Pictures: Thousands of Palestinians perform Friday prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, today 🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/Vm12AvB2tZ
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Israeli forces deployed at the gates of the mosque and in its vicinity ahead of the prayers. They also stopped and searched the worshipers heading to the mosque.
Every Friday, thousands of Palestinians stream to the Al-Aqsa mosque, the world’s third-holiest site for Muslims to attend the prayers and recite the Holy Quran.