In Pictures: Large number of Palestinians attend Al-Fajr prayer at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque
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Occupied Jerusalem (QNN)- A large number of Palestinian worshipers attended at dawn on Friday the Al-Fajr prayers at Al-Aqsa mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem, pledging to protect the holy site from Israeli occupation violations.
Local sources reported that Palestinian worshipers performed the Al-Fajr prayer at the mosque to support the “Great Fajr” campaign to pray at the holy sites.
In Pictures: Palestinian worshipers performed the Fajr prayer at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque 🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/d9VJ18uIZ3
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 28, 2023
The worshipers then gathered in the prayer halls of the mosque, confirming their spiritual links to the holy site and rejecting the Israeli systematic Judaization policy.
They also have their breakfast in the courtyards of the mosque.
Having breakfast in the courtyards of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque is a favorite pastime for Palestinians 🇵🇸❤️ pic.twitter.com/STGQrb1REn
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 28, 2023
Every Friday, thousands of Palestinians stream to the Al-Aqsa mosque, the world’s third-holiest site for Muslims. They recite the Holy Quran before performing the Al-Fajr prayer at dawn and the Friday prayers in the afternoon.
The “Great Fajr” campaign was launched for the first time in 2020 and started from the fourth holiest place in the Islamic world, Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque, to stand against Israeli occupation’s violations against the mosque and its attempt to Judaize it, including the repeated raids by colonial Israeli settlers.
There have also been calls by Palestinian officials for Muslim and Palestinian worshipers to perform prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque at all times amid aggressive Israeli attacks committed against the mosque.
On Thursday, 2180 colonial Israeli settlers, including Israeli politicians, broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque while being backed by well-armed Israeli forces to mark the so-called Jewish holiday of Tisha B’Av.
Watch: Colonial Israeli settlers sing and dance in the courtyards of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque while being backed by well-armed Israeli occupation forces, this morning, marking the so-called Jewish holiday of Tisha B'Av. pic.twitter.com/TQm9uJfhmX
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 27, 2023
The forces forcibly expelled Palestinian worshipers from the holy site to secure the settlers’ incursion and prevented the worshipers from entering it.
Watch: Israeli occupation forces obstruct the movement of Palestinian worshipers heading to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform the noon prayers, today, while allowing hundreds of Israeli settlers to break into the holy site to mark the so-called Jewish holiday of Tisha B'Av. pic.twitter.com/gudvmud8E9
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 27, 2023
Video: Israeli settlers, backed by Israeli forces, attack and provoke Palestinian worshipers while performing the noon prayers in the vicinity of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque after the forces prevent them from entering the holy site, today. pic.twitter.com/dGF8bcNcmM
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 27, 2023
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir also broke into the holy site on Thursday morning, sparking condemnation from Palestinians and Arab states.
Four Israeli politicians broke into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning while being backed by well-armed Israeli forces along with dozens of Israeli settlers to mark the so-called Jewish holiday of Tisha B'Av. 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/jfBf5Q1iei
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 27, 2023
“[This is] the most important place for the people of Israel,” Ben Gvir said during the incursion. “We need to return and show our governance.”