In Pictures: Large number of Palestinians attend Al-Fajr prayer at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque

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.

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.

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.

The forces forcibly expelled Palestinian worshipers from the holy site to secure the settlers’ incursion and prevented the worshipers from entering it.

Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir also broke into the holy site on Thursday morning, sparking condemnation from Palestinians and Arab states.

“[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.”

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