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Added on the 31/05/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Jerusalem, May 31 (EFE), (Camera: Abir Sultan).- Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, which houses the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, reopened to worshippers Sunday for the first time in 70 days following its closure to contain the spread of coronavirus.FOOTAGE OF AL-AQSA MOSQUE IN JERUSALEM.
The muezzin's call to prayer echos in Jerusalem, calling the Muslim worshippers to break the fast on the first day of Ramadan in Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Palestinians enter the Al-Aqsa compound to pray after the first day of fasting. Tens of thousands of worshippers are drawn every Ramadan to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem—Islam's third holiest site and the most sacred for Jews. IMAGES
Muslims wait at an Israeli checkpoint near the Lions Gate to go to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the Friday noon prayer in Jerusalem. IMAGES
Israeli security forces stand guard as a group of Jewish people tours Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound as the Jewish Passover coincides with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. IMAGES
Palestinians inspect the damage at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem after overnight clashes erupted early in the morning inside the mosque as Israeli police said they had entered to dislodge "agitators", a move denounced as an "unprecedented crime" by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. IMAGES