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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.
Jerusalem, May 31 (EFE), (Camera: Joan Mas).- 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 THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE IN JERUSALEM.SPOUNDBITES OF SHEIKH OMAR AL KISWANI, DIRECTOR OF THE AL AQSA MOSQUE:"The Waqf has carried out all the preparations inside the Al Aqsa Mosque, sterilizing the exterior courtyards and mosques. Today during the morning prayer, the doors of the mosque were reopened. More than 4,000 faithful entered. They were ordered to maintain social distance and other safety precautions. At 7:30, all doors were already open. With God's help, I hope people can return to normal, coexisting with the virus, and that Al-Aqsa does not have to be closed again."
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
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