120,000 Palestinians perform Eid al-Fitr prayers at Al-Aqsa

120,000 Palestinians perform Eid al-Fitr prayers at Al-Aqsa

Around 120,000 worshippers gathered at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday morning to perform Eid al-Fitr prayers, according to the Islamic Waqf Department in Jerusalem, amid tight Israeli restrictions and growing calls across the occupied West Bank for solidarity with Gaza. Despite the heavy presence of Israeli forces and restrictions at checkpoints, large crowds flocked to the mosque's compound. Some Palestinians were barred from entering and had to perf…

120,000 worshippers perform Eid al-Fitr prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque - Seven Eye News 120,000 worshippers performed Eid al-Fitr prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque today. Residents of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories had flocked to Al-Aqsa since the early hours of Sunday morning to perform the Eid prayer. The Israeli occupation authorities are imposing strict restrictions on thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank governorates and preventing them…