On Friday morning, the occupation authorities obstructed the arrival of hundreds of Palestinian residents of the West Bank to the city of Jerusalem. To perform Friday prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The occupation forces deployed at the military checkpoints leading to Jerusalem intensified their provocative measures and obstructed the arrival of worshipers from the West Bank to Al-Aqsa.

Performing prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque is limited to residents of the city of Jerusalem and the occupied Palestinian interior, and to a limited number of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza who obtain special and conditional permits.

Al-Aqsa Mosque is subjected to a series of Israeli attacks and repeated raids by settlers and occupation police on a daily basis.