Amman, Aug. 7 (Petra)-- Tens of thousands of worshippers performed Friday prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif in Jerusalem despite heightened restrictions and measures imposed by Israeli occupation forces on worshippers.

The Islamic Awqaf Department in Jerusalem said tens of thousands of worshippers attended Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to Palestinian media reports.

Israeli forces imposed restrictions on worshippers’ access to the mosque and erected metal barriers around the gates of the Old City and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The forces also prevented dozens of young men from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform Friday prayer after stopping them, checking their identification documents and subjecting them to security checks.

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