{"id":327849,"date":"2026-03-20T15:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/palestinians-forced-to-pray-in-street-after-israeli-authorities-close-al-aqsa-mosque-at-eid\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T15:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:00:49","slug":"palestinians-forced-to-pray-in-street-after-israeli-authorities-close-al-aqsa-mosque-at-eid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/palestinians-forced-to-pray-in-street-after-israeli-authorities-close-al-aqsa-mosque-at-eid\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinians forced to pray in street after Israeli authorities close al-Aqsa mosque at Eid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/y3KFB9CWmO8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Palestinians forced to pray in street after Israeli authorities close al-Aqsa mosque at Eid\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y3KFB9CWmO8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>One resident described it as \u2018the saddest day for Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem\u2019, as, for the first time since 1967, the al-Aqsa mosque \u2013 Jerusalem\u2019s most sensitive holy site \u2013 was closed at the end of Ramadan by Israeli authorities.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>Instead on Friday morning hundreds of worshippers were seen praying outside the Old City, holding Eid prayers as close as they could to the sealed site, as Israeli police barricaded the entrances.<\/p>\n<p>Israel said the closure was part of security measures linked to the country\u2019s escalating war with Iran, but Palestinians said the move was part of a wider Israeli strategy to leverage security tensions to tighten restrictions and entrench control over Jerusalem\u2019s most sensitive holy site.<\/p>\n<p>Known as al-Haram al-Sharif to Muslims, it also encompasses the seventh-century Dome of the Rock Islamic shrine. To Jews it is the Temple Mount, the site of the 10th-century BC first temple and second temple, which was destroyed by the Romans in AD70.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018What I fear is that this sets a dangerous precedent. It may be the first time, but probably not the last. Israeli interference in the holy city has been escalating since 7 October [2023],\u2019 Hazen Bulbul, a 48-year-old Jerusalem resident who has marked the end of Ramadan at al-Aqsa mosque since childhood, told the Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>#alaqsa #eid #palestine #israel #jerusalem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One resident described it as \u2018the saddest day for Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem\u2019, as, for the first time since 1967, the al-Aqsa mosque \u2013 Jerusalem\u2019s most sensitive holy site \u2013 was closed at the end of Ramadan by Israeli authorities. 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