Tens of thousands of worshipers perform Friday prayer at Aqsa Mosque

According to the Islamic Waqf Department in Al-Quds, the worshipers performed Friday prayer and the funeral prayer in absentia for the souls of martyrs in Gaza and the West Bank.

Zionist regime's forces erected iron barricades around the Old City and stopped many young men at Bab al-Asbat, Bab al-Sahira, and Bab al-Amud checking IDs and searching personal belongings.

In a further escalation, the road leading to the al-Maghariba Gate was sealed off with iron barriers and red tape, with access denied to all vehicles except residents of the Silwan neighborhood.

Checkpoints were also set up inside the Old City, including on Al-Wad Street, coinciding with the influx of Muslim worshipers heading to the Aqsa Mosque and Christian pilgrims making their way to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.