Israeli security forces restricted young Palestinians from entering Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem for prayers on Friday and deployed in strength across the Old City and beyond to quell any unrest spilling over from the conflict in Gaza.
An Israeli border police officer fires a crowd control gas canister, as Muslim Palestinians try to hold Friday prayers by a road outside the Old City of Jerusalem, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Jerusalem, October 27, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awadin Jerusalem for prayers on Friday and deployed in strength across the Old City and beyond to quell any unrest spilling over from the conflict in Gaza.
It was the third week in row that Palestinians have been restricted from praying at the mosque following the Hamas assault on southern Israel on Oct. 7 and the ensuing Israeli bombardment and siege of Hamas-ruled Gaza. The mosque is sited on a hill known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as The Noble Sanctuary.
WAFA said another two Palestinians were killed, one in Jenin and one in the town of Qalqiya, saying their deaths took the number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank since the Hamas-Israel conflict broke out to 110.
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