On Friday, official and factional Palestinian bodies praised the ability of a quarter of a million citizens to reach Al-Aqsa Mosque and perform Friday prayers there.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said, in a statement, that the movement of citizens to pray in the blessed Al -Aqsa Mosque is evidence of their adherence to the capital of their state, and the failure of the Israeli occupation policy aimed at separating Jerusalem from its surroundings and its Palestinian identity.

The Ministry condemned the military measures imposed by the Israeli occupation to limit the entry of citizens to pray in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, considering that it is a collective punishment aimed at severing the citizens' relationship with their holy city, contrary to its claims.

For his part, the head of the National Council, Ruhi Fattouh , said that the human encroachment towards Al-Aqsa is a clear response to the measures taken by the apartheid government to isolate the city from its Palestinian surroundings. .

Fattouh added, in a press statement to him, that the human advance is a message to all those haunted by illusion and daydreaming that Jerusalem is not divisible by two, and it is the essence and heart of the conflict. There is no Palestine without Jerusalem, and no Jerusalem without Palestine.

He explained that despite the barriers, oppression, and harassment of worshipers, Al-Aqsa Mosque and its courtyards were adorned with human waves of worshipers that exceeded a quarter of a million worshipers, at a time when thousands of worshipers were prevented from arriving because of the racist occupation police.

He pointed out that Jerusalem is the key to peace and stability, and these masses have disappointed the occupation, dispelling their illusion of changing the identity of the Islamic civilized city, the eternal capital of Palestine. like he said.

While the "Hamas" movement saluted the masses who reached Al-Aqsa, despite the restrictions of the occupation, which impeded the access of many citizens to the mosque, which reflects the commitment of our sacred people to defend it and protect it from the violations of the fascist occupation. as she said.

And she stressed the importance of continuing the ritual prayer and i'tikaaf in Al-Aqsa Mosque, in order to revive Islamic rituals and protect the shrine of our noble Prophet from the threats and violations of the occupation army and its terrorist settlers. according to the text of its statement.