Thousands of worshipers performed Friday prayers in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, amid strict military measures imposed by the Israeli occupation forces at the gates and entrances of the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.

The Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem estimated that about 40,000 worshipers performed Friday prayers in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, amid the spread of the occupation forces in the streets of the city and the vicinity of the mosque, where they were stationed at its gates, and stopped the worshipers and checked their identity cards.