Thousands of worshipers performed Friday prayers in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, amid strict military measures imposed by the Israeli occupation forces on the gates and entrances of the Old City in 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 deployment of occupation forces in the streets of the city and the vicinity of the mosque, where they were stationed at its gates, stopped the worshipers and checked their personal cards.