Around 100 Israelis entered Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for prayers, a day after Netanyahu's Western Wall visit.
About 100 Israelis entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City and performed Jewish prayers at the site. The visit came a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and thousands of others visited the adjacent Western Wall plaza.
- ▪Approximately 100 Israeli visitors entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third-holiest site
- ▪The group performed Jewish religious rituals and prayers during their visit to the compound
- ▪Visit occurred one day after Netanyahu and thousands of Israelis visited the nearby Western Wall plaza
- ▪Netanyahu’s visit to Western Wall included Israeli government ministers
- ▪Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is located in Jerusalem’s Old City, a site of ongoing Israeli-Palestinian tensions
- ▪Jewish visits to the compound, known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, remain a flashpoint in the region
- ▪The incident reflects continued disputes over access to and control of Jerusalem’s sacred sites
Source: according to local reports
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