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Despite the strict measures of the occupation… 120,000 perform Eid al-Fitr prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque

April 21, 2023

Today, 120,000 people performed the Eid al-Fitr prayer at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, despite the strict measures taken by the Israeli occupation authorities.

The Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said: 120,000 people performed the Eid prayer inside the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and in its courtyards.. while the Palestinian News Agency, Wafa, reported that the occupation forces assaulted Palestinian youths by beating them with sticks near the Lions’ Gate in occupied Jerusalem, while they were on their way to perform the Eid prayer. Al-Fitr in Al-Aqsa Mosque.

During the month of Ramadan, the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque witnessed successive nightly incursions by the Israeli occupation forces, and attacks on worshipers and seclusion in the mosque, which sparked wide Arab and Islamic reactions, condemning the occupation’s measures and its continuous attempts to change the status quo in Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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