Worshippers continue al-Aqsa prayers in protest at Israeli security measures

Record ID: 904075

  • Title: Worshippers continue al-Aqsa prayers in protest at Israeli security measures
  • Date: 25th July 2017
  • Summary: JERUSALEM (JULY 25, 2017) (REUTERS) THE DOME OF THE ROCK AND AL-AQSA MOSQUE AS SEEN FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES VARIOUS OF MUSLIM WORSHIPPERS HOLDING PRAYERS OUTSIDE AL-AQSA MOSQUE VARIOUS OF WOMEN PRAYING OUTSIDE MOSQUE MORE OF PRAYERS OVERHEAD METAL BEAMS SAID TO BE PLACED TO HOLD CAMERAS, ISRAELI SECURITY MEMBERS AT SCENE MORE OF PRAYERS PEOPLE WALKING OUTSIDE LIONS' GATE PEOPLE OUTSIDE GATE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RESIDENT OF JERUSALEM, ABU JEHAD, SAYING: "Al-Aqsa mosque is our al-Aqsa (mosque). Whether we prayed inside the al-Aqsa mosque or outside al-Aqsa mosque, we will not enter through the humiliating gates (metal detectors), we will enter al-Aqsa mosque like it was before." SECURITY MEMBERS AT LIONS' GATE AL-AQSA MOSQUE AND THE DOME OF THE ROCK AS SEEN FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES YARDS OF AL-AQSA MOSQUE VARIOUS OF AL-AQSA MOSQUE
  • Embargoed: 8th August 2017 13:00
  • Keywords: Israeli security Muslim worshippers Palestinians al-Aqsa mosque Aqsa metal detector
  • Location: JERUSALEM
  • City: JERUSALEM
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016R7TE87
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Palestinians held prayers outside Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Tuesday (July 25), refusing to pass through newly-installed Israeli security measures.
    Israel removed metal detectors from entrances to the Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday in favour of CCTV cameras, hoping to calm days of bloodshed, but Palestinians said the modified security measures were still unacceptable.
    Israel installed the detectors at entry points to Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem after two police guards were fatally shot on July 14, setting off the bloodiest clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in years.
    The Waqf, the religious body that runs the Islamic sites in the Al-Aqsa compound, said worshippers would continue to stay away from the elevated, marble-and-stone plaza and pray in the streets outside.
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