(7 Mar 2025)
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Jerusalem – 7 March 2025
1. Muslims worshipers praying in the yard outside the Dome of the Rock during the first Friday of Ramadan at the compound of al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
2. Mid of worshippers, Israeli policemen watching on top of structure
3. Close of Israeli policemen watching, one seen using a camera
4. Prayers
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ezat Abu Laqia, from Aqraba village near Nablus in the West Bank:
"The most important thing that a person has gained is that they came to pray at al-Aqsa (Mosque) because part of it is a bond and the other part is a reward. The reward of prayer here is like five hundred prayers despite the difficulty of the road to get here, and it has a great reward from God."
6. Various of women worshippers next to the Dome of the Rock
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nafez Abu Saker, from Aqraba village near Nablus in the West Bank:
"I left the house at 7 in the morning and arrived at al-Aqsa (Mosque) after about three hours. There are difficulties, but we are happy despite these difficulties. We want to come to al-Aqsa in any case."
8. People walking
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nafez Abu Saker, from Aqraba village near Nablus in the West Bank:
"If the people from the West Bank are permitted to come, they will come from all the cities, villages and camps to pray at al-Aqsa during Ramadan and after it. If they are allowed, they will come, and they will never abandon coming to al-Aqsa ever."
10. Various of the Dome of the Rock Mosque
11. Various of worshipers leaving the compound
STORYLINE:
Thousands of worshipers attended Friday prayers at al-Aqsa compound in the Old City in Jerusalem.
Many had arrived from the West Bank after Israel allowed men over 55 and women over 50 to move from the West Bank to Jerusalem to perform the prayers during Ramadan.
"If the people from the West Bank are permitted to come, they will come from all the cities, villages and camps to pray at al-Aqsa during Ramadan," said Nafez Abu Saker, from Aqraba village near Nablus in the West Bank.
The Old City is located in east Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war and annexed to its capital in a move not recognized internationally.
Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza October 2023, the Israeli government blocked Palestinians in the West Bank from crossing to Jerusalem or visiting Israel.
A ceasefire has paused the fighting and led to the release of several Israeli hostages abducted in the attack as well as hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
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