40,000 worshipers perform Friday prayer at Aqsa Mosque

The Islamic Endowments Department said that more than 40,000 Palestinian citizens performed Friday prayer in the holy site amid strict Israeli security measures.

The worshipers also performed the Absentee prayer upon the martyrs killed during the latest Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli police forces set up dozens of roadblocks, conducted extensive searches and checks on Palestinians and their ID cards, and prevented many of them from reaching the holy Islamic site.

Since the early hours of dawn, thousands of Palestinians gathered at the gates of the al-Aqsa Mosque on their way to attend the dawn prayer, confirming the Palestinians’ spiritual links to the holy site.