Palestine-Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem to close for three weeks over COVID-19

Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam’s third holiest site, will be closed from Friday following a spike in coronavirus cases, the authority that administers the city’s Muslim holy places announced.

With cases of the virus on the rise in Israel and the Palestinian territories, the Waqf authority held an emergency meeting with health officials. Waqf members decided to “suspend the entry of worshippers starting from Friday afternoon (September 18) for a period of three weeks.”

“We hope that citizens will understand this procedure, in order to preserve their health and wellbeing,” Waqf member Hatem Abdel Qader told AFP.

Source:(AFP)

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