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Ongoing clashes outside Old City in East Jerusalem

Summary of the situation outside the old city:

  • Clashes in Salah ad-Din Street after Friday prayers finished. Thousands of worshippers, barred from the Old City by Israeli forces, prayed in the street in protest of new Israeli security measures at Al-Aqsa.
  • At Lions' Gate, one of the two entrances to Al-Aqsa where metal detectors have been deployed, people prayed peacefully in the streets. People there said that no one had entered through the metal detectors.

Israeli soldiers on Salah ad-Din Street near the Old City of East Jerusalem (MEE/Jacob Burns)