Muslim devotees attend Friday noon prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 29, 2024.—AFP
Muslim devotees attend Friday noon prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 29, 2024.—AFP

Muslim devotees attend Friday noon prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 29, 2024.—AFP
Muslim devotees attend Friday noon prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 29, 2024.—AFP

Palestinians await permission to cross at an Israeli checkpoint in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank on March 29, 2024, as worshippers head to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound for Friday Noon prayer during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.—AFP
Palestinians await permission to cross at an Israeli checkpoint in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank on March 29, 2024, as worshippers head to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound for Friday Noon prayer during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.—AFP

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