Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said restrictions imposed by Israel on Muslim worshippers’ access to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound during the Muslim fasting month was pushing the situation towards an “explosion”, Reuters reports.

In remarks on state media, Safadi said his country rejected Israel’s announced move to limit access to the holy site during Ramadan, citing security needs with conflict raging in Gaza.

Jordan echoes the Palestinian view that such restrictions were an attack on freedom of worship, he said.