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Sixteen Detained During Prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem - Israeli Police

© AP Photo / Maya AlleruzzoThe Dome of the Rock mosque is seen above the Mughrabi Bridge, a wooden pedestrian bridge connecting the wall to the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, July 20, 2021.
The Dome of the Rock mosque is seen above the Mughrabi Bridge, a wooden pedestrian bridge connecting the wall to the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. - Sputnik International, 1920, 06.04.2024
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TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - As many as 16 people have been detained during night and morning prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on suspicion of incitement to terrorism, the Israeli police said on Saturday.
"The Jerusalem District Police and border police officers detained 16 people suspected of being involved in incitement and supporting terrorism in the Old City in the Temple Mount area of Jerusalem," the statement read.
The police identified that most of the detainees were young people from East Jerusalem, northern Israel, and one from the Palestinian city of Nablus, the statement read. The worshipers shouted provocative slogans and set off fireworks, the Israeli police said.
Muslim worshippers pray outside the Dome of the Rock shrine at al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 7, 2023 on the third Friday Noon prayer during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramada - Sputnik International, 1920, 08.04.2023
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Palestinians Reportedly Barricade Themselves in Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
Thousands of worshipers attended the Laylat al-Qadr (The Night of Power) prayers in the night from Friday to Saturday to mark the approaching end of Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the police added.
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