IDF escorts worshipers to biblical gravesite

Prayers at claimed location of Aharon’s grave, near Nablus, pass without incident

A soldier prays at the Western Wall. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
A soldier prays at the Western Wall. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

IDF soldiers provided a security escort to some 400 worshipers visiting the purported burial site of Aharon, the biblical first high priest, Ynet reported early Friday morning.

The prayers at the site, southeast of Nablus in the West Bank, passed without incident, according to the report.

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