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Monday, July 31, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Monday, July 31, 2017
Police deploy in Old City, shutter roads to secure Tisha B’Av prayers
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice plan to deploy in large numbers in Jerusalem for Tisha B’Av prayers and events in the city.
The deployment will focus on the Old City, where tens of thousands are streaming even now to take part in prayers and readings of the Biblical book of Lamentations at the Western Wall.
Multiple roads leading to the Old City are closed, including Agron, Shlomo Hamelech, Hativat Yerushalayim, Sultan Suleiman and others.
The streets of the Old City itself will be closed on Tuesday morning to ensure tens of thousands of expected worshipers can reach the Western Wall.
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