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Al-Aqsa Mosque

Muslim worshipers pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the Temple Mount during Friday noon prayers, following 40 days of closure by the Israeli authorities amid the Iran war, in Jerusalem's Old City on April 10, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
April 10, 2026, 9:30 pm
Over 100,000 Muslim worshipers at Al-Aqsa in first Friday prayers after Jerusalem holy sites reopen
The mosque on the Temple Mount had been largely closed to the public, along with other Muslim, Christian and Jewish holy sites, due to safety restrictions amid Iran missile fire
By AFP and ToI Staff
Muslim worshipers gather on the Temple Mount for the dawn prayer in Jerusalem on April 9, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
April 9, 2026, 4:50 pm
Holy sites reopen in Jerusalem’s Old City after over a month of closure
Muslim worshipers throng Al-Aqsa gates for dawn prayers; extended ‘Ramadan hours’ remain in place for Jewish visitors to Temple Mount; police gear up for Holy Fire ceremony; Western Wall reopens
By Charlie Summers
A view of the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem's Old City, which is empty due to attendance restrictions amid the ongoing Iran war, April 5, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 6, 2026, 1:26 am
High Court raises wartime limit on Western Wall, Temple Mount access from 50 to 100
Following petitions filed by religious leaders angry that the court allowed hundreds at a protest, court says it’s ‘balancing security’ with the ‘right to freedom of religion and worship’
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Jewish worshippers take part in the traditional Priestly Blessing during the Passover holiday in an indoor section along the Western Wall in Jerusalem, after prayers were limited to 50 participants due to the ongoing war, April 5, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 5, 2026, 2:43 pm
Limited Passover and Easter ceremonies held at Jerusalem holy sites amid war restrictions
Old City largely desolate as just a handful of clergy allowed to perform Passover priestly blessing at the Western Wall and Easter Sunday services at Church of Holy Sepulchre
By Rossella Tercatin, ToI Staff and Agencies
A man sits beside a locked door of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and shuttered shops in Jerusalem’s Old City, which remains off limits to visitors amid the war with Iran, on March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
March 29, 2026, 3:02 pm
Under shadow of war with Iran, Jerusalem heads into subdued Passover and Easter
Celebrations canceled and shops shuttered after missile fragments fell in Old City; Home Front Command limits religious gatherings to 50 people
By Melanie Lidman
Israel Police officers pass by Palestinian Muslims as they perform Eid al-Fitr prayers outside Jerusalem's Old City, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
March 20, 2026, 7:20 pm
Cops forcefully clear Eid prayers outside Jerusalem’s Old City amid Iran war closure
Muslim worshipers clash with police as holy sites, including Al-Aqsa Mosque and Western Wall, are off limits to most while wartime restrictions on gatherings remain in effect
By Charlie Summers and AFP
Muslim worshipers performing the first Friday noon prayers of the month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque atop the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
March 6, 2026, 3:37 am
In safety precaution, Israel bars Friday Ramadan prayers at Temple Mount amid Iran war
Israeli authorities stress that all holy sites in Jerusalem’s Old City are closed to worshippers, as gatherings remain capped at 50 people despite easing of restrictions
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Olive and Cypress trees surround the Dome of the Rock Shrine on the Temple Mount, on the first day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, in the old city of Jerusalem on February 18, 2026. (Photo by ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)
February 18, 2026, 9:49 pm
Jewish worshipers get extended visiting hours on Temple Mount during Ramadan
Palestinian Authority decries ‘dangerous escalation’ as police grant Jewish visitors extra hour at flashpoint site; Temple Mount activist calls move ‘slight concession’
By Charlie Summers, Emanuel Fabian and AFP
Border Police officers visit the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem's Old City, March 7, 2024. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90)
February 17, 2026, 4:40 am
Israeli police say they’ll deploy around Temple Mount compound during Ramadan
PA says it was informed that permits for Palestinians will be restricted to men over 55 and women over 50, mirroring last year’s criteria; Waqf barred from carrying out preparations
By AFP, Charlie Summers and Emanuel Fabian
The Rockefeller Museum. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
December 13, 2025, 9:34 am
Jerusalem’s ‘cursed’ antiquity museum reopens its doors amid rumors it may become a hotel
The Rockefeller Archaeological Museum stores some 60,000 artifacts spanning millennia, including unique decorations from the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
By Rossella Tercatin
A Border Police officer blocks Grand Mufti Muhammad Ahmad Hussein (L) from entering the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 12, 2019, after it was closed when a firebomb was thrown at police officers. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
August 7, 2025, 1:48 am
Police bar Jerusalem’s grand mufti from Temple Mount for 6 months, his lawyer says
Attorney for capital’s top Muslim cleric says ban is over sermon about Gaza delivered at flashpoint holy site, asserts it contained ‘nothing inappropriate’; police do not comment
By AFP and ToI Staff
Police officers work the scene of a stabbing at the Temple Mount's Chain Gate, in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 16, 2025. (Israel Police)
May 17, 2025, 12:27 am
Police officer stabbed in Old City of Jerusalem, assailant shot dead
Attacker from East Jerusalem charged at cop near Temple Mount’s Chain Gate and stabbed him in the back, moderately wounding him, police and medics say
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Police brawl with Orthodox Jewish men trying to smuggle a sacrificial goat into the Temple Mount compound (left) and the baby goat concealed in a Rami Levy shopping bag on May 12, 2025. (Screenshot/Twitter)
May 12, 2025, 5:11 pm
Cops arrest 9 Jewish men for trying to smuggle sacrificial goat onto Temple Mount
Suspects nearly sneak baby goat in shopping bag into Jerusalem holy site for Second Passover sacrifice, but are foiled by police and Waqf officials who wrestle them back
By Charlie Summers
Palestinian Muslim worshipers pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City while attending the first Ramadan Friday noon prayer, on March 7, 2025, during Islam's fasting holy month. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
March 7, 2025, 6:19 pm
90,000 Muslim worshipers pray peacefully at Al-Aqsa on first Friday of Ramadan
Old City under heavy police presence with some 3,000 cops and border guards deployed in Jerusalem; Israel limits entry of West Bank Palestinians
By Charlie Summers
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, on December 26, 2024. (Courtesy Otzma Yehudit)
December 26, 2024, 2:53 pm
Ben Gvir says he prayed on Temple Mount, PM quickly claims status quo hasn’t changed
Hamas calls for escalation of violence over national security minister’s visit to holy site, where Jews are banned from praying but lately have done so increasingly openly
By ToI Staff
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