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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 539

Friday prayers

Israeli police officers guard in Jerusalem Old City, during Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on April 22, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 28, 2022, 7:14 pm
Police boost presence in capital for final Friday prayers of Ramadan
Some 3,000 policemen deployed in Jerusalem, particularly around Temple Mount ahead of Quds Day; Islamic Jihad threatens Israel
By ToI Staff
Police officers are seen during a riot at the entrance of the northern Arab city of Umm al-Fahm, early April 23, 2022. (Israel Police)
April 22, 2022, 10:46 pm
Police said preparing to call up reserves in case of mass unrest in Arab towns
As tensions remain high around Temple Mount, dozens chant in support of Hamas in Umm al-Fahm; evening prayers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque pass without incident
By ToI Staff
Palestinians chant slogans and wave Hamas flags after Friday prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near the Dome of the Rock at the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem's Old City, April 22, 2022. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
April 22, 2022, 3:28 pm
Rocks, Hamas flags and chanting: Palestinians and cops clash again on Temple Mount
Police drone drops tear gas as rioters march on police post, but calm eventually restored; unrest comes hours after previous rioting; some 150,000 pray at Jerusalem holy site
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Palestinians wave flags of the Hamas terror group after afternoon prayers for the last Friday of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, May 7, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
May 7, 2021, 5:44 pm
‘We are all Hamas’: Palestinians wave terror group’s flag on Temple Mount
On last Friday of Ramadan, some worshipers call for attacks on Israel, amid rising violence around Jerusalem’s Old City, West Bank and Gaza
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority security forces man a checkpoint at one of the entrances to the West Bank city of Bethlehem on March 10, 2020, currently under lockdown due to coronavirus. (Musa Al Shaer/AFP)
March 13, 2020, 8:42 pm
Coronavirus cases in West Bank climb to 35 as PA calls on public to pray at home
Palestinian police says it arrested cafe owners in Ramallah for not abiding by orders barring opening of their establishments; health authorities in Gaza say enclave has no cases
By Adam Rasgon
An aerial view shows an empty white-tiled area surrounding the Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque, on March 6, 2020. (Bandar ALDANDANI/AFP)
March 6, 2020, 11:05 pm
Friday prayers across Middle East overshadowed by coronavirus fears
In Mecca, Islam’s holiest site empty after reopening following disinfection; in Iraq, for first time since 2003 no one delivered the sermon of top Shiite cleric
By Majeda El Batsh
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan visits the Western Wall and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on July 31, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 5, 2020, 5:37 pm
Israel seeks to curb Muslim prayer at Temple Mount over virus fear; Waqf refuses
Gilad Erdan asks National Security Council chief to limit Friday prayers to only Arab Israelis and East Jerusalemites after 7 infections in West Bank, but Muslim body says no
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police at the scene of a stabbing attack near Lions Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, on February 6, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 7, 2020, 6:37 am
Israeli forces on high alert ahead of Friday prayers at Temple Mount
Police bolster presence at Jerusalem flashpoint holy site after spike in violence and threats from Palestinian terror groups since release of Trump peace plan
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
A Palestinian carries a ladder past a fire by the Israeli security barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah on January 31, 2020, during clashes with Israeli security forces over the US-brokered proposal for a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
January 31, 2020, 7:13 pm
Palestinians, troops clash in West Bank; thousands protest Trump plan in Jordan
Temple Mount prayers end quietly; 48 Palestinians, 1 soldier reported injured in West Bank; demonstrations in Gaza, Turkey and Lebanon, ‘Death to Israel’ chants in Amman
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian worshipers gather before Friday noon prayers at the premises of the Golden Gate in al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, on February 22, 2019 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
February 23, 2019, 5:06 pm
Report: Temple Mount section sealed since 2003 reopened to Palestinians
MK Ahmad Tibi visits compound, calls for full Muslim control at Al-Aqsa and the barring of ‘settlers and Jewish politicians from the right’
By ToI Staff and AP
Palestinians worshipers gather before Friday noon prayers at the premises of the Golden Gate on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, on February 22, 2019. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
February 22, 2019, 6:01 pm
Thousands of Palestinians break into closed off Temple Mount section
Worshipers burst into area shuttered by Israeli police in 2003 for Friday prayers, but eventually disperse peacefully
By AP and ToI Staff
Border Police patrol near an entrance to the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem's Old City, on February 19, 2019. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
February 22, 2019, 11:22 am
60 arrested as police brace for Temple Mount violence after Friday prayers
Security forces say dozens in custody, with further arrests expected ahead of prayers at flashpoint Jerusalem compound
By ToI Staff
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens pray for rain during the Friday prayer, in Hasakeh, Syria, on December 29, 2017. (SANA via AP)
December 29, 2017, 6:20 pm
Syrians pray for rain at Assad’s request
Prayers for precipitation in parched Syria comes day after thousands of Jews prayed at Western Wall for rainfall
By AP and ToI Staff
Muslims pray in the street for Friday prayer in the Paris suburb of Clichy la Garenne, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
November 11, 2017, 2:44 am
Tensions as Paris suburb tries to stop Muslim street prayers
Muslim leader accuses protesters of seeking to ‘divide the citizens’ of France; Clichy-la-Garenne mayor vows to return every Friday
By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and Nicolas Garriga
Palestinian Muslim worshipers attend the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan outside the Dome of the Rock at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on June 2, 2017. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
June 2, 2017, 2:46 pm
Jerusalem on high alert for first Friday prayers of Ramadan
Thousands of West Bank and Gaza Palestinians attend prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque; police chief vows to keep order
By AFP and ToI Staff
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