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East Jerusalem: Several detained by Israeli police as worshippers return to Al-Aqsa compound02:24
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Israeli police briefly detained a number of people at the entrance to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem on Friday.

Officers chose people out of the crowd walking by and made them wait under a tent. The reasons for detentions were not clear.

It comes as hundreds of worshippers entered the compound where they held Friday prayers and celebrated the ceasefire announced between Hamas and Israel.

East Jerusalem: Several detained by Israeli police as worshippers return to Al-Aqsa compound

Palestinian Territory, Occupied, East Jerusalem
May 21, 2021 at 15:01 GMT +00:00 · Published

Israeli police briefly detained a number of people at the entrance to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem on Friday.

Officers chose people out of the crowd walking by and made them wait under a tent. The reasons for detentions were not clear.

It comes as hundreds of worshippers entered the compound where they held Friday prayers and celebrated the ceasefire announced between Hamas and Israel.

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Israeli police briefly detained a number of people at the entrance to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem on Friday.

Officers chose people out of the crowd walking by and made them wait under a tent. The reasons for detentions were not clear.

It comes as hundreds of worshippers entered the compound where they held Friday prayers and celebrated the ceasefire announced between Hamas and Israel.

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