{"id":305477,"date":"2026-02-23T05:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T05:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/305477\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T05:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T05:12:08","slug":"about-50000-worshippers-perform-isha-and-taraweeh-prayers-at-al-aqsa-mosque-amid-israeli-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/305477\/","title":{"rendered":"About 50,000 worshippers perform Isha and Taraweeh prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque amid Israeli restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">JERUSALEM, February 22, 2026 (WAFA) \u2013 Approximately 50,000 worshippers performed the Isha and Ramadan Taraweeh prayers on Sunday evening at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, despite restrictions and heightened measures imposed by the Israeli occupation on worshippers&#8217;\u00a0access.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The Jerusalem Governorate said in a brief statement that tens of thousands of worshippers flocked to Al-Aqsa Mosque and performed the prayers, despite Israeli military checkpoints and identity checks at the mosque\u2019s gates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Israeli forces have intensified their military presence in Jerusalem and its surroundings, including at the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in an attempt to restrict worshippers\u2019 access.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">According to the Governorate, over the past few days, more than 300 Jerusalemites were handed orders barring them from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">T.R.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 JERUSALEM, February 22, 2026 (WAFA) \u2013 Approximately 50,000 worshippers performed the Isha and Ramadan Taraweeh prayers on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-305477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}