Abdel Raouf Arnaout and Mohammad Sio<\/p>\n
10 July 2026\u2022Update: 10 July 2026<\/p>\n
Israeli authorities on Friday barred Jerusalem Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Hussein from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for one week after detaining him following Friday prayers, according to the Jerusalem Governorate.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the governorate said Israeli forces detained Hussein after he delivered the Friday sermon and led prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n
It said authorities later released the grand mufti after issuing an order barring him from entering the mosque compound for one week.<\/p>\n
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli police. Israeli authorities have issued similar bans against Al-Aqsa Mosque preachers in recent years.<\/p>\n
Earlier Friday, tens of thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.<\/p>\n
The latest measure comes amid escalating Israeli actions at the holy site. In a report released Sunday, the Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs said Israeli forces carried out 26 incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during June.<\/p>\n
According to the ministry, 4,212 Israeli occupiers entered the mosque compound through the Mughrabi Gate during morning and afternoon visiting hours under the protection of Israeli forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abdel Raouf Arnaout and Mohammad Sio 10 July 2026\u2022Update: 10 July 2026 Israeli authorities on Friday barred Jerusalem…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43,180804],"class_list":["post-534811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-sitekeywords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534811","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=534811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}