90,000 Palestinians attend the first Friday prayers of Ramadan in Jerusalem WSOC TV [Video]

JERUSALEM — (AP) — In the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, about 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City under tight security by Israeli forces.

Thousands made their way from the West Bank into Jerusalem after Israel allowed men over 55 and women over 50 to enter from the occupied territory for the prayers. Tensions have risen in the West Bank in the past weeks amid Israeli raids on militants. There was no immediate sign of frictions in Jerusalem on Friday.

However, Palestinian authorities said Israeli soldiers had stormed eight mosques around the city of Nablus, in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

In a statement posted to X, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Israeli operations set fire to “large sections” of the Al-Nasr mosque in the old city of Nablus, posting a photo of the interior of the mosque, where walls …