{"id":20699,"date":"2026-02-22T14:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T11:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/mashreghnews_en\/41238646795639581256\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T14:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T11:07:12","slug":"41238646795639581256","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/mashreghnews_en\/41238646795639581256\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe Restrictions Imposed by Israel on the First Friday of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, as Ramadan commences, Israeli forces are imposing harsh restrictions on Palestinian worshippers seeking access to Al-Aqsa Mosque.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, the Jerusalem governorate announced that Israeli authorities are blocking the entry of Palestinian citizens from the Qalandiya checkpoint into Jerusalem. The governor stated that the occupiers claim that the capacity for entry into Jerusalem has been reached.The Jerusalem governorate reported that thousands of Palestinians are stranded at the Qalandiya checkpoint, with Israeli forces refusing their entry into Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>As Ramadan approaches each year, the restrictions and pressures exerted by the Israeli regime against Palestinian worshippers and those fasting at Al-Aqsa Mosque have intensified, particularly since the onset of the genocidal war against Gaza that began in October 2023. Security assessments indicate a potential escalation of tensions and clashes with Palestinians in Jerusalem.Information released by the Jerusalem governorate highlights a significant increase in expulsion orders against Palestinians prior to Ramadan, part of a strategy aimed at reducing the number of worshippers and imposing a new reality on Al-Aqsa Mosque.<\/p>\n<p>The governorate stated that the number of individuals expelled from the city by Israelis before Ramadan has reached 300. However, determining the precise figures is challenging as many expulsion orders were issued via phone or electronic requests without formal written notifications.Moreover Ma&#8217;ruf Al-Rifai a spokesperson for the Jerusalem governorate indicated that the city has witnessed a dangerous escalation in the issuance of expulsion orders against Palestinians by Israelis. The occupiers have issued a collective expulsion order targeting young individuals aged 21 to 25 directly aiming at the youth of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the inaugural Friday of Ramadan, Israeli authorities enforce stringent limitations on the entry of worshippers into Al-Aqsa Mosque.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-palestine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}