e shtunë, shtator 15, 2007

IDF blocks West Bank Palestinians trying to reach Al-Aqsa Mosque

Palestinian worshipers waiting to cross the checkpoint near Bethlehem in order to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday. (AP)
Hundreds of Palestinians thronged two major West Bank checkpoints, trying to reach Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, despite tight Israeli restrictions.