The large turnout came ahead of International Quds Day, which falls on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, whereby people rally across the world in support of the Palestinian cause of liberation from zionist aggression and occupation.

As in previous years, tensions between Palestinians and zionist occupation regime have ramped up since the beginning of Ramadan, with Israeli forces stepping up raids of al-Aqsa Mosque, assaulting Muslim worshipers inside prayer halls, and providing protection to the israeli settlers desecrating Islam’s third holiest site.

Last Friday, at least 150,000 Palestinians thronged al-Aqsa Mosque to attend prayers, despite restrictions imposed on the entry of worshipers to the holy site. (ILKHA)