Muslims mark 1st Ramadan Friday prayers in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers gathered at a sacred Jerusalem plaza for the first Friday prayers of Ramadan after coronavirus lockdowns kept the site off-limits last year.
About 70,000 faithful, most of them Arab citizens of Israel, prayed at Al-Aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, said an official from the Islamic Waqf authority overseeing the Islamic section of the compound.
Muslims know the area as the Noble Sanctuary, while Jews call it the Temple Mount.