Israeli forces in the Old City area took intensive security measures with iron barriers and did not allow Palestinian youths and sometimes even elderly Palestinians to enter Al-Aqsa starting in the morning.
Israeli police also established checkpoints at the outer gates of Al-Aqsa and were significantly deployed in the narrow streets of the Old City. Verbal altercations occurred between Palestinians not allowed into Al-Aqsa and Israeli police.
Hundreds of Palestinians who were not allowed into Al-Aqsa for the Friday prayer performed their prayers in a mosque in the Ra's el-Amud neighborhood, overlooking the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and on the sidewalks around the mosque.
Israeli police used tear gas and foul-smelling water cannons on Palestinians who wanted to pray in the Wadi al-Jawz neighborhood near Al-Aqsa.
