Israeli police open Al-Aqsa doors after brief shut-down

JERUSALEM

Israeli police on Thursday reopened all the doors of Al-Aqsa Mosque complex after a temporary shut-down, barring worshipers from entering it.

The Jerusalem Islamic Waqf, a Jordan-run organization responsible for overseeing the city's Islamic sites, announced the reopening of the doors in a statement.

Earlier Thursday, Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani, director of East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, told Anadolu Agency that "the repeated closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque's doors is unacceptable and the Israeli authorities should immediately stop this approach, which has turned into a policy."

Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that Israeli police arrested a Palestinian man in the courtyard of the mosque.

For its part, the Israeli police said in a statement that an attempt to carry out a stabbing took place in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Police claimed that they arrested the individual who attempted the attack, without giving further details.

JERUSALEM

Israeli police on Thursday reopened all the doors of Al-Aqsa Mosque complex after a temporary shut-down, barring worshipers from entering it.

The Jerusalem Islamic Waqf, a Jordan-run organization responsible for overseeing the city's Islamic sites, announced the reopening of the doors in a statement.

Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that Israeli police arrested a Palestinian man in the courtyard of the mosque.

For its part, the Israeli police said in a statement that an attempt to carry out a stabbing took place in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Police claimed that they arrested the individual who attempted the attack, without giving further details.