JERUSALEM (AP) — In the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, about 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City under tight security by Israeli forces.

Israel is stepping up security measures ahead of the first Friday prayers of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Jerusalem due to concerns over violence, the police said on Thursday. Around 3,000 security forces' personnel are to be deployed to ensure that the traditional prayer on the Temple Mount,

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