At 7 a.m. every weekday, the large green doors of the mosque at the Al-Aqsa compound, usually wide open, close with a bang as Palestinian worshippers shutter themselves inside.

Questions remain about access to the main Islamic congregational mosque in the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's Old City as Palestinians see the site as essential to their identity.

Large groups of settlers also gathered in Al-Buraq Square to the west of Al-Aqsa Mosque and near Bab Al-Qattanin, where they carried out dances and religious rituals, further heightening tensions ...

Hundreds more gathered in Al-Buraq Square, west of the mosque, and near the Qattanin (Cotton Merchants) Gate. The Israeli army closed and isolated several Palestinian areas, especially Wadi Hilweh in ...

Israeli settlers’ and government officials’ storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Monday, sparked outrage and condemnation by Palestinian factions and the Jordanian Foreign Ministry.

Scores of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday morning and later in the afternoon, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the ...

The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, Islam’s third holiest site and a symbol of Palestinian identity, has become symbolic of the intensified tension between Muslims and Jews ...

Israel's ultranationalist security minister ascended to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Thursday for what he said was a "prayer" for hostages in Gaza, freshly challenging rules over ...