After two days of Israeli police raids in the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, militants fired rockets into Israel from Gaza and Lebanon — raising fears of an escalating conflict.

JERUSALEM — 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.

Israeli police storm Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City during a sensitive holiday season, raising the specter of an escalation in violence. Violence at Jerusalem mosque prompts fears of ...

Israeli police stormed the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, one of Islam’s holiest sites, for the second time on Wednesday, hours after they first raided the compound and arrested hundreds of ...

ISRAEL STAMPEDE: AT LEAST 44 KILLED AT RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL IN ISRAEL. The Al-Aqsa mosque compound is the third holiest site in Islam. The site is also the holiest site for Jews, ...

An Israeli raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque triggers a spate of violence The escalating conflict in Israel and the occupied territories has played out against a backdrop of religious celebrations ...

Israel placed restrictions on the number of Palestinian worshippers able to visit occupied East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque for Friday prayers for a second week in a row.. Amid hostilities with ...

Dozens of Palestinian Muslims performed Friday prayers in the streets near the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, as Israel maintained a heavy security presence. According to some worshipers, since the ...

A screen grab taken from AFPTV footage shows Israel's national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaking at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on July 18, 2024. AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images ...

Israeli officials plans to limit the number of Muslim citizens allowed in Jerusalem's Al Aqsa Mosque during the upcoming Ramadan holy month to 40,000-50,000.

Muslim worshipers pray outside of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 15. Maya Levin / Maya Levin for NPR "Everyone knows that Ramadan is not Ramadan without Al-Aqsa," Bisan says.