[[{"content_id":414178,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"Hamas urges increased presence at Al-Aqsa as Israel restricts worshippers","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"The Hamas Movement has called for intensified Palestinian presence at Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan, urging worshippers to protect the holy site from what it described as Zionist regime’s efforts to impose new restrictions and advance settlement agendas.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"In a statement released on Friday, the group said Zionist regime’s occupation police forces deliberately obstructed access to Al-Aqsa during the first Friday of Ramadan, limiting the number of worshippers to around 10,000 and imposing age and permit-based entry restrictions.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHamas described the measures as violations of freedom of worship and attempts to alter the status quo at the compound.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe Movement urged Palestinians in Al-Quds, in 1948 occupied Palestine and those able to reach the city from the West Bank to increase their presence at the Mosque, calling it a religious and national duty amid escalating tensions.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSeparately, an Israeli court extended the detention of Al-Quds-based journalist Nisreen Salem al-Abed until Sunday after police appealed a prior decision ordering her release under house arrest.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAl-Abed was arrested on February 15 while reporting from al-Zahra Street in occupied Al-Quds. She faces allegations of incitement and working with a banned media outlet. Israeli forces also raided her home in the Old City and damaged its contents, according to local sources.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe developments come amid heightened Israeli measures in Al-Quds during Ramadan and growing concerns over restrictions on media activity and access to holy sites.\r\n\r\n ","content_html":"

In a statement released on Friday, the group said Zionist regime’s occupation police forces deliberately obstructed access to Al-Aqsa during the first Friday of Ramadan, limiting the number of worshippers to around 10,000 and imposing age and permit-based entry restrictions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Hamas described the measures as violations of freedom of worship and attempts to alter the status quo at the compound.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The Movement urged Palestinians in Al-Quds, in 1948 occupied Palestine and those able to reach the city from the West Bank to increase their presence at the Mosque, calling it a religious and national duty amid escalating tensions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Separately, an Israeli court extended the detention of Al-Quds-based journalist Nisreen Salem al-Abed until Sunday after police appealed a prior decision ordering her release under house arrest.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Al-Abed was arrested on February 15 while reporting from al-Zahra Street in occupied Al-Quds. She faces allegations of incitement and working with a banned media outlet. Israeli forces also raided her home in the Old City and damaged its contents, according to local sources.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The developments come amid heightened Israeli measures in Al-Quds during Ramadan and growing concerns over restrictions on media activity and access to holy sites.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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