Israel closes Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslim worshippers

TEL AVIV, 31 October 2021, (TON): According to the mosque director “the Israeli army closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron to Muslim worshippers.”

Sheikh Hefzy Abu Asinina told media that the Israeli army only allowed settlers to visit the site to mark the Chayei Sarah occasion.

He said "the mosque has been closed since 3 p.m. on Friday and will remain closed until 10 p.m. Saturday.”

During Jewish holidays, the Israeli army seals off the mosque to Muslims for up to ten days a year.

Revered by both Muslims and Jews, Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque complex is believed to be the burial site of the prophets Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

After the 1994 massacre of 29 Palestinian worshippers inside the mosque by a Jewish extremist settler, Baruch Goldstein, the Israeli authorities divided the mosque complex between Muslim and Jewish worshippers.

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