JERUSALEM - Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound reopened to Muslim worshippers and visitors on Sunday after a two-and-a-half month coronavirus closure, but authorities imposed some precautions as health officials warned of an uptick in local infections.
"After they opened the mosque, I feel like I can breathe again. Thanks be to God," Jerusalem resident Umm Hisham said through a face mask, her eyes tearing up, after entering the compound for dawn prayers with hundreds of other Muslims. But the council imposed some measures to reduce the risk of contagion, as new cases in Israel spiked in recent days.
There did not appear to be a limit on the number of people allowed into the 14ha compound, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount.
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