Palestinian volunteers, ready to offer cleaning gel to worshippers, walk in front of the Dome of the Rock in the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, while Israel tightened a national stay-at-home policy following the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian worshippers scuffled with Israeli police in East Jerusalem on Friday as crowds headed to Al-Aqsa Mosque to pray, amid a partial lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Police in riot gear and wearing face masks put barricades up outside Damascus Gate and other entrances to the walled Old City ahead of Friday noon prayers, and checked identity papers to limit the numbers attending.
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