Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM - JULY 14: Following a police shooting, Israeli authorities on Friday cancelled Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque for the first time in nearly five decades. The decision followed a shootout in which Israeli police shot dead three Palestinians who they claimed were carrying out an armed attack inside the flashpoint Al-Aqsa compound. Following the attack, Israeli police cleared the mosque and closed it to the public. Yoram Ha-Levy, Jerusalem police district commander, said that Friday prayers will not be held at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Israeli police also beefed up security, deploying hundreds of troops and erecting roadblocks at the entrances of Jerusalem’s Old City, eyewitnesses said. Speaking to press, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, a preacher at Al-Aqsa, said that the first time Friday prayer was not held at the mosque was in late August 1969, a day after Michael Rohan, an Australian, set the mosque on fire. (Footage by Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)