Israel boosts security in east Jerusalem
Israel deployed hundreds of extra police in mostly Arab east Jerusalem as Muslims flocked to the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound for the first Friday weekly prayers of the Ramadan holy month."We have deployed 2,000 police in order to deal with any eventuality," Jerusalem police spokesman Shmulik Ben Ruby told AFP.Entry to the compound was being limited to men over the age of 50 and women over the age of 45, as well as married men 45 to 50 years old and married women between the ages of 30 and 45, according to the Israeli military.
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