Hawzah News Agency-Sources at the Palestinian liaison said on Thursday, September 29, that Israelis informed them that Friday’s visit would not take place, as the funeral of Peres, who died on Wednesday at age 93, is planned to occur that day in Jerusalem.

Israel allows 250 elderly Palestinian worshipers from Gaza to travel through the Erez crossing to pray at the Al-Aqsa mosque every Friday, on the condition that they return to Gaza on the same day.

The Al-Aqsa Mosque, cherished as the third holiest site in Islam, is located in East Jerusalem, a part of the internationally recognized Palestinian territory which has been occupied by the Israeli army for almost 50 years.

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