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<p>JERUSALEM (AFP) &#8212; Israeli police deployed in force in Jerusalem&#8217;s Old City after limiting access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound ahead of the first Friday prayers during Ramadan.</p>
<p>&#8220;More than 2,000 police and border guards were deployed in Jerusalem,&#8221; said a police spokesman, adding access was blocked to the esplanade for Muslim men under the age of 45.</p>
<p>&#8220;Among those aged 45 to 50 years, only the fathers of families with a permanent entry permit for Israel will be allowed to go on the esplanade,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Access to the complex was also denied for West Bank Palestinians under the age of 35, the spokesman said, adding the measures were imposed as a precaution due to the risk of violence.</p>
<p>The Israeli army also closed Qalandiya checkpoint, near Ramallah, from Thursday evening at 9.00 p.m. until Friday evening, with only pedestrians allowed to cross.</p>
<p>During the month of Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk and strive to be more pious and charitable.</p>
<p>The Al-Aqsa compound, containing the mosque and the Dome of the Rock, is the third holiest site in Islam after Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Mecca and Medina, and abuts the site where Jews believe the ancient Second Temple stood.</p>
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