A day after being forcibly ejected from the complex to make room for scores of Israeli settlers to enter for the Passover holiday, Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque came under attack from Israeli authorities once more on Thursday.
Only 20,000 people attended the taraweeh prayer on Wednesday, down from 80,000 the day before, officials claimed, as a result of the tightening restrictions, which had caused a sharp decline in the number of worshippers at the mosque.
On the Al-Aqsa thresholds, hundreds of worshippers offered the fajr prayer, but as soon as it was over, Israeli troops drove them out.
Less than 40 Palestinians were permitted entry to the mosque on Thursday morning by police.
The radical Israeli Temple organisations have urged their followers to attack Al-Aqsa after the Jewish Passover concludes the following week.
According to Omar Al-Kiswani, the Al-Aqsa Mosque's director, some Muslims were unable to say the fajr prayer on Thursday due to Israeli restrictions, a significant military presence at the gates, and a West Bank lockdown that would last until Saturday.