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Israel will allow a similar number of worshippers into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the first week of Ramadan as in previous years, a statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Tuesday, without specifying a number. With war raging in Gaza, Israel said it may limit access to the holy site during the Muslim fasting month, citing security needs. Palestinians reject any such restrictions. Al-Aqsa, Islam’s third holiest, sits on a hilltop in Jerusalem’s Old City in a compound also revered by Jews as a vestige of their two ancient temples. Israel captured the site in t…

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