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The rare closure of Islam's third holiest site during Ramadan amid the Iran war has disrupted sacred religious traditions and heightened Palestinian fears over the mosque's future

As the final week of Ramadan unfolds, the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque – usually filled with tens of thousands of worshipers during the last nights of the holy month – remain closed.