Worshippers performed evening prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on the first day of Ramadan.

35,000 people were allowed into the compound, despite a heavy Israeli police presence.
It comes a day after young men were denied entry into Al-Aqsa -- which is the third holiest site in Islam.

Al Jazeera's Hamdah Salhut is outside Damascus Gate in occupied East Jerusalem with more.

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