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Israel releases Al-Aqsa Mosque imam, lawyer says

Lawyer Khalid Zabarqa was quoted as telling al-Jazeera that Israeli police had decided to release Al-Aqsa Mosque imam, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, after interrogation.


The former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem was earlier arrested by Israeli police for delivering a sermon mourning and praising Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s political leader.