In pictures: Palestinians flock to al-Aqsa Mosque for Ramadan's final Friday prayers

On the last Friday of the Muslim Holy month of Ramadan, thousands of Palestinian worshippers gathered to pray outside the Dome of the Rock, at the centre of Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Friday is the holiest day of the week for Muslims. Congregational prayers take place in the afternoon, where Muslims will take particular care in wearing their best garments and bathing before the prayers, following Islamic teachings 

In total, more than 70,000 congregated to take part in the final Friday prayers of Ramadan, according to Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, head of the Waqf Islamic affairs council (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have reached boiling point in recent days with events at Sheikh Jarrah still unfolding as Palestinians resist eviction orders that would see families forced out of their homes to make way for settlers (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Following this week's Friday prayers, Palestinians at the mosque began protesting in solidarity with those who are facing Israeli police brutality and possible evictions (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Israeli police have been violently cracking down on Palestinian youths in Sheikh Jarrah, a neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, who are protesting a court-ordered eviction notice, set to kick 40 Palestinians, including 10 children, out of their homes (Reuters/Ammar Awad)

In anticipation of Friday’s events, Israeli police deployed large numbers of officers to the city of Jerusalem, especially in the Old City, and closed off the surrounding streets that lead to the mosque (Reuters/Ammar Awad)

Those who came to take part in the prayers were met with iron barriers set up by Israeli forces and were made to go through identity checks (Reuters/Ammar Awad)

Both Palestinian and Hamas flags were raised during the protests as demonstrators chanted (Reuters/Ammar Awad)