SRINAGAR, April 9 -- The Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem was reopened to Muslim worshippers on Thursday after a 40-day closure imposed by Israel amid joint US-Israeli military actions against Iran, Roya News reported.

The mosque, located in the Old City of Jerusalem, was reopened at dawn, allowing hundreds of Palestinian Muslims to enter the Al-Haram al-Sharif.

According to Anadolu Agency, as the gates opened with the morning call to prayer, large crowds of worshippers gathered at the site. Many were seen in tears, offering prostrations of gratitude in the mosque's courtyards. Hundreds lined up to perform the dawn prayer, marking the first congregational worship at the site since its closure.

Israel had fully shut access to t...