Located at the heart of Jerusalem's walled Old City, the Al-Aqsa Mosque is regarded by Muslims as the third holiest shrine in Islam, following Mecca and Medina. The altered video shows a huge crowd gathered at the compound accompanied by chants in Arabic of “Here I am Aqsa”. Pray for Palestine.”But the audio track is edited and was taken from a May 2021 video. Reuters traced the original video to a Facebook account of an East Jerusalem photographer, Fwaz Tobasy, who shared it on April 17, 2023. The audio in the photographer’s footage from April differs: the Al-Aqsa Mosque muezzin can be heard performing Azan, the call to prayer, while an additional audio track of a religious song is added on top.

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Persons: Jerusalem’s, Fwaz Tobasy, Tobasy, Laylat, Read Organizations: Palestine, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Jerusalem’s Al, Aqsa, Palestinian, Israel, Old City, Al, Islam, Mecca, Medina, Masjid Al Aqsa, East Jerusalem