Al-Azhar strongly condemned the continued closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli occupation in a statement published on its official social media pages, stating, "The occupation continues to keep al-Aqsa Mosque closed—the first of the two qiblas and the third of the two holy sanctuaries—during Ramaḍān and ʿEīd al-Fiṭr, and up until this day. It is considered an unethical and unacceptable attack, as it deprives Palestinians from their right to perform their religious rituals, provokes the feelings of Muslims all around the world, and is a blatant violation of international law."