Fifteen Jews were arrested at the Temple Mount for bowing down and praying, as a record number visited the holy site to mark Tisha B’Av.
The annual fast day saw 1,440 Jewish worshippers attend the site on Sunday, according to the Year’eh organisation, which promotes ascent to the Temple Mount in accordance with Jewish law.
Last year 1,293 Jews visited, with 400 attending in 2016 and 300 in 2015, according to the Jerusalem Post.
Considered the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, Tisha B’Av marks the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.
