{"id":218102,"date":"2026-07-22T12:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/218102\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:24:08","slug":"jerusalem-completes-safety-preparation-for-tisha-bav-prayers-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/218102\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem completes safety preparation for Tisha B’Av prayers, events"},"content":{"rendered":"

In preparation for the holiday of Tisha B\u2019Av<\/a>, hundreds of police officers, Border Guard soldiers, and volunteers will be deployed throughout Jerusalem<\/a> on Wednesday to maintain public safety and direct traffic.<\/p>\n

According to Israel Police<\/a>, security preparations were focused in the Old City, at the Western Wall, and at other holy sites.<\/p>\n

Police and Border Guard<\/a> will deploy both overt and covert forces, as well as special units, to ensure that law enforcement will be able to swiftly respond to any unusual incidents.<\/p>\n

Police are also preparing for the Women for Israel\u2019s Future march, which will take place on the route from Independence Park to the Dung Gate on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

Gershon Agron Street, \u00a0King Solomon Street, Paratroopers Road, Sultan Suleiman Street, Jericho Road, Ophel Road, and Ma\u2019ale Hashalom Street will be closed when the march begins at 8:30 p.m and will reopen as it progresses.<\/p>\n

On Thursday morning between 4:30 a.m. and 9 a.m., Ophel Road and Ma\u2019ale Hashalom Street will be closed to traffic for morning prayers.<\/p>\n

In preparation for the end of the Tisha B\u2019Av fast, Sultan Suleiman Street, Jericho Road, Ophel Road, and Ma\u2019ale Hashalom Street will be intermittently closed between 4:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m.<\/p>\n

Public transportation to the Western Wall will operate on its normal schedule throughout Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n

Israel Police urged the public to be patient, obey law enforcement instructions, and avoid engaging in any disorderly or violent conduct throughout Tisha B\u2019Av prayers and events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In preparation for the holiday of Tisha B\u2019Av, hundreds of police officers, Border Guard soldiers, and volunteers will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[37,5869,1189,29153,53953,11284],"class_list":["post-218102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-israel","tag-israel-police","tag-jerusalem","tag-old-city-jerusalem","tag-tisha-bav","tag-western-wall"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116963617441705845","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}