According to reports, situation near Old City of Jerusalem is tense after sporadic clashes with Palestinian worshippers around the al-Aqsa mosque compound. Israel has deployed large numbers of police officers in the area. An Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told media that Muslim men under the age of 50 were prevented to avert new incidents on the compound and the Old City. Thousands of Jews gathered at the nearby Western Wall today for prayers marking the week-long holiday of Sukkot.<br/><br/>Meanwhile the Palestinian Authority has urged the international community to immediately intervene and bring the question of the al-Aqsa mosque before the UN Security Council. Hamas has also urged Palestinians to flock to al-Aqsa to offer their prayers in defiance of the Israeli blockade.<br/><br/>The area, known as the Haram al-Sharif to Muslims and the Temple Mount to Jews, is the holy location in Islam and most important site Judaism. Israel captured and annexed the Old City with its holy sites, along with the rest of Arab East Jerusalem and the West Bank, in the war of 1967.