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Christians pray at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

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Israel's police have capped the number of Christian pilgrims allowed to visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for the Easter Fire ceremony next weekend, but an early decision to restrict worshippers’ entry into East Jerusalem’s Old City was overturned in a court ruling.

The Israeli police had initially decided to allow only 1,500 people to enter the Old City through checkpoints to go to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and participate in the Easter Fire ceremony on Saturday.

It said it would bar any more pilgrims from entering the Old City on the pretext of safety and would close checkpoints set up at its gates.

But the Israeli court allowed 4,000 people to worship on Saturday.

Footage was filmed Thursday (April 21).

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