Youssef Ideiss, the Palestinian Authority (PA) official in charge of religious affairs and endowments, is accusing Israel of preventing the sound of the muezzin from being heard near the Cave of the Patriarchs in no less than 53 instances.
The muezzin is responsible for calling Muslims to prayer five times a day using a public address system on the minaret of the mosque. The morning prayer must take place before dawn and the muezzin's call precedes it in order to wake the inhabitants for prayer.
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