In the first three months of the Jewish calendar year, 12,177 Jewish ascents to the Temple Mount were counted, according to data from the Yira organization.
This is a jump in the number of ascents compared to previous years. In the three months of last year, 5,001 Jews ascended the mount. In the first quarter of the year prior to that, even before the outbreak of the coronavirus, 9,780 Jews ascended the mountain.