Hafzi Abu Sneneh, director of the mosque, located in the southern occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron), said he was informed that the site would be shut down to Muslim worshipers from 10 p.m. Sunday until Tuesday night, official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

Abu Sneneh added that the Muslim call to prayer will also be banned during the shutdown period.

Severe restrictions for Palestinians -- including denied access to the Ibrahimi Mosque -- are typically implemented by Zionist authorities during Jewish holidays for alleged security purposes. The occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip have also been placed under an 11-day military general closure for the holiday.

The mosque, believed to be the burial place of the prophet Abraham (AS), is sacred to both Muslims and Jews and has been the site of oft-violent tensions for decades.

The holy site was split into a synagogue -- known to Jews as the Cave of Patriarchs -- and a mosque after US-born Zionist settler Baruch Goldstein massacred 29 Palestinians inside the mosque in 1994.

Since the split, Muslim worshipers have been denied access to the site during Jewish holidays.