Then expanded by the Jordanian government in 1953 to facilitate the movement of cars to the inside and outside the town, the gate is a hole in the wall only.
It also called Bab al-Nabi al-Buraq; in 2007, the occupation demolished the road leading to it, as 7% of the residents of Jerusalem enter from it to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Location relative to the Old City
Located in the wall of the Old Town from the southeast in the south of it.
Reason for the name
Named like this because it is near to Al Maghariba Neighborhood.
Builder
Developed as a gate by the Jordanian government.
History
Converted as the gate in 1953.
Shape and details
The gate consists of a rectangular entrance, the depth of which is 2.5 meters, the same as the depth of the wall and the top of the entrance.
The first two stone thresholds are topped by a rectangular arch whose size is medium and vertical, it was built on two square stones above the threshold and between the threshold and the arch, inside the fence and the first likeness in size and length and above it is a corridor leading to the upper wall.
The gate, not like the rest of the gates, does not have a broken layout to the inside or an existing angle, which is a gate of medium size and greatness, consider as a simple one.