Closed in the Crusader period and turned it into a well and then known as the well of Qaitbay.
In 1981AD the Israelis crossed the western tunnel, which overlooks the entrance to the gate (the well now) after the withdrawal of Qaitbay water towards the Dome of the Rock, where the Ministry of Israeli Religions tunnel discovered towards the rock and the well was declared as a synagogue Supreme Islamic Commission to the declaration the general strike and the engineers of the Awaqf and the workers came down to the well and the hole was sealed and the well filled With water again after a clash with Israeli forces that wounded and arrested a number of Awaqf workers.