Jerusalem

Palestinian triplets from al-Bayouk family, born prematurely and separated from their mother who had to leave them at hospital in Jerusalem to recover as she had to return to Gaza after her Israeli-issued permit expired before the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, are shown to their mother Hanan during a video call, at Makassed hospital in East Jerusalem September 5, 2024. Since the war began, Israel has not been issuing permits for Gaza residents to visit Jerusalem, resulting in the separation of Hanan from her triplets. Photo: REUTERS/Latifeh Abdellatif TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Hamas-Israel war

Mother in Gaza longs for triplets in Jerusalem hospital

Israel's restrictions on the movement of Palestinians meant 26-year-old al-Bayouk returned to Gaza while her babies were still in intensive care for fear of falling foul of the law. By the...

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Displaced Palestinians wait to receive free food at a tent camp, amid food shortages, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, 27 February, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
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Israel to bar some Muslim citizens from Al Aqsa Mosque in Ramadan

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Hamas-Israel war

Two Hamas gunmen open fire at Jerusalem bus stop, killing three

A Palestinian boy checks the damage at a mosque which was hit in an Israeli air strike, in Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank October 22, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
Hamas-Israel war

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Israeli forces at the Al Aqsa mosque in 2022. File photo Anadolu Agency
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The Dome of the Rock in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Jewish visitors gesture as Israeli security forces secure the area at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 5, 2022. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
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Israel rules out Jerusalem base for Saudi envoy to Palestinians

Israelis gather by the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old city as they mark Jerusalem Day, in Jerusalem 18 May, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
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US and UN condemn anti-Arab chants at Jerusalem march

A volunteer assembles Israeli flags in preparation for more mass protests against judicial overhaul, outside a private apartment building in Tel Aviv, Israel, 30 March, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
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