(28 Mar 2025)
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Jerusalem – 28 March 2025
1. Muslim worshippers arriving at Damascus Gate for Friday prayers
2. Worshippers walking downstairs towards Damascus gate
3. Various of worshippers walking next to Israeli security forces
4. Worshippers walking inside Old City
5. Israeli security forces walking
6. Close up of sign reading (English) “Damascus Gate”
7. Various of police, worshippers arriving for prayers
STORYLINE:
Israeli authorities stepped up security measures at the Damascus Gate leading to Jerusalem’s Old City as Palestinian worshippers made their way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the fourth Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan.
The Old City is located in east Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war and annexed to its capital in a move not recognized internationally.
Most of the city’s Palestinian population lives in east Jerusalem, and the Palestinians want it to be the capital of their future state.
The situation in the region has been tense after Israel broke its ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza last week and pounded Gaza with airstrikes, killing more than 800 people.
It has vowed to escalate the offensive if Hamas does not release hostages, disarm and leave the territory.
Hamas has said it will only release the remaining 59 hostages — 24 of whom are believed to be alive — in exchange for a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal.
AP video by Shlomo Mor
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