(6 Jun 2025)
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Jerusalem – 6 June 2025
1. Various of worshippers praying at mosque
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Rabea Al-Kharouf, Jerusalem resident:
“Today is Eid al-Adha, Al-Aqsa Mosque is sad in light of the current situation, because they did not allow our people in the West Bank to enter and come to perform the religious rituals that are favourite to God, as this place is dedicated to worship, to worship God, Glory be to God Almighty, so we ask God for imminent and urgent relief for this nation and that our God changes the situation to a better situation.”
3. Worshippers at compound after prayers
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Motasem Zaghloul, Jerusalem resident:
“Today is the blessed Eid al-Adha, we prayed in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, but the joy is always incomplete without the beloved people of the West Bank and Gaza in particular. But we ask God to bring this Eid back to us and to the people of Gaza and the people of the West Bank with joy in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, because Al-Aqsa and the holidays without the beloved ones are not joyful and no one enjoys them.”
5. Various of Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Muslim worshippers gathered in the Al Aqsa compound in Jerusalem early Friday to perform prayers marking Eid al-Adha, one of the biggest holidays of the Islamic calendar.
Known as the "Feast of Sacrifice," the revered observance coincides with the final rites of the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia. It’s a joyous occasion, for which food is a hallmark.
Eid al-Adha commemorates the Quranic tale of Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice Ismail as an act of obedience to God.
Before he could carry out the sacrifice, God provided a ram as an offering. In the Christian and Jewish telling, Abraham is ordered to kill another son, Isaac.
Many Muslims celebrate the four-day feast by ritually slaughtering livestock and distributing the meat among family, friends and the needy.
The Eid comes as the war between Israel and Hamas rages on.
Israel’s military campaign — over 600 days long — has killed more than 54,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were civilians or combatants.
The offensive has destroyed large parts of Gaza and displaced around 90% of its population of roughly 2 million Palestinians.
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