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In Gaza, the joy of Eid has gone. Visiting relatives at the end of Ramadan is a procession through loss | Ahmed Kamal Junina
ByAhmed Kamal Junina March 24, 2026

Every home is missing someone, every person is carrying grief. We went not to celebrate but to sit with the bereavedEid al-Fitr is meant to bring release. It comes at the end of Ramadan, after a month of fasting and prayer, and in Gaza it has always ca…

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U.S. Attacks Iranian Targets to Try to Open Strait of Hormuz
ByAdam Rasgon, Eric Schmitt, Francesca Regalado and Michael Levenson March 20, 2026March 20, 2026

The Israeli military said it had killed the spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and Iran warned that it could target American and Israeli military personnel.

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Palestinians pray in street after Israeli authorities close al-Aqsa mosque – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian March 20, 2026

Hundreds of Muslims gathered outside the walls of the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem for Eid al-Fitr prayers on Friday after al-Aqsa mosque was closed by Israeli authorities.Israel said the closure was part of security measures linked to the count…

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‘The saddest day for Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem’: al-Aqsa mosque closed at Eid
ByLorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and Seham Tantesh in Gaza March 20, 2026March 20, 2026

Palestinians say the move is part of a wider Israeli strategy to leverage security tensions to tighten restrictionsFor the first time since 1967, al-Aqsa mosque – Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site – was closed at the end of Ramadan on Friday, with t…

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‘The saddest day for Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem’: al-Aqsa mosque closed at Eid
ByLorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and Seham Tantesh in Gaza March 20, 2026

Palestinians say the move is part of a wider Israeli strategy to leverage security tensions to tighten restrictionsFor the first time since 1967, al-Aqsa mosque – Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site – will be closed at the end of Ramadan on Friday, wi…

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