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Israel Marks Second 'Jerusalem Day' Under Shadow Of Gaza War

People unfurl a giant Israeli flag at the Western Wall on the eve of Jerusalem Day, which marks the Israeli army's 1967 capture of the city's eastern sector (Credit: AFP)

Israeli police were deploying near the walls of Jerusalem's Old City on Monday ahead of an annual event marking Israel's capture of east Jerusalem, held this year under the shadow of the war in Gaza.

Jerusalem Day, or "Yom Yerushalayim" in Hebrew, commemorates what Israel considers the reunification of the city under its authority in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

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