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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Wafaa Shurafa and Megan Janetsky

Mass wedding in Gaza celebrates new life after years of war and tragedy

APTOPIX Gaza Mass Wedding - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Eman Hassan Lawwa was dressed in traditional Palestinian prints and Hikmat Lawwa wore a suit as they walked hand-in-hand past the crumbled buildings of southern Gaza in a line of other couples dressed in exactly the same way.

The 27-year-old Palestinians were among 54 couples to get married Tuesday in a mass wedding in war-ravaged Gaza that represented a rare moment of hope after two years of devastation, death and conflict.

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