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Zena Al Tahhan

Occupied Jerusalem: ‘There is no Palestinian male that hasn’t been beaten’

Israeli forces were deployed in the thousands in and around the Old City of Jerusalem following Hamas' attack on October 7 [File: Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Al Jazeera]

Damascus Gate, occupied East Jerusalem – Samer and Omar* woke up early on Friday morning, hoping to make it to noon prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Located just 15 minutes away from their homes in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Issawiya in occupied East Jerusalem, the two young friends are among the tens of thousands of Palestinians in the city who attend Friday prayers at the mosque – one of the holiest in Islam.

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