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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Safaa KANJ, Fiachra GIBBONS

Pilgrims Stay Away From Jerusalem On 'Tense' Good Friday

Christian pilgrims carry a wooden cross on the Good Friday procession through the streets of the Old City of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem (Credit: AFP)

The war in Gaza hung heavy over Good Friday in Jerusalem with fewer Christian pilgrims walking the path through the walled Old City that they believe Christ took to his crucifixion.

Security was heavy in the narrow alleyways where thousands of Palestinians observing the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan flocked to Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, also in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.

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