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Tensions build around Jerusalem shrine after Syria strikes
Updated On: 10 April, 2023 08:17 AM IST | Jerusalem | Agencies
Thousands of Jewish worshippers gathered at the city’s Western Wall, the holiest place where Jews can pray, for a mass priestly benediction prayer service for the Passover holiday
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Israeli police escort Jewish visitors marking the holiday of Passover to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound Sunday. PIC/AP
Israeli warplanes and artillery struck targets in Syria following rare rocket fire from the neighbour, as Jewish-Muslim tensions reached a peak on Sunday at a volatile Jerusalem shrine with simultaneous religious rituals.
Thousands of Jewish worshippers gathered at the city’s Western Wall, the holiest place where Jews can pray, for a mass priestly benediction prayer service for the Passover holiday. At the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a walled esplanade above the Western Wall, hundreds of Palestinians prayed during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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