(15 Dec 2023)
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Jerusalem - 15 December 2023
1. Various of Al-Aqsa compound as seen from Mount of Olives
2. Worshippers praying
3. Wide of compound
STORYLINE:
Muslim faithful attended Friday prayers in Jerusalem amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
The Palestinian president was set to meet Friday with U.S. officials to discuss postwar arrangements for Gaza that could include reactivating Palestinian security forces driven out by Hamas in its 2007 takeover of the territory.
While Israel has vowed to keep fighting until it wipes out Gaza's Hamas rulers, the international call for a cease-fire has grown in volume.
Israel has drawn international outrage and rare criticism from the U.S. — its main ally — over the killing of civilians.
More than 18,700 Palestinians have been killed, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-controlled territory, which does not differentiate between civilian and combatant deaths.
Israel says 116 of its soldiers have died in its ground offensive.
The war started after Hamas raided southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing about 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and taking about 240 hostages.
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