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Old City, Occupied East Jerusalem – On a corner just outside one of the gates to the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, 30-year-old Abu Mohammad was standing amid the smell of ...

For example, Jaffa Gate is where the Tower of David (the city's primary defense point) can be found. At the heart of Jerusalem, the Old City is open to exploration 24/7.

Israeli paramilitary officers have closed off Damascus Gate as well as other entrances into Jerusalem's Old City since October 7, 2023. in what residents liken to a siege [Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Al Jazeera] ...

A view of the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, a usually busy area that's become quiet amid the fighting between Israel and Hamas, in a photo taken Oct. 15, 2023. Guy Davies/ABC News ...

Israelis sing and dance with flags by Damascus gate to Jerusalem's Old city as they mark Jerusalem Day. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters The march marks Jerusalem Day, when Israelis celebrate capturing east ...

The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as the capital of their hoped-for state, while Israel considers the entire city as its eternal, undivided capital. Israel captured east Jerusalem, which includes ...

JERUSALEM — On the eve of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Jerusalem’s Old City bears few of its usual hallmarks of festivity. Nearly half of the grotto-shaped gift shops are sealed behind ...

Stop for tahini. At the bottom of the stairs leading from the gate to the Old City, and about a two-minute walk to the left, is Al Jebrini Tahini, one of the oldest tahini mills in Jerusalem ...

Hebrew University archaeologist Dr. Oren Gutfeld, center, opens a gate to the site of a Jewish ritual bath or mikveh, discovered near the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, July 17 ...