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.

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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 ...

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] ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Old City of Jerusalem is thousands of years old. People from all over the world travel here to see the expansive history and the foundation of religions and empires — until now.

He'd made a few trips to the Old City since Oct. 7, he said, but not many. For him, it's a place of work more than a place of worship. Hollander misses the income, of course (a half-day tour is a ...

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 ...