Gaza truce holds as Israel admits Jewish visitors to holy site
Neither Israel nor Hamas had reported violations of the truce by Sunday morning
23 May 2021 - 17:32
Jerusalem — The Israel-Hamas ceasefire held into a third day on Sunday as Israeli police admitted Jewish visitors to a contested Jerusalem holy site where earlier confrontations with Palestinian protesters helped to ignite the cross-border Gaza fighting.
Police reported no unusual incidents at the al-Aqsa mosque compound — one of Islam’s holiest sites — as Israeli social media accounts showed a few dozen Jews in religious garb strolling around the site under guard...
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