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APAIMages - APAIMages CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza- 25 April 2022. Members of Hamas movement visit the Saint Porphyrios Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City on the occasion of Easter.

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Thousands of Christians have celebrated the traditional “Holy Fire” ceremony of blazing candles at the Holy Sepulchre church, Christianity’s holiest site in Jerusalem, to mark the eve of Orthodox Easter.

Saturday’s ceremony comes against a backdrop of rising tensions with Israel, which imposed new restrictions on attendance this year that it said were needed for safety. Coronavirus constraints had severely limited attendance on the past two occasions.

Christians made up more than 18 percent of the population of Palestine when Israel was founded in 1948, but now form less than two percent, mostly Orthodox.

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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAIMages CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAIMages - APAIMages CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza- 25 April 2022. Members of Hamas movement visit the Saint Porphyrios Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City on the occasion of Easter. STORYLINE Thousands of Christians have celebrated the traditional “Holy Fire” ceremony of blazing candles at the Holy Sepulchre church, Christianity’s holiest site in Jerusalem, to mark the eve of Orthodox Easter. Saturday’s ceremony comes against a backdrop of rising tensions with Israel, which imposed new restrictions on attendance this year that it said were needed for safety. Coronavirus constraints had severely limited attendance on the past two occasions. Christians made up more than 18 percent of the population of Palestine when Israel was founded in 1948, but now form less than two percent, mostly Orthodox. Footage by APAwire

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