Photos of Palestinian couples celebrating a mass wedding in Gaza during its fragile ceasefire
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2:32 PM on Tuesday, December 2
By ABDEL KAREEM HANA
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians gathered in the ruins of southern Gaza to celebrate the mass wedding of more than 50 couples on Tuesday, a rare moment of hope after two years of devastation, death and conflict. Weddings are a key part of Palestinian culture but have become rare in Gaza during the war, and a tradition that some couples have been able to restart in the wake of a fragile ceasefire.
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