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epa11235813 An Israeli security member keeps watch as Palestinians cross towards Jerusalem to attend Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the Israeli military checkpoint of Qalandia, 22 March 2024. Friday prayers are held at al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's old city and people have to cross form the West Bank to Jerusalem through israeli chcekpoints. The Muslims' holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. EPA/ATEF SAFADI