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Palestine, nestled in the heart of the Middle East, is a historic region of immense cultural and spiritual significance, bordered by Israel to the west, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the south.

Israeli forces have destroyed 79% of Gaza’s mosques and three churches, killing 255 clerics and targeting 32 cemeteries.