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Photos show Palestinian couples celebrating a mass wedding in Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, central Gaza (AP) — Dozens of brides were dressed in traditional Palestinian prints, while grooms wore suits with keffiyehs around their necks as they walked hand-in-hand past drummers and guests who waved Palestinian flags in a mass wedding held in central Gaza on Friday.

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