RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Gaza - 01July 2022. Palestinians buy sheep at a livestock market ahead of Eid al-Adha, in Gaza city on July 1, 2022. Eid al-Adha, or the feast of sacrifice, falls at this month when Muslims will slaughter sheep, goats, camels or calves.



0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Abu Suleiman, sheep seller.
0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Sobhi Al-Samuni, citizen.

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Eid al-Adha, or the feast of sacrifice, falls at this month when Muslims will slaughter sheep, goats, camels or calves.

Annual Saudi Arabia welcomed its first batch of hajj pilgrims since before the coronavirus pandemic, which prompted authorities to sharply restrict the annual ritual.

The Hajj, largest annual pilgrimage in the world, is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in the lifetime of every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so.

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