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In photos: Palestinians return to Al-Aqsa after week of violence

Activestills have released a photo gallery of the troubles at Al-Aqsa over the last two weeks as thousands of Palestinians return to their place of worship.

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Voices from Gaza: Photo Gallery

: The view across Gaza city to the sea. Kairos Britain/Charlotte Marshall

: Destruction from Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014. Kairos Britain/Charlotte Marshall

: Mammogram and breast screening at the Al Ahli hospital. Breast cancer has been on the rise in the last 5 years and late diagnosis has been a significant cause of death in women. Kairos Britain/Charlotte Marshall

: Yasmin, 12, has received physiotherapy at the Al Ahli hospital following injuries sustained in the 2014 war on Gaza. Kairos Britain/Charlotte Marshall

: A pregnant mother receives antenatal care at The Near East Council of Churches’ mother and baby clinic, Shejaiya. Kairos Britain/Charlotte Marshall

: Sunset in Shejaiya, one of the neighbourhoods almost completely destroyed in the 2014 military assault on Gaza. Kairos Britain/Charlotte Marshall

: The Rosary Sisters School, Gaza. Kairos Britain/Charlotte Marshall

: Students at the Rosary Sisters school who describe their school as ‘a light in Gaza, where we are raised and cared for’. Kairos Britain/Charlotte Marshall

: Students at the Near East Council of Churches’ vocational training centre in Qarara who are on a 2-year electrical training programme. Kairos Britain/Charlotte Marshall

: A student at the electrical vocational training centre learns rewiring, a skill which will hopefully help him to find a job in the future but with the highest unemployment rate in the world this will be difficult for many young people. Kairos Britain/Charlotte Marshall

: Najla Diab (30) works as a secretary and PA under the NECC’s job creation scheme, designed to help young people in Gaza access employment opportunities. Kairos Britain/Charlotte Marshall

: Mohammad Aldahdouh (19) is now employed full time in an aluminium workshop making kitchen units thanks to the NECC’s job creation scheme which he participated in. Kairos Britain/Charlotte Marshall

Video: Water inequality in the West Bank

Jewish Voice for Peace meet Palestinians in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh to hear about water inequality between Palestinians and Israeli settlers.

Occupation captured by Christian Peacemaker Teams

: An Israeli Border Police prepares to launch a tear gas canister at a group of children. Children often throw rocks at the checkpoints and soldiers respond with tear gas and sound bombs. The tear gas interrupts the morning walk to school for many kids. In addition the tear gas floats into open shops and open windows of the homes that line the street. (15/04/2016)

: Israeli Border Police have recently been expanding their checkpoints, adding new metal detectors, and also adding containment facilitates to hold Palestinians that they arrest. (17/04/2016)

: Palestinian men are detained on their way to pray at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the old city of Hebron. (19/04/2016)

: A young Palestinian youth pushes his bike under the barbwire at the checkpoint. After passing his bike through, he crawled under himself. The checkpoint turnstiles are too tight for a bike and the Israeli Border Police rarely open the gate for youth. (18/04/2016)

: Four small Jewish boys play in the foreground while two Palestinian children watch in the background. The settler children play under the watchful eye of Israeli army. (20/04/2016)