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gathered in Jerusalem's , the traditional site of Jesus's crucifixion, burial and resurrection, on Sunday to observe the .

Thousands of people participated in mass at the church in the historic Old City, home to holy sites to the three monotheistic faiths.

Sunday is Easter in the Western Christian calendar, and is Palm Sunday for Eastern Orthodox Christians.

This year the holiday coincides with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the Jewish holiday of Passover for the first time in over three decades.

Elsewhere in the Old City, Israeli forces pushed out and arrestedÌýPalestinian worshippers at theÌýAl-Aqsa Mosque compound after the occupying forcesÌýclosed off the flashpoint shrine, to allow Jews settlers in.