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Dream postponed: Hebron groom caught in Israeli military lockdown

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Israel’s military operation in the West Bank’s Hebron has disrupted Palestinian life, including a postponed wedding.

Hebron, occupied West Bank – Haidar Yahya Tamimi had finished preparing his home, bought new furniture, chosen his wedding suit, and sent invitations to around 1,000 people. After four months of preparations, the 27-year-old was due to marry his fiancee, Ruba, on Friday.

Instead, he has been forced to leave his home in the al-Jalada neighbourhood, and the wedding has been postponed indefinitely.

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Haidar is among thousands of Palestinians displaced by an Israeli military operation in Hebron that began after two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint at the western entrance of the West Bank city on October 23.…

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