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MIDEAST-MODI'IN ILLIT-LAG BAOMER-CELEBRATION

(230509) -- MODI'IN ILLIT, May 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ultra-Orthodox Jews participate in celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer in the West Bank city of Modi'in Illit, May 8, 2023. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-MODI'IN ILLIT-LAG BAOMER-CELEBRATION

(230509) -- MODI'IN ILLIT, May 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ultra-Orthodox Jews participate in celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer in the West Bank city of Modi'in Illit, May 8, 2023. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-MODI'IN ILLIT-LAG BAOMER-CELEBRATION

(230509) -- MODI'IN ILLIT, May 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ultra-Orthodox Jews participate in celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer in the West Bank city of Modi'in Illit, May 8, 2023. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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Jews light bonfire to celebrate holiday of Lag BaOmer

STORY: Jews light bonfire to celebrate holiday of Lag BaOmer DATELINE: May 9, 2023 LENGTH: 0:03:40 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1 various of Jews lighting bonfires and dancing STORYLINE: Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel lighted bonfires during a Lag BaOmer celebration in the West Bank city of Modi'in Illit on Monday. Lag BaOmer, also known as Lag B'Omer, is a Jewish festival celebrated on the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, which occurs on the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar. This day marks the hillula (celebration, interpreted by some as anniversary of death) of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, a Mishnaic sage and leading disciple of Rabbi Akiva in the second century. There are several well-known customs and practices on Lag BaOmer, including the lighting of bonfires, pilgrimage to the tomb of bar Yochai in the northern Israeli town of Meron, and various customs at the tomb itself. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jerusalem. (XHTV)

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MIDEAST-MODI'IN ILLIT-LAG BAOMER-CELEBRATION

(230509) -- MODI'IN ILLIT, May 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ultra-Orthodox Jews participate in celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer in the West Bank city of Modi'in Illit, May 8, 2023. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-MODI'IN ILLIT-LAG BAOMER-CELEBRATION

(230509) -- MODI'IN ILLIT, May 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ultra-Orthodox Jews participate in celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer in the West Bank city of Modi'in Illit, May 8, 2023. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-MODI'IN ILLIT-LAG BAOMER-CELEBRATION

(230509) -- MODI'IN ILLIT, May 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ultra-Orthodox Jews participate in celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer in the West Bank city of Modi'in Illit, May 8, 2023. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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International Women's Day marked in Israel

STORY: International Women's Day marked in Israel DATELINE: March 9, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:56 LOCATION: MODI'IN, Israel CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of International Women's Day rally in Israel STORYLINE: Thousands of women dressed in red on Wednesday celebrated International Women's Day in the city of Modi'in of Israel. The participants formed a human chain to show that they are united in opposition to the violation of women's rights. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Modi'in, Israel. (XHTV)

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Palestinian shot dead after lightly injures 8 Israelis

STORY: Palestinian shot dead after lightly injures 8 Israelis DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of police officers searching the site while ambulance and rescue workers evacuated the body of the attacker from the site STORYLINE: A Palestinian man was shot dead after slightly injuring eight Israelis by stabbing and spraying pepper gas in central Israel on Thursday night, Israeli police said. The police said in a statement that the incident -- which took place at a major crossroad outside the city of Modi'in, just next to the seam zone between Israel and the occupied West Bank -- was "a terror attack." Eyewitnesses told the state-owned Kan TV news that the suspect approached cars at the junction and attempted to open their doors and stab the people inside. Two people were stabbed and six were sprayed by the suspect, all in minor injuries, Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service said in a statement. An off-duty police officer who

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ISRAEL-MODI'IN-ATTACK

(220922) -- MODI'IN, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Members of Israeli security forces and medical staff work at the scene of an attack near the city of Modi'in in central Israel, on Sept. 22, 2022. A Palestinian man was shot dead after slightly injuring eight Israelis by stabbing and spraying pepper gas in central Israel on Thursday night, Israeli police said. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-MODI'IN-ATTACK

(220922) -- MODI'IN, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Members of Israeli security forces work at the scene of an attack near the city of Modi'in in central Israel, on Sept. 22, 2022. A Palestinian man was shot dead after slightly injuring eight Israelis by stabbing and spraying pepper gas in central Israel on Thursday night, Israeli police said. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-MODI'IN-ATTACK

(220922) -- MODI'IN, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Members of Israeli security forces work at the scene of an attack near the city of Modi'in in central Israel, on Sept. 22, 2022. A Palestinian man was shot dead after slightly injuring eight Israelis by stabbing and spraying pepper gas in central Israel on Thursday night, Israeli police said. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-MODI'IN-ATTACK

(220922) -- MODI'IN, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Members of Israeli security forces work at the scene of an attack near the city of Modi'in in central Israel, on Sept. 22, 2022. A Palestinian man was shot dead after slightly injuring eight Israelis by stabbing and spraying pepper gas in central Israel on Thursday night, Israeli police said. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-MODI'IN-ATTACK

(220922) -- MODI'IN, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Members of Israeli security forces and medical staff work at the scene of an attack near the city of Modi'in in central Israel, on Sept. 22, 2022. A Palestinian man was shot dead after slightly injuring eight Israelis by stabbing and spraying pepper gas in central Israel on Thursday night, Israeli police said. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)