A Palestinian bride celebrates in the rubble of her demolished Jerusalem home


The hands of Palestinian bride Rabeha Al-Rajabi, decorated with Henna for her wedding ceremony, are pictured at her house in East Jerusalem, June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

JERUSALEM (Reuters): Palestinian Rabeha Rajabi did not think she would be holding her wedding celebrations in the rubble of her own home in occupied East Jerusalem, until Israeli authorities destroyed it.

"Before any blow hit the house, it hit our hearts," said Rajabi, speaking among the debris and donning a traditional Palestinian thobe and henna-inked hands. "This was our home, our dream, our memories."

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