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Eid al-Adha

Palestinians shop for sheep and goats ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha at a livestock market in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
May 28, 2026, 2:18 pm
Amid economic crisis in the West Bank, Eid al-Adha is more observed than celebrated
Israel’s withholding of PA tax revenues for the past year left public sector employees without salaries ahead of the holiday; merchants say markets are largely empty
By Nurit Yohanan
A caretaker attends to an albino buffalo nicknamed, 'Donald Trump,' that was for sale, on May 17, 2026, ahead of Eid al-Adha, at a livestock farm in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. (Salahuddin AHMED / AFP)
May 27, 2026, 9:21 pm
Bangladesh spares albino ‘Donald Trump’ buffalo from Eid sacrifice
Rare albino buffalo had already been sold as a holiday offering, but authorities stepped into save the animal, citing ‘unusual level of public interest’ in presidential hair-do
By Agencies
Palestinians gather for Eid al-Adha prayers beside the ruins of a mosque in Deir el-Balah, Gaza, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
June 7, 2025, 1:12 pm
Gazans hold Eid prayers outdoors in the rubble, with scarce food: ‘The worst feast’
Gaza City woman, clutching photo of son she says was killed in shelling last month, cries that ‘there is no more Eid after you’re gone’
By AP and ToI Staff
IDF soldiers Staff Sgt. Yoav Raver (L) and Sgt. Maj. (res.) Chen Gross, who were killed in Gaza on June 6, 2025. (IDF)
June 6, 2025, 8:01 pm
4 IDF soldiers killed, 5 wounded after booby-trapped south Gaza building collapses
Gaza aid group says it closed aid distribution sites early due to ‘unsafe crowding’; Hamas health authorities say 38 killed by airstrikes on eve of Muslim holiday
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Agencies
Illustrative: An ambulance at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on June 20, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 29, 2023, 6:19 pm
Four-year-old boy from East Jerusalem dies after being locked in car
Child apparently got stuck inside the sweltering vehicle while playing with other kids
By ToI Staff
Salwan Momika holds a Quran as he protests outside a mosque in Stockholm on June 28, 2023, during the Eid al-Adha holiday. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP)
June 29, 2023, 4:20 pm
Muslim nations fume after Sweden allows Quran burning in front of mosque
Morocco recalls its ambassador to Stockholm while Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt, UAE and others denounce incident
By AFP
Muslim worshipers gather for Eid al-Adha prayers next to the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, June 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
June 28, 2023, 1:13 pm
Muslims around the world begin celebrating Eid al-Adha
Millions of faithful mark three-day holiday commemorating the readiness of Ibrahim — Abraham in the Christian and Jewish faiths — to sacrifice his son
By Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Muafak Tarif in his office in Jerusalem on June 21, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
June 25, 2023, 5:58 am
Netanyahu announces brief pause to wind turbine construction in Golan Heights
PM says project on hold until after Eid al-Adha holiday on Wednesday; follows Druze leader’s warning against a community reaction that ‘the country has hitherto not seen’
By ToI Staff
File: Muafak Tarif, head of the Druze community in Israel, at a ceremony held at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 24, 2023, 5:50 pm
Druze leader: Golan wind turbine project must stop or face unprecedented response
Muafak Tarif speaks at emergency meeting over controversial project that has enraged Druze living on the plateau
By ToI Staff
Public Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (center-right) meets with Druze spiritual leader Mowafaq Tarif and members of a Druze community council, June 22, 2023 (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 22, 2023, 11:35 pm
After Druze riots, Ben Gvir says wind farm construction will pause for holiday
National security minister, who took hardline approach to protests, confirms project will halt for Eid al-Adha next week in a message delivered alongside Druze leadership
By ToI Staff
Druze community members protest against the construction of a new wind farm in the Golan Heights, June 21, 2023 (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
June 22, 2023, 2:58 pm
Ben Gvir overrules police on freezing wind farm project, despite riots – reports
Far-right minister vows work will continue despite two days of protests, violence; police chief reportedly wanted contentious work paused until after next week’s Eid al-Adha
By ToI Staff and Michael Bachner
Iranian worshippers take part in the morning prayer ceremony for Eid al-Adha, celebrated by Muslims worldwide, at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Mosalla mosque, on July 10, 2022. (AFP)
July 17, 2022, 7:12 pm
Iran pardons, commutes sentences for 2,200 convicts to mark Muslim holidays
Supreme leader Khamenei ‘granted pardons or commuted the sentences of 2,272 convicts’ for the Eid al-Adha and Ghadir religious holidays
By AFP
Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks at a memorial ceremony in Jerusalem for former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir, July 10, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
July 11, 2022, 12:15 am
Lapid speaks to Erdogan, Sissi, as Israel bolsters links with neighbors
In PM’s separate calls to Turkish, Egyptian presidents, leaders note ‘major significance’ of bilateral relationships to region
By ToI Staff
Muslim worshipers offer Eid al-Adha prayers in Jerusalem's Old City, July 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
July 9, 2022, 1:14 pm
Millions of Muslims around the world commemorate Eid al-Adha amid soaring food costs
While many cut back on traditional feasts as prices rocket, community prayers return — a welcome sight for many after years of COVID restrictions
By amr nabil and Isabel Debre
Photo combination: Prime Minister Yair Lapid leads his first weekly cabinet meeting, July 3, 2022 (left); Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas talks to the media during a press conference in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, June 14, 2022 (Haim Zach/GPO; Iakovos Hatzistavrou, Pool via AP)
July 8, 2022, 1:45 pm
Rare dialogue: Ahead of Biden visit, Lapid, Herzog hold phone calls with PA’s Abbas
Israeli leaders wish Palestinian Authority president a happy Eid al-Adha, stressing need for cooperation and calm; calls come day after Abbas hosts Gantz in Ramallah
By Lazar Berman
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