The Ramadan spirit lives on: Cairo’s Matareya district on Thursday hosted its annual 15 Ramadan mass iftar table, said to be the longest in Egypt. The iftar brings together Cairenes of all ages and backgrounds to break their fast, one of the district’s residents told El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 2:43).

Now in its ninth year, the Matareya iftar brought together some 4k people including the South Korean ambassador to Egypt, Ala Mas’ouleety reported (watch, runtime: 9:48). The National also took note.

ALSO- The talking heads covered escalating violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories in the wake of Israeli authorities’ repeated storming of Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque last week. Two terror attacks yesterday claimed the lives of three civilians in Tel Aviv and the West Bank. Meanwhile, the Israeli military has bombed targets in Lebanon and Gaza after Palestinian militants in Lebanon and Hamas fired rockets over the weekend. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry last week condemned Israeli actions at Al Haram Al Sharif and yesterday called on all sides to avoid further escalation.

Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Fadi Al Hadmi discussed the latest developments on El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 2:49).

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