Jericho – Together – This Saturday morning, the first convoy of pilgrims from the Holy House of God set off from President Mahmoud Abbas’s city for Hajj and Umrah, through the Karama crossing, east of the city of Jericho.

The Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs, Sheikh Muhammad Najm, the Governor of Jericho and the Jordan Valley, Hussein Hamayel, the Mayor of Jericho, Abdul Karim Sidr, and the Director of the Karama Crossing Police, Colonel Mustafa Dawabsha, participated in receiving the pilgrims’ delegations, who confirmed that full arrangements had been made for the pilgrims to leave the West Bank easily and conveniently through the crossing. Al Karama, all the way to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and from there to Saudi Arabia, to facilitate the travel of pilgrims and provide services to them.

Since the morning hours, the influx of pilgrims from the northern governorates has continued to the city of President Mahmoud Abbas, where 1,650 pilgrims will leave in the first convoy in 33 buses, whil
e 3,350 pilgrims will leave tomorrow, Sunday, in 67 buses. However, the pilgrims from the Gaza Strip, whose number reaches 2,600 pilgrims, have been deprived of This year, he was unable to perform the religious obligation, due to the continuous aggression on the 239th day.

The number of delegations that will accompany the pilgrims is 350, distributed among administrative, guidance, medical, media, and security delegations.

Source: Maan News Agency