• Palestinian vendors sell sacrificial animals at a livestock market ahead of Eid Al Adha in the West Bank town of Nablus. Alaa Badarneh / EPA
    Palestinian vendors sell sacrificial animals at a livestock market ahead of Eid Al Adha in the West Bank town of Nablus. Alaa Badarneh / EPA
  • Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for family, one for friends & relatives, and one for the poor & needy. Alaa Badarneh / EPA
    Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for family, one for friends & relatives, and one for the poor & needy. Alaa Badarneh / EPA
  • Palestinian women make traditional cookies filled with dates or nuts in Hebron. Hazem Bader / AFP Photo
    Palestinian women make traditional cookies filled with dates or nuts in Hebron. Hazem Bader / AFP Photo
  • A view of livestock market in Nablus. Alaa Badarneh / EPA
    A view of livestock market in Nablus. Alaa Badarneh / EPA
  • An elderly Palestinian man checks out the Eid livestock. Alaa Badarneh / EPA
    An elderly Palestinian man checks out the Eid livestock. Alaa Badarneh / EPA
  • A shopkeeper checks his wares in Nablus. Alaa Badarneh / EPA
    A shopkeeper checks his wares in Nablus. Alaa Badarneh / EPA
  • epa06167936 Palestinian vendors sell Sacrificial animals at a livestock market ahead of Eid al-Adha, in the West Bank town of Nablus, 28 August 2017. Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year, it marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) to visit Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
    epa06167936 Palestinian vendors sell Sacrificial animals at a livestock market ahead of Eid al-Adha, in the West Bank town of Nablus, 28 August 2017. Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year, it marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) to visit Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
  • Palestinian women make traditional cookies filled with dates or nuts in preparation for the Eid al-Adha celebrations, on August 28, 2017, in the West Bank town of Hebron. / AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER
    Palestinian women make traditional cookies filled with dates or nuts in preparation for the Eid al-Adha celebrations, on August 28, 2017, in the West Bank town of Hebron. / AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER
  • epa06171229 A Palestinian man opens his clothes shop ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in the West Bank city of Nablus, 30 August 2017. Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year, it marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) to visit Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
    epa06171229 A Palestinian man opens his clothes shop ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in the West Bank city of Nablus, 30 August 2017. Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year, it marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) to visit Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
  • epa06171248 A Palestinian vendor arranges fruit on sale ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in the West Bank city of Nablus, 30 August 2017. Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year, it marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) to visit Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
    epa06171248 A Palestinian vendor arranges fruit on sale ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in the West Bank city of Nablus, 30 August 2017. Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year, it marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) to visit Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH

Palestinians prepare for Eid Al Adha - in pictures

A look at the livestock market in Nablus in the West Bank as Palestinians prepare to mark Eid Al Adha

The National staff

August 30, 2017

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