Jerusalem, 31 December, 2023 (TPS) -- As 2023 comes to an end, here is a selection of some of the year’s most memorable photos taken by the Tazpit Press Service’s photographers.
Israeli troops in an assembly area near the Gaza border on Nov. 13, 2023. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS
Children play in a Jerusalem water park during a heat wave on July 12, 2023. Photo by Kobi Natan/TPS
Teddy bears in Tel Aviv’s “Hostage Square” on Oct. 25, 2023, placed in solidarity with Israelis held captive by Hamas in Gaza. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/TPS
Ahead of the High Holidays, workers from the Western Wall Heritage Foundation cleaned out thousands of notes to God left in in the Western Wall on Sept. 9. 2023. The notes were then buried in a cemetery. Photo by Yoav Dudkevtich/TPS
Muslim girls study the Koran during a summer camp at a mosque in Gaza City on June 13, 2023. Photo by Majdi Fathi/TPS
Star trails dance over the vineyards of Moshav Ramat Magshimim in the Golan Heights during the grape harvest on Aug. 14, 2023. Photo by Yehuda Weinberg/TPS
A family of storks nesting in the Golan Heights, northern Israel on June 27, 2023. Photo by Meni Tzuberi/TPS
Israelis protest against the government’s controversial judicial reform initiative in Tel Aviv on July 11, 2023. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/TPS
Children at Jerusalem’s Bloomfield Science Museum during a “Space Fair” on Feb. 1, 2023. Photo by Shalev Shalom/TPS
Thousands of Orthodox men return to Jerusalem following the funeral of spiritual leader Rabbi Gershon Edelstein in Bnei Brak on May 30, 2023. Photo by Omer Savir/TPS
Israeli soldiers in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis light Chanukah candles on Dec. 12, 2023. Photo by TPS