Mass wedding in Gaza celebrates new life

Dressed in traditional Palestinian prints and a suit, Eman Hassan Lawwa and Hikmat Lawwa walked hand-in-hand past the crumbled buildings of southern Gaza in a line of couples dressed exactly the same as them. The 27-year-old Palestinians were among 54 couples to get married in mass wedding in war-ravaged Gaza that represented a rare moment of hope after two years of devastation, death and conflict. Weddings are a key part of Palestinian culture which have become exceedingly rare in Gaza during the war, and a tradition that some couples have been able to restart in the wake of a fragile ceasefire.