ISRAEL-MODIIN-WHEAT HARVEST

ISRAEL-MODIIN-WHEAT HARVEST

Xinhua
13 May 2026, 16:45 GMT+

(260513) -- TEL AVIV, May 13, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An ultra-Orthodox Jew harvests wheat in a field near the central Israeli city of Modiin, Israel, on May 12, 2026.

Some 100 ultra-Orthodox Jews took part in an annual harvest ritual on Tuesday, collecting wheat that will later be used to make the traditional unleavened bread eaten during the holiday of Passover. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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