Arafat
The sanctity of the granite mount for Muslims comes when Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) delivered his farewell sermon for pilgrims some 1,400 years ago, calling for equality and unity among Muslims.
More than two million pilgrims have covered Mount Arafat with white as Hajj (Pilgrimage) approached its peak on Saturday.
"Greetings to the symbol of the Palestinian struggle ... to the spirit of leader Yasser Arafat," the ministry's spokesman Ahmed Hafez tweeted.
The number of deaths has been raised to 55 cases; an Egyptian pilgrim died Tuesday in Medina, Saudi Arabia, according to the Ministry of Health.
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