Gaza’s children mark Eid al-Fitr amid the ruins of playgrounds destroyed by war
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For the second year now, the children of Gaza have been deprived of the joy that Eid usually brings.
Playgrounds and parks are now in ruins from Israel’s bombardment.
Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from Gaza City, Palestine.
‘Eid of Sadness’: Gaza marks festival amid Israeli bombings, lack of food
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Palestinians in the Gaza Strip had little to celebrate as they marked Eid al-Fitr with rapidly dwindling food supplies and no end in sight to the Israeli bombardment.
Many held prayers outside demolished mosques on the day marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, as at least 22 Palestinians were killed on Sunday, most of them women and children.
The Muslim festival is supposed to be a joyous occasion, when families gather for feasts and buy new clothes for children – but most of Gaza’s two million Palestinians are just trying to survive.
Al Jazeera’s Victoria Gatenby reports on what has become a sombre and a muted holiday in Gaza.
Voices of Gaza: Orphaned children starve and grieve on a joyless Eid
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Thousands of orphaned children in Gaza face a sorrowful Eid amid ongoing conflict, with many grieving lost parents and enduring dire living conditions. Ahmed Khalil, a 10-year-old boy, recounts how Israeli soldiers destroyed his home, killed his family, and left him and his sister starving in a shelter. His grandmother, Rayqa Khalil, explains that the children’s entire family, including a 10-month-old baby, was massacred while they slept in a school shelter. Ahmed, who was shot in the shoulder, now spends his days searching for food and water instead of celebrating Eid as he once did. The siblings, now alone in the world, struggle with grief as they hear other children calling for their parents. Their grandmother, unable to afford new clothes or gifts, watches helplessly as they endure unimaginable suffering. The joyous traditions of Eid have been replaced by loss and hardship for Gaza’s orphaned children.
