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First Ramadan After Truce Brings Flicker of Joy to Devastated Gaza
Small Ramadan celebrations bring moments of hope amid ongoing shortages and displacement for Gaza's 2.2 million residents, most of whom were displaced during recent conflict, aid groups say.
- On Feb 18, worshippers performed the Ramadan fajr at Gaza's Omari mosque, marking the first Ramadan morning prayer since the October ceasefire with dozens praying barefoot and in heavy jackets.
- Displacement and import restrictions forced shortages as nearly all of Gaza's 2.2 million residents were displaced and Israeli controls limit goods entry, the UN said.
- Luay Al-Jamasi, a shop owner, said lantern prices doubled from 30 shekels to 60 shekels due to fewer goods entering Gaza, while displaced families in tents lack electricity or water.
- Despite the ceasefire, a Gaza security source said artillery shelled eastern Gaza City and a central refugee camp that morning, while Israel bars AFP and other international news organisations from entering.
- Market activity and shared meals offered moments of joy and hope, as residents and families in tent camps expressed empathy and said they want this to be their last Ramadan in tents.
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Radio France Internationale
First Ramadan after truce brings flicker of joy in devastated Gaza
First Ramadan after ceasefire brings fragile joy to Gaza
Gaza welcomed the first day of Ramadan with quiet resilience and small signs of hope, marking the holy month’s start since October’s ceasefire. In streets lined with rubble and collapsed buildings, little lanterns and string lights brought a flicker of color and cheer. At the Omari Mosque, dozens of worshippers performed the first morning prayer, their bare feet on cold carpets but hearts steadfast despite the harsh winter and lingering conflict…
Ramadan in Gaza: Deprivation, high prices and the hardships of displacement
Palestinian Walid Al-Assi was playing with his young granddaughter this week, promising to take her to the market in Gaza City with the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan as his family had done before the Israel-Hamas war, but now circumstances had changed.
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