No Feasts and No Joy: Gazans Mark a Dark Eid
- On yesterday, Palestinians in Khan Yunis shopped for Eid al-Adha despite rubble from Israeli strikes, as new clothes, sacrificial sheep, and Eid biscuits remain either unaffordable or unavailable in Gaza this year.
- Despite a US-brokered ceasefire since October 2025, Israeli air strikes remain common and 80 per cent of Gaza's buildings were damaged; Israel controls all entry points, restricting livestock to only 15,000 sheep for 2.1 million inhabitants.
- Sheep prices have surged tenfold since the war: animals sold for around 1,000 shekels before now cost between 11,000 and 15,000 shekels, according to Gaza agriculture ministry spokesperson Raafat Asaliya, with former property dealer Abu Abdullah al-Mosadar pooling $4,570 to buy one sheep.
- Gaza City resident Ahmed Abu Salem told AFP 'We have never heard of such prices in our lives,' while a 40-year-old displaced woman from Gaza's north said 'This year, Eid comes with none of the joy we once knew.'
- Central to Eid al-Adha tradition is sacrificing a sheep to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim's faith and mark the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca; despite hardship, one Khan Yunis family prepared maamoul biscuits under a makeshift UNICEF tarp shelter.
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No feasts, no joy: Gazans mark a dark Eid as high prices of goods hit families
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‘No joy’: Gazans mark somber Eid in shadow of war
New clothes for children, sacrificial sheep and Eid biscuits, the hallmarks of the Muslim holiday, are all either unaffordable or unavailable in Gaza, casting a shadow over what is usually a time of celebration and joy. “I go to the market only to look around because I cannot afford to buy anything. Whenever I ask about prices, I return heartbroken,” Nadia Abu Shamala, a Palestinian resident of Gaza, told AFP. “This year, Eid comes with none of …
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