Israel Gaza live updates: ‘No joy, only pain’ as Palestinians mark Eid in Gaza


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Image caption: Elham’s children

I’ve been speaking to Elham, a
40-year-old mother in the southern city of Rafah, where 1.5 million Palestinians
are sheltering. Elham’s home is now a mass of
rubble, bar one room that survived the bombing – and that her family now lives
in.

I asked her how – if at all – she
was marking Eid.

“We have no Eid, no new
clothes, no semblance of celebration,” she told me.

“It’s a very sad day full of
tears for our children who were martyred in the war, including my sister’s
children.”

Eid-al-Fitr marks the end of the
holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims fast. It’s usually a day for gathering with
family and eating large meals.

But amid a looming famine, the
situation in Gaza looks very different. Elham says she’s unable to afford the
little food available.

“I have no food for
myself,” Elham says.

“My children have bread and
cheese, but I have nothing.”

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