Testimony
Two weeks after the start of Ramadan, still no truce in Gaza
New vote this Monday, March 25, by the UN Security Council, on yet another draft resolution demanding an “immediate” ceasefire in Gaza. All the previous ones have been vetoed. An end to the fighting in the Palestinian territory ravaged by months of war was hoped for by the start of Ramadan. Fifteen days have passed, and the population of the enclave remains under Israeli bombs, suffering from a lack of water and food.
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People break their fast together during the holy month of Ramadan, during a meal organized by members of the Barbara refugee camp, along a street in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, this Sunday 24 March 2024. AFP - MOHAMMED ABED
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Testimony in the Gaza Strip collected from Jerusalem by our correspondent,
Sami Boukhelifa
The image is strong. And it is widely shared by Palestinians on social networks. In
Gaza
, a few dozen faithful pray every evening on the ruins of their mosque, destroyed by an Israeli strike.
But for Asma, a resident of Khan Younès, displaced to Rafah because of the fighting, this year, her heart is not in it. “
Normally, during the month of Ramadan, we devote ourselves to prayer,”
she explains.
But at the moment, with the war, that is not possible.
»
Our concern is whether we are going to eat, whether we are going to find water. You have to manage to find food. It's difficult. We spend our time thinking about all this instead of devoting ourselves to religion.
Ramadan, a month dedicated to spirituality for all Muslims, but also a time of conviviality, an essential family time. “
But it’s impossible to experience it like this in Gaza, because people have lost everything. More houses, more homes
,” explains Asma.
It's so difficult for the people who are on the street in the tents. And last night and the night before were very hard. There were lots of attacks and bombings. There were many martyrs, wounded, houses destroyed in Rafah. It's difficult.
Gaza still hopes for a truce, but “
it’s difficult to keep hope
,” she confides.
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