In pictures... After the war with Israel... Sadness envelopes the joy of Eid in Gaza
The joy of Eid has dissipated and sadness surrounds Gazans who have lost loved ones.
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The turnout of Gazans to buy sacrifices this year is very limited due to the lack of funds and the absence of an atmosphere of celebration.
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Muhammad al-Qassas laments the destruction of his shoe store during the fighting, after it was selling whatever shoes he had recovered from the rubble.
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A Palestinian clothes seller sells his wares amid the rubble of destroyed buildings.
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Palestinians who lost loved ones in the war between activists in Gaza and Israel two months ago see little reason to celebrate Eid al-Adha, which falls these days.
On the occasion of Eid, Mahmoud Issa, a 73-year-old retired teacher, bought new clothes for his grandchildren, and took them to a farm to choose this year's sacrifice.
But he is in mourning for his daughter Manar (39 years) and her daughter Lina (13 years), who he says were killed by an Israeli missile that destroyed their home in the Bureij refugee camp on May 13.
Manar's husband and three other children survived the bombing.
Sitting next to a large mural of Manar, Issa said, "We are adults and the pain still lives in us, but it is our duty to get the children out of this atmosphere and make them live in the atmosphere of Eid, so that they forget the pain they experienced, such as losing their mother and losing their older sister."
According to the Hamas government in Gaza, 2,200 homes were destroyed and 37,000 homes were damaged by Israeli shelling during the 11-day war between the two sides last May.
More than 250 Palestinians were killed in hundreds of air strikes launched by Israel on Gaza, in response to Hamas' firing of rockets at Israel after what the movement said were violations of the rights of Palestinians in Jerusalem.
In addition, 13 people were killed in Israel during the rocket shelling, which disrupted the aspects of life and pushed people to seek shelter.
In the livestock markets in Gaza, breeders and farmers reported poor sales before the Eid. In one of the markets in Khan Yunis, some customers loaded the sacrifices they bought onto donkey carts to take them home.
Merchant Abu Salim Atwa said: "Sunni, the market is weak. The demand for livestock is weak due to the siege, war and corona. All conditions were difficult," referring to the strict restrictions imposed by Israel and Egypt on the borders based on security reasons.
He added, "God willing, the truce will prove... truce is in everyone's interest."
In a stall for sale in one of the bustling streets of Al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza, Muhammad Al-Qassas bemoans the destruction inflicted on his shoe store during the fighting, after it sold what he managed to recover from the rubble.
Al-Qassas, 23, fears that the Egyptian-brokered truce, which ended the most serious clashes in years between militants in Gaza and Israel, will not hold.
"A new war will be a disaster," he told Reuters.
Trader Abu Salim Atwa: “This year, the market is weak, the demand for livestock is weak due to the siege, war and (Corona), all conditions were difficult.”
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