In Pictures: Displaced Palestinians in Gaza mark a joyless first iftar of Ramadan 2024
The first day of Ramadan arrived in a backdrop of famine, disease, displacement and bombs
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza marked a joyless first iftar of Ramadan 2024.
While the world watches the Israeli atrocities over the helpless civilians of Gaza, the start of the holiest month of the Islamic calendar could not bring any relief to the thousands of people who have been forced to leave their homes amid barbaric bombing and ethnic cleansing.
In Gaza’s southern border city of Rafah, there are reported to be 1.5 million people seeking refuge.
A boy walks past a Palestinian woman sitting at a camp for displaced people backdropped by the minarets of a mosque, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
Here is how the helpless civilians of Gaza marked their first fast on March 11, of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Photo Courtesy AFP:
Displaced Palestinians collect food donated by a charity before an iftar meal, the breaking of the fast, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP)Displaced Palestinians collect food donated by a charity before an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)Displaced Palestinians collect food donated by a charity before an iftar meal, the breaking of the fast, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP)
A displaced Palestinian woman bakes bread before an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
The Palestinian Al-Naji family eats an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, amidst the ruins of their family house, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP)Palestinians share an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)Palestinians share an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)Palestinians share an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
Palestinians pray before breaking the fast on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
Dozens of displeased Palestinians offered prayers in the ruins of a mosque hit by an Israeli air strike just days ago in Raffah.
The usually generous iftar meal, marking the end of the day’s fast, is now replaced by “canned food and beans”, said displaced Khan Younis resident Mohammad al-Masry, as quoted by Aljazeera.
“We didn’t prepare anything. What do displaced people have?” al-Masry said, adding, “We don’t feel the joy of Ramadan … Look at the people staying in tents in the cold.”
At least 31,184 people in Gaza have been killed and 72,889 injured by Israeli attacks on the enclave since October 7, 2023.
