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In a bustling street in Gaza City, people gather around a vendor selling sweets and biscuits
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For a moment, it gives the illusion of normal Eid preparations. Except these Gazans say they have nothing to celebrate
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The Eid atmosphere is certainly very difficult because most of my relatives, my uncles and my brother, were all killed during the war
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Before the war, Eid was beautiful and full of joy. to come to the city square and play. But now there's no Eid at all. The whole place is filled with
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tents and destruction. Eid al-Fidah marks the end of the Holy Muslim month of Ramadan. But this
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year, it comes at a time of anguish in Gaza. More than 890 people have been killed since Israel's
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renewed offensive began on March 18th. No food or supplies have entered the enclave in weeks
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and it remains under a complete Israeli blockade. To bring some lightness
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these women at a displacement camp in Jabilia have made traditional cookies
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We wanted to make the children happy on Eid by baking cookies
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Even though we don't have a home and we are living in a tent, in our circumstances are difficult
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We want to make the children happy. On Friday, Egyptian mediators said they had received
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positive indications from Israel about a new ceasefire proposal. But there was no immediate response from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
