RAFAH, Gaza Strip – As the evening prayer sounded across Gaza's rubble, the Abu Rizek family broke their day's fast with a shared meal in the wreckage of their home, sadly recalling all they had lost in Israel's military campaign since last year's Muslim holy...
Palestinian man Ismail Al-Khlout reads the Koran as he waits to break his fast while sitting on the rubble of his house, which was destroyed during Israel's military offensive as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, during the holy month of Ramadan, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, March 13, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Palestinian woman Umm Nael Al-Khlout prepares Ramadan breakfast food on the rubble of her house which was destroyed during Israel's military offensive, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, March 13, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa Palestinian members of Al-Khlout family wait to break their fast on the rubble of their house which was destroyed during Israel's military offensive, during the holy month of Ramadan, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, March 13, 2024.
"Last Ramadan was great but this year it's not. A lot of things are not there any more. My sisters, my family. Our house was destroyed. There are still people under the rubble not pulled out," said Um Mahmoud Abu Rizek."We only eat soup and canned food. A can of beans. We're so tired of canned food and we get sick of it. My son keeps saying his stomach hurts," she said, recalling the plentiful meals of past Ramadans.
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