Gazans celebrate the Islamic holy month as war rages around them.
Muhammad Jihad Suleiman, right, walking through tents in Gaza waking people up for suhoor – eating before the fast beings at four in the morning – through an old tradition of Al-Musaharati.As the Israel-Hamas war continues, many Gazans are observing Ramadan by carrying out the traditions of the Muslim holy month as best as they can amid the dire humanitarian conditions.
“When they found us this Ramadan, they were shocked that there were Musaharati despite the war," Suleiman told ABC News last week, speaking in Arabic, adding that Gazans were excited to see the tradition being observed, despite Suleiman's makeshift drum, made from a large plastic water container. More than 32,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 72,000 others have been injured in Gaza since Oct. 7, amid Israel's ongoing ground operations and aerial bombardment of the strip, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.conducted by the Israel Defense Forces during Ramadan at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, which ended Monday, has killed 200 people, according to the IDF, which maintains Hamas was using the hospital as an operational base. Hamas denies this.
The war, however, has changed how they celebrate. Now, what was once a celebration in a house with a big feast has become a crowded gathering in a tent for Al-Bayed and thousands of other Gazans.Samy Zyara/ABC News
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