War-weary Palestinians in Gaza mark first day of Ramadan

Описание: (1 Mar 2025)
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Jabaliya, Gaza - 1 March 2025
1. Various of people walking in muddy market street near war damage on first day of holy month of Ramadan
2. Various of people buying vegetables and food items from stalls
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Huda Matar, Jabaliya resident:
”Today there is a lot of goodness, but there is no money. Prices are high. A kilo of tomatoes costs 12 shekels, onions cost 8 shekels, and carrots cost eight shekels. In the last Ramadan nothing was available, but this Ramadan there is everything, but the prices are high.”
4. Various of people walking in market near war damage
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Anwar Saleh, Jabaliya resident:
"It feels good that the month of Ramadan has passed and we are enjoying the end of the war. We hope that the truce will continue and the war will end completely."
6. Various of people in market near destruction
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdul Karim Karizm, Jabaliya resident:
"As for Ramadan last year, it was very difficult, because there was a very difficult famine and no kind of food was available. Even what would satisfy one’s livelihood was not available. As for Ramadan in this year, 2025, it is true that the conditions regarding food and foodstuffs are somewhat available, but the prices are not affordable for everyone."
8. Various of people in market
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdul Karim Karizm, Jabaliya resident:
"We do not feel the atmosphere of Ramadan at all, just fasting only to perform its obligatory duties, but as for the rest of the matters and the financial situation of the people, the lack of money and the lack of food supplies."
10. Various of people preparing Qtaiyef stall near war damage
11. Various of people walking in muddy street in market near war damage
STORYLINE:
War-weary Palestinians in Gaza marked the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on Saturday amid the rubble of their houses and concerns that the Israel-Hamas war could resume.

Many went shopping during the day in the urban Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza, which witnessed massive destruction during the 15-month war.

Many were not able to purchase their families’ needs.

"Today there is a lot of goodness, but there is no money,” said Huda Matar, a Palestinian woman, complaining about skyrocketing prices, even if food and basic staples are available compared to Ramadan last year.

“The previous Ramadan, nothing was available, but this Ramadan there is everything, but the prices are high,” she said.

Abdul Karim Karizm, a Palestinian man, said conditions were extremely difficult in Ramadan 2024, “because there was a very difficult famine and no kind of food was available.”

But he also complained about high prices.

“It is true that the conditions regarding food and foodstuffs are somewhat available, but the prices are not affordable for everyone,” he said. “We do not feel the atmosphere of Ramadan at all, just fasting only to perform its obligatory duties."

Anwar Saleh, another Palestinian man, rejoiced that the Muslim holy month started while the ceasefire was still in place, hoping that it will hold.

“We hope that the truce will continue and the war will end completely,” he said.

The first phase of the ceasefire expires on Saturday, but under the deal’s terms, fighting should not resume while negotiations are underway on phase two, which could end the war in Gaza, see Israeli troops withdraw and the remaining living hostages returned home.


Produced for AP by Wafaa Shurafa

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