‘No livestock but still hope’: Palestinians prepare for Eid al-Adha in Gaza
Key takeaways
- Palestinians in Gaza will mark a third Eid under war-like conditions, with a shortage of food and joy.
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- She had hoped to fulfil a lifelong dream of performing Hajj, one of the five obligatory pillars of Islam, with her husband.
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Palestinians in Gaza will mark a third Eid under war-like conditions, with a shortage of food and joy.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A market for the remaining livestock in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, where the price of a sacrificial sheep exceeds $4,000 per animal [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/ Al Jazeera]By Maram Humaid Published On 27 May 202627 May 2026Gaza City — In her tent, where she has spent much of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, 68-year-old I’tidal Hamdan prepares for her third consecutive Eid al-Adha away from home.
Hamdan imagined this year would be different. She had hoped to fulfil a lifelong dream of performing Hajj, one of the five obligatory pillars of Islam, with her husband. But she has no chance of leaving Gaza, and her husband, 67, was killed in an Israeli strike last year.