This year's Ramadan is very difficult in Gaza,

 

This year's Ramadan is very difficult in Gaza,

This year's Ramadan is very difficult in Gaza,

 

A few kilometers away from the southern border with Egypt, Suham Hussain sits in front of her tent, distraught and unable to answer any questions.

A mother of six girls living in Gaza was asked the question, 'How are you preparing for Ramadan this year?'

After about a minute of silence, he gave a brief answer that 'I wish Ramadan would not come to Gaza this year.'

Suham paused for a while, then continued the

conversation, saying:

 'How can Ramadan come when we are in this condition and we cannot eat or drink?'

Two girls of Saham are suffering from mental disorder. He looked at his two daughters with sad eyes and then said in a sad tone: 'These girls cannot be blamed for what is happening. They do not know anything about war or other situations, they are only interested in food and drink.

Saham does not have enough money to meet the basic needs of his daughters. "Ramadan supply" may be the demand of the people of Gaza, but Saham says that they do not have the resources to buy even a single tomato for their daughters.

Gaza

This year's Ramadan is very difficult in Gaza,

"We don't even have all the essentials of Ramadan"

Like Saham, other displaced people in Rafah are facing a strange pre-Ramadan conflict. Abu Shadi Asher is the sole breadwinner of a family of ten. They live with their families in a simple tent in Rafah and survive on canned food that is donated.

A few days after the war started, Abu Shadi moved with his family to different parts of Gaza. Rafah is their third destination so far.

They say that they are not able to make the traditional preparations for Ramadan this year.

According to him, "We lack everything for Ramadan and we can only welcome the holy month with patience."

This year, for the majority of the people of Gaza, Ramadan will pass without the welcome, traditional joys and grand preparations of the month.

This time, the tables at iftars in Gaza will not be decorated with the famous foods and sweets of Gaza, and for many families, these tables will remain empty. Many of these families have been killed in the ongoing war in Gaza and some of them were separated from their loved ones during the displacement.

53-year-old Al-Ashqar remembers the atmosphere and preparations for the coming of Ramadan in recent years.

According to him, 'We used to decorate and celebrate, but this year it has not been possible, there is no sign of Ramadan this year, and traders have little, if anything, except boxed goods. Even if it were available, we don't have enough money to buy anything.'

Bazar

There is hope for a ceasefire before Ramadan.

Al-Ashqar and other displaced people in Rafah hope that the fasting month will not rise until a temporary ceasefire is announced. Rumors of a possible ceasefire have been doing the rounds for the past few days.

Reuters news agency quoted Egyptian sources as saying that Qatar wants to host new talks between Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire agreement.

Sources indicated that the warring parties have agreed to hold a meeting in Qatar in the next few days to finalize the agreement. Earlier, a meeting was also scheduled to finalize the ceasefire in Egypt.

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The biggest good news for those displaced in Rafah during the month of Ramadan may be that a ceasefire is declared and they are allowed to return to their homes.

Ayad Bakr, a 60-year-old father of seven sisters who has been displaced from his home in Gaza about seven times, says that his only hope these days is to wake up in the morning and hear the first news that the ceasefire has been implemented. Is.'

There are no ingredients for welcoming Ramadan except faith and prayer. Now we cannot prepare for the holy month in any way.

According to Ayad, only canned food is currently available in Gaza.

He asked the question, "How can we fast or do Suhoor?" Can canned food be our strength in Ramadan? I don't know how we can get used to this situation in Ramadan.

Rashid Matar, a resident of Sheikh Rizwan neighborhood of Gaza, has expressed his opinion that he cannot prepare for Ramadan due to the uncertain situation in the ongoing war in Gaza, nor can he prepare any plans in the coming time.

Rashid Matar, an agricultural engineer and father of three, says, "I don't have a plan, I can't make a plan in this situation." Even if I thought about traveling out of Gaza to Egypt and from there to other countries, it would be very expensive, because it would require about five thousand dollars for each member of my family, and we are five. people are.'

He says that what saddens him most this year is that the breakfast table will remain incomplete due to the absence of some of his family members, who were separated by war conditions.

"My father and mother are still in the north, and this is the first time that I will be at the same table during Ramadan."