Waves of happiness in every country.
New clothes are springing up among boys and girls. Around the holy Eid-ul-Azha, the Muslim world is buzzing with the excitement of sacrifice. The rich and poor of Arab-European, Latin-Asian, and all are restless with the joy of the festival. Except for Gaza. Fireworks in the skies of neighboring Arab countries.
The roar of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. The cries of losing relatives; the pain of losing loved ones. The body of a child in the mother's arms. The cry of a small child for a handful of food. Upon waking up, the color of the new Eid clothes has been forgotten as soon as the shroud is seen! The barbaric attack by Israel, driven by ethnic hatred, has completely changed the picture in Gaza. The public life of Gaza has been changed by 20 months of continuous atrocities.
Eid in war-torn Gaza no longer means joy
. Yet even there, the Eid festival is marked by reunions of relatives, barbecues, and the bright smiles of children. Now, there are only piles of destruction, grief, and loneliness. The cries of people and the cries of hungry children rising from under the rubble. Far from sacrificing animals on Eid, Palestinians do not even have enough food to fill their stomachs for a day. Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye.
Nuha al-Najjar, a resident of the northernmost part of Gaza, expressed her heartbreaking feelings about the Eid al-Adha. "There is nothing to sacrifice except ourselves," she said in a heavy voice. "Before Eid, all around them is only rubble and screams of hunger. Every day, children cry from the next door. But no one can do anything."
Israel has been blocking food and medicine from entering Gaza for months. More than two million people are not receiving basic food assistance. They struggle to survive on a daily basis, relying on just a little flour or a few pulses. Although aid has been entering Gaza since May 27, it is far less than what is needed. Meanwhile, Israeli attacks on aid centers run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) have increased.
In the past 8 days, 102 hungry Palestinians
have been killed in attacks on aid centers as of Tuesday. Meanwhile, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday that Israel has stopped food distribution throughout the day amid the famine. The Israeli army said that it will continue to reorganize and reform distribution points to increase organization and efficiency. The organization said that relief distribution will resume from Thursday. UNICEF has strongly criticized this so-called relief operation amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The organization's spokesman, James Elder, said that the GHF is actually pretending to be relief. He added, "The world's large and reliable organizations are being prevented from providing relief. These organizations were supposed to enter Gaza every day with 500-600 trucks. But now only 500-600 boxes are reaching there."
