(6 Jun 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Deir Al-Balah, Central Gaza Strip - 6 June 2025
1. Various of worshippers walking through destruction to mosque site
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Abu Al-Ata, displaced man:
"There are no cattle to slaughter and also there is no Hajj as most people were not able to go. There are flaws, but we have to be patient because things are not under our control. There is an occupation that controls you."
3. People praying near destroyed mosque
4. Various of destroyed mosque
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Khan Younis, Southern Gaza Strip - 6 June 2025
5. Displaced people walking near tents to mosque site
6. Man laying out prayer mat
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Kamel Emran, from Khan Younis:
"This is the worst feast that the Palestinian people have passed through because of the unjust war against the Palestinian people. There is no food, no flour, no shelter, no mosques, no homes, no mattresses, no food. The conditions are very, very harsh."
8. Various of people praying near tents
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 6 June 2025
9. Various of worshippers praying
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Riyad Hamad, from Gaza City:
"Their religious rituals are not complete. As you can see there is rubble, destruction, death and destruction. My house is gone, my son is gone and everything is gone. There are no rituals left."
11. Various of worshippers praying near destruction
STORYLINE:
Thousands of people in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked one of Islam's most important holidays Friday, by holding feast prayers on the edge of destroyed mosques and homes.
Men and children of different ages held the early morning prayers in the open air to mark Eid al-Adha, or the "Feast of Sacrifice," which is the Islamic holiday that begins on the 10th day of the Islamic lunar month of Dhul-Hijja, during the Hajj season in Saudi Arabia.
The three-day feast began on Friday and for the second year, Muslims in Gaza were not able to leave for Saudi Arabia to perform the pilgrimage.
Residents in different parts of the strip said the feast this year comes as Palestinians are passing through the worst period in their history.
"This is the worst feast that the Palestinian people have passed through because of the unjust war," said Kamel Emran, from the southern city of Khan Younis.
"There is no food, no flour, no shelter, no mosques, no homes, no mattresses... The conditions are very, very harsh."
The situation has worsened since early March, when Israel blockaded all entrances to the Gaza Strip leaving more than 2 million people deprived of food and water.
The current blockade has lasted longer than any previous Israeli halt in aid to Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war began.
Over the past two weeks, shootings have erupted nearly daily in the Gaza Strip in the vicinity of new hubs where desperate Palestinians are being directed to collect food.
Witnesses say nearby Israeli troops have opened fire.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation... [truncated]
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