Eid al-Fitr: A time of prayer and mourning for Palestinians amid airstrikes

Palestinians in Gaza observed Eid al-Fitr under the shadow of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo)

Many offered prayers outdoors near the ruins of mosques on Eid al-Fitr, the day marking the end of Ramadan. In Jabalia, worshippers gathered outside the heavily damaged Khulafaa Mosque for Eid prayers. (AP Photo)

In Deir al-Balah, dozens prayed in an open lot, while in Khan Younis people held prayers in the yard of a destroyed school. (AP Photo)

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza continued through Eid al-Fitr, killing at least 35 people in Rafah and Khan Younis, medical sources said, as per Al Jazeera. The attacks hit residential areas and tents where Palestinians had gathered to celebrate. (AP Photo)

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported recovering 15 medical workers’ bodies in Rafah, killed in an Israeli attack last week. Satellite images confirmed the destruction of five rescue vehicles. (AP Photo)

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is worsening as Israel halts aid deliveries. Food shortages have left many families struggling to secure even one meal for Eid. (AP Photo)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated demands for Hamas to disarm and for its leaders to leave Gaza. He vowed to increase military pressure to secure the release of 59 Israeli captives. These demands are part of a revised US-backed ceasefire framework. (AP Photo)

Hamas previously agreed to release captives in exchange for negotiations, but Israel now insists on their release without ending the war. Hamas rejected the new terms. (AP Photo)

Despite stalled negotiations, Netanyahu claimed, ‘We are conducting [negotiations] under fire, and therefore it is also effective.’ He suggested Hamas’s position was weakening. (AP Photo)