​In photos: Gazans celebrate Eid al-Adha in the shadows of war​

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip struggled to celebrate Eid al-Adha, one of the most important Islamic holidays. Despite being war-battered, Palestinians gathered in a market in Gaza City to mark the celebrations. (Image: AP)

Traditionally, Muslims sacrifice a sheep or a cow and give away a part of the meat to the poor. But due to the ongoing conflict, fresh meat has not entered the strip for months, and the existing cattle are dead after 20 months of constant Israeli bombardment. (Image: AP)

There has been a series of attacks in the Gaza Strip in the weeks leading up to Eid. At least 31 people were killed and over 170 were wounded as Israeli forces fired on Palestinians heading to an aid site on Sunday, June 2. (Image: AP)

Palestinians visited the graves of their relatives at Sheikh Radwan cemetery in Gaza City on the first day of Eid al-Adha. According to Gaza's health ministry, more than 57,000 Palestinians have been killed so far in the war. (Image: PTI)

According to the World Food Programme (WFP), the entirety of Gaza's population is facing an acute shortage of food, with around 70,000 children needing immediate treatment for malnutrition. With borders still being closed, 470,000 people are facing catastrophic hunger. (Image: AP)

The UN estimates that approximately 92 percent of residential buildings have been destroyed in Gaza since the start of the war. Palestinians offered prayers beside the ruins of a mosque destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Deir al-Balah. (Image: PTI)

Muslims in Gaza were not able to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj, a religious annual pilgrimage, this year. They were forced to offer prayers in the open air instead, faced with dwindling basic resources. (Image: AP)

The controversial US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has resumed its operations after a brief pause. Aid blockade had begun on March 2, 2025, when Israel deliberately withheld humanitarian aid, including food. (Image: AP)