Every day when you open the news, Israel has killed 30, 40 or 50 more Palestinians in Gaza. The death toll has risen to 54,500. The UN has warned that as of now, Gaza is the "hungriest place on Earth" and its entire population is at risk of famine. WHO says, "Three quarters of Gaza's population are at IPC Scale 5 level of food deprivation labelled 'Emergency' or 'Catastrophic'."

IPC Scale5 level means extreme food insecurity and nutritional deprivation. It has been one year and eight months since the Gazans are being zigzagged from the north to the south and back again. No Gazan family has a roof on their heads, all are in make-shift tents. Food, that was always rationed to them by Israel, as they live in the world's biggest open-air prison, is now being used by Israel as a 'weapon of war'.

Trucks full of food stand across the borders, and when the least number of trucks are allowed in, the food reaches the Gazans via tight cage-ways where the desperate Palestinians scramble in only to face more abuse, more humiliation; only to return without any food; and only to be gunned down by the barbarian and brazen Israeli gunmen.

So, this was the Eid-ul-Azha celebration in Gaza; not a celebration of joy and festivity, but a celebration of pain, fear and terror. The pain of sickness and injuries, the fear of being dragged out of their tents once again, the fear of not returning to their homes ever, the fear of not having food for the children, and the terror of being bombed at from the air or their loved-ones being shot at by a sniper.

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