Doom and gloom: Israeli military vehicles in near the West Bank city of Jenin early this month. An Israeli military operation has uprooted tens of thousands of Palestinians who can’t break their fast in their own homes and don’t know when, or if, they will ever return. — Afif Amireh/The New York Times
THE bustle of Ramadan markets has been reduced to a trickle of sombre shoppers. A heavy silence has replaced lively chatter. No lanterns glow in windows, and the strings of lights that crisscrossed alleyways, flickering above children playing in the streets, have gone dark.
“Ramadan used to shine,” said Mahmoud Sukkar, a father of four in the West Bank. “Now, it’s just darkness.”
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Displacement and despair
Displaced families from a refugee camp wait to receive donated food before breaking their fast in Jenin. — Afif Amireh/The New York Times
A family preparing to have their fast-breaking iftar meal in the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank. — AFP
Palestinians inspecting the destruction following an Israeli raid in Jenin. — AFP
A Palestinian man buying pickles from a market stall in Hebron city’s old town. Ramadan markets in the West Bank are no longer bustling this time around. — AFP
A man making bread in a portable oven at a market in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. — AFP
