Feature: Booming Eid shopping bears Palestinians' hope for joyous celebration


GAZA/RAMALLAH, April 20 (Xinhua) -- In the besieged coastal enclave of Gaza, whose economy was battered by Israel's years-long blockades, consumers are piling into markets to shop for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.

Shops along Omar Al-Mukhtar, the main street of Gaza, saw flocks of people come for new clothes, sweets and decorations for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan and falls on Friday this year.

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