On the first day of Eid, which marks the end of a holy month of fasting, celebrations were absent from most streets in Gaza. Instead, attacks reportedly killed 18 people and injured 70. The relative calm that had taken over Gaza early Monday was gone.
On July 28th Iraqis marked Eid al-Fitr, the first day of a three-day festival that marks the end of the month-long Ramadan fast. The month has been blisteringly hot and bloody In Iraq. In early June jihadists from the Islamic State, an extremist group
One of the most joyous days in the Muslim calendar, the holiday of Eid al-Fitr was marked on Monday by tears and sorrow in the Gaza Strip, left battered by three weeks of merciless fighting between Israel and Hamas
On the first day of Eid, which marks the end of a holy month of fasting, celebrations were absent from most streets in Gaza. Instead, attacks reportedly killed 18 people and injured 70. The relative calm that had taken over Gaza early Monday was gone.
Muslim services mark Eid, the end of Ramadan
