Millions of Muslims around the world are observing Eid, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, but few in Gaza can take solace from this special time.

Critics called the act “difficult to forgive” as it felt like a betrayal of creative workers.

Islamic State, which harbours a virulent hatred for Iran’s dominant Shiite sect, also claimed responsibility for two explosions in Iran in January.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted on Tuesday that its armed forces “unintentionally” killed seven aid workers in an air strike in Gaza.

World Central Kitchen said ships carried enough to prepare more than 1 million meals Also on board were dates, eaten to break the daily Ramadan fast.

Netanyahu’s office on Friday said it has approved a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks days after negotiations appeared stalled.

Faye’s main opponent from the governing coalition, Amadou Ba, conceded the race and called Faye to offer his congratulations. Official results are expected before the end of the week.

‘This is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct life-saving assistance during a man-made famine,’ said Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency.

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Shelling and clashes have been reported in south Gaza’s main city of Khan Younis and elsewhere, with 12 members of the same family among those killed overnight.

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During the proposed truce, Gaza militants would release about 42 hostages seized during the October 7 attack that triggered the war in Gaza, the official said.

The vessel was seen towing a barge loaded with 200 tonnes of food for Palestinians threatened with famine after more than five months of war.

Constable Adnan Mohammed once arrested a suspect just as it was time to break his fast, saying refraining from food and water from sunrise to sunset does not hinder his ability to catch criminals.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed his intention to lead the country to ‘total victory’ in the war in the Gaza Strip.

If the death is confirmed, Marwan Issa would be the highest-ranking official from the Islamist militant movement killed by Israel in five months of war.

This year, war and starvation in the Gaza Strip casts an especially dark shadow on the festivities.

US President Joe Biden said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza was ‘hurting Israel more than helping Israel’.

Hopes for a ceasefire, which would have allowed the normally festive Muslim holy month to pass peacefully, have been disappointed, amid an ever-rising death toll.

Time is running out as mediators push for a new truce and the release of Hamas hostages before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Egyptian officials had earlier said the negotiations reached an impasse over Hamas’ demand for a phased process culminating in an end to the war.

Hamas said it was pressing on with efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza with Israel, despite the absence of Israeli negotiators from talks in Egypt.

Israel says it will allow the same number of worshippers into Al-Aqsa mosque during the start of the holy month as in previous years.

Days of negotiations with Hamas over a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages ended without a breakthrough, less than a week before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the informal deadline for a deal.

Al Aqsa, one of Islam’s holiest shrines, is part of East Jerusalem, captured by Israel in a 1967 war and the focus of Palestinian statehood hopes. The site is also revered by Jews as a vestige of their two ancient temples.

The bombing in a Baghdad shopping district killed more than 320 people and was one of the world’s deadliest attacks after the September 11 assaults on the United States.

Stallholders of the historic Muslim tradition in Southeast Asia, can’t compete with cheaper Chinese e-commerce products and the challenge of soaring rents.