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Ramadan in Gaza: painful memories of the past, and a lingering hope for the future

Palestinian Karam Abu Haloub and his wife Faten prepare iftar food during the third day of the holy month of Ramadan in a tent they set up on the ruins of their destroyed home in the Al-Shimaa area of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, March 3, 2025. Thousands of Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip live in tents amidst a lack of basic necessities after the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Omar Ashtawy/ apaimages)For families who lost loved ones, Ramadan is a seat left empty at the Iftar table, and the unbearable weight of being the ones left behind.

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