Palestinians in Gaza preparing for Ramadan amid COVID-19
Palestinians in the Gaza strip are preparing for the holy month of Ramadan this year while many restrictions are imposed by the authorities due to COVID-19.
The coronavirus pandemic has changed how Gazans observe the holy fasting month of Ramadan. There will be no gatherings and ceremonies and previously busy markets are now quiet as people stay at home amid the pandemic.
Gazans are already living in difficult financial conditions and can barely afford their basic needs in this holy month due to the Israeli blockade. Now the coronavirus is a new burden for them as it has doubled their sufferings.
As many as 80 more Palestinians are wounded on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound and elsewhere in the holy occupied city of Jerusalem al-Quds as the Israeli regime sustains its brutal attacks against the Palestinians there.
The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, has hailed the steadfastness of Palestinian people in the face of the Israeli regime, saying that the support provided by the Gaza-based resistance forces to the Palestinians in Jerusalem al-Quds poses “a very serious threat” to Israel.
With Israel’s blockade in place and amid hard times of the coronavirus pandemic, the “epidemiological situation” in the besieged Gaza Strip is now “dangerous,” says Magdy Dahir, deputy director of primary care at the Gaza Health Ministry.
Hundreds of Palestinians have staged a protest in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, urging Saudi Arabia to release two officials from the Hamas resistance movement who are imprisoned in the kingdom.
