How is Gaza celebrating Eid?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 747 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
This is a story from the archives. This originally aired on March 28, 2025. None of the dates, titles or other references from that time have been changed.
Palestinians in Gaza are preparing to mark the end of Ramadan with Eid al-Fitr. The holiday is happening during the escalation of Israel's war on Gaza, with aid blocked and families forced to flee again. Even focused on avoiding starvation, people are finding a way to mark the holiday during war.
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- Laila el-Haddad (@gazamom), Author & Journalist
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This episode was updated by Sarí el-Khalili. The original production team was Sarí el-Khalili, Sonia Bhagat, and Chloe K. Li, Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Kylene Kiang, Kisaa Zehra, Remas Alhawari, Melanie Marich, Marcos Bartolomé, Hanah Shokeir, Alexandra Locke and our guest host, Kevin Hirten.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:08.5 | Hey everyone, Malika here. |
| 0:10.7 | Today, we're revisiting a powerful episode from our archives, |
| 0:14.7 | one that's just as relevant today as when we first aired it. |
| 0:18.6 | Sit back, enjoy, and we'll see you again soon. |
| 0:25.9 | Today, in Gaza, Eid arrives under fire. |
| 0:30.1 | It's so important just to be able to kind of go through the motions and the steps, |
| 0:34.4 | to feel a human again. |
| 0:37.0 | How do you celebrate when you're just trying to survive? |
| 0:40.3 | I'm Kevin Hurtin and this is the take. Eid al-Fitter is just around the corner, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. |
| 0:57.0 | But the Israeli bombing in Gaza hasn't stopped since the ceasefire broke on March 18th. |
| 1:03.0 | Our joyful moments, our gathering, all these feelings became somehow distant. |
| 1:09.0 | Before the war, our family from abroad used to call us to share their excitement and their joyful moments with us. |
| 1:18.6 | But now all their calls are full of concern. |
| 1:24.3 | They always want to know that we're just okay, we're alive. Amman to six orphan children, |
| 1:30.5 | and this is their first aid without their fathers. This aid, instead of waking up to the sounds |
| 1:35.3 | of aid prayers, they will wake up to the sounds of bombing. Instead of visiting relatives with |
| 1:40.5 | their fathers, they will go to the cemetery to visit their father's graves. |
| 1:45.7 | Israel and the U.S. said no truce for Eid, although Egypt says Hamas agreed. And with Israel blocking |
| 1:52.5 | all food and aid into Gaza, people are focused on avoiding starvation, mourning the loss of their loved |
| 1:59.0 | ones, and finding a way to mark the holiday |
| 2:01.2 | even without festivities. This year, it's not about feasting. It's about finding enough to |
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