'The whole world celebrates Eid, we celebrate martyrs', says Gazan following Israeli strike

Record ID: 1987197

  • Title: 'The whole world celebrates Eid, we celebrate martyrs', says Gazan following Israeli strike
  • Date: 31st March 2025
  • Summary: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (MARCH 31, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS INSPECTING DAMAGE FOLLOWING ISRAELI STRIKE / DESTRUCTION MAN CHECKING GAS CYLINDER ON RUBBLE PEOPLE GATHERING AROUND SMALL BONFIRE MAN STANDING NEXT TO RUBBLE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN MAN, AHMAD SAMIR, SAYING: "(It's) a camp, I mean less than a camp. With an F16 missile, look at the destruction an
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  • Keywords: AFTERMATH GAZA ISRAEL KHAN YOUNIS PALESTINIANS
  • Location: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA
  • City: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA
  • Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA001292831032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Palestinians in Khan Younis inspected on Monday (March 31) the damage caused by Israeli strikes, with one man, Ahmad Samir, denouncing the absence of Eid al-Fitr celebration in Gaza.
    "When the whole world celebrates Eid, we celebrate martyrs, we celebrate the bombing of our homes, we celebrate our displacement, we celebrate our injuries," he said.
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated a demand on Sunday (March 30) for Hamas to disarm and for its leaders to leave Gaza as he promised to step up pressure on the group while continuing efforts to return hostages.
    He said Israel would work to implement U.S. President Donald Trump's "voluntary emigration plan" for Gaza and said his cabinet had agreed to keep pressuring Hamas, which says it has agreed to a ceasefire proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar.
    Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said Netanyahu's comments were a recipe for "endless escalation" in the region.
    Netanyahu rejected assertions that Israel, which has resumed its bombardment of Gaza after a two-month truce and sent troops back into the enclave, was not negotiating, saying "we are conducting it under fire, and therefore it is also effective."
    On Saturday (March 29), Khalil al-Hayya, the Hamas leader in Gaza, said the group had agreed to a proposal that security sources said included the release of five Israeli hostages each week. But he said laying down its arms as Israel has demanded was a "red line" the group would not cross.
    Since Israel resumed its attacks in Gaza on March 18, hundreds of Palestinians have been killed and tens of thousands have been forced to evacuate areas in northern Gaza where they had returned following the ceasefire agreement in January.
    Israel launched its campaign in Gaza after a devastating Hamas attack on Israeli communities around the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023 that killed some 1,200 people, according to an Israeli tally, and saw 251 abducted as hostages.
    The Israeli campaign has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, according to Palestinian health authorities, and devastated much of the coastal enclave, leaving hundreds of thousands of people in tents and makeshift shelters.
    (Production: Hatem Khaled, Bassam Masoud, Joelle Kozaily)
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