'Joy amid the destruction': Gazans decorate rubble-strewn streets for Ramadan

France 24 · Feb 23, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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Little Ramadan lanterns and string lights have appeared on streets lined with collapsed buildings and piles of rubble in Gaza City, bringing a small moment of joy and respite as Islam's holiest month began - the first since October's ceasefire - gets underway.

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