Gazans ring in Ramadan with hope amid ongoing uncertainty
Amid the death and destruction left behind by more than a year of war, Palestinians in the Abu Mustafa neighborhood of Khan Younis welcomed the first day of Ramadan early Saturday with a communal suhoor, a predawn meal that begins the daily fast.
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