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Eid is a grim three-day holiday for the Al-Absi family in Gaza's Jabaliya

(30 Mar 2025) RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Jabaliya, Northern Gaza Strip - 30 March 2025 1. Al-Absi family walking among destruction heading to cemetery on first day of Eid al-Fitr 2. Various of Al-Absi family walking among graves to their father's grave 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fatima Al-Absi, Jabaliya resident: "My children and grandchildren are with me. They’re all coming to visit their father and bid him farewell. They used to greet him and kiss him the moment they woke up every Eid." 4. Child sitting near grave of grandfather 5. Various of Al-Absi family praying for their father/grandfather Jabaliya, Northern Gaza Strip - 29 March 2025 6. Various of Fatima Al-Absi with her daughters preparing cookies for Eid 7. Various top shots of cookies being prepared 8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fatima Al-Absi, from Jabaliya: "As for Eid, it’s now just a regular day not as it used to be in the past. It used to be festive and joyful in the past with family. Now, my husband is gone and my house is destroyed. Today is like any other day that passes." 9. Various of tray of cookies near women preparing them 10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fatima Al-Absi, from Jabaliya: "When their father was alive, he’d wake up [and spend the early hours of Eid with the children. All these things no longer exists for me. Who would they greet in the morning and call dad. We forgot all that from our lives." 11. Various of woman baking and preparing cookies Jabaliya, Northern Gaza Strip, 30 March 2025 12. Fatima pours tea for her family 13. Various of child sitting with family 14. Various of Al-Absi family sitting together eating cookies and drinking tea 15. Various of children of Al-Absi family playing among destruction STORYLINE: As Muslim nations around the world celebrate the first day of Eid al-Fitr on Sunday with prayers and festivities, it’s a grim three-day holiday for the Al-Absi family in Gaza'a Jabaliya. Eid al-Fitr, celebrated by Muslims worldwide each year at the end of Ramadan, is supposed to be a joyous holiday marked by prayers and family gatherings. It is also a time when children receive new clothes and monetary gifts. But for Fatima Al-Absi and her family, it's just a normal day, devoid of joy. On Sunday morning, the 57-year-old grandmother visited the cemetery in Beit Lahia with her children and grandchildren to pray for her late husband who was killed during the war. “They used to greet him and kiss him the moment they wake up every Eid,” she said, recalling the cherished tradition her children followed on Eid mornings. The family of eight have returned to their destroyed family home in Jabaliya to share their first breakfast after the holy month of Ramadan. Gathered in a living room with cracked walls and barely any furniture, they bake Eid biscuits, and make tea. But Fatima says it is not like before, when her husband was alive. “Today is like any other day that passes. When their father was alive, he’d wake up and greet them during the first hours of Eid morning. All these things no longer exist for me. Who would they greet in the morning and call Dad. We forgot all those moments in our lives,” she said. Al-Absi’s four grandchildren now play outside their apartment building which has been partially destroyed and surrounded with other buildings reduced to rubble. Israel ended the ceasefire with Hamas and resumed the 17-month war earlier this month when the militant group refused to accept changes to the agreement reached in January. Production by Wafaa Shurafa =========================================================== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...