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Ramadan excitement in Gaza amidst Israeli attacks

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins Monday in Gaza with no truce in sight, as fighting rages between Israeli forces and Hamas group and a dire humanitarian crisis grips the besieged Palestinian territory.

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Gazans are feeling the shortages even more during Ramadan.

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"We don't know what we are going to eat to break the fast," Zaki Abu Mansour, 63, said inside his tent. "I have only a tomato and a cucumber... and I have no money to buy anything."

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Ramadan excitement in Gaza amidst Israeli attacks

Goods that are available are sold at exorbitant prices, residents say.

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Fighting raged across Gaza, even as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for "silencing the guns" during the Muslim holy month and said he was "appalled and outraged that conflict is continuing".

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Guterres also appealed for removal of "all obstacles" to aid delivery.

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Ramadan excitement in Gaza amidst Israeli attacks