Ramadan in Gaza begins with hunger worsening as war rages on
Palestinians began fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Monday with cease-fire talks at a standstill, hunger worsening across the Gaza Strip and no end in sight to the 5-month-old war between Israel and Hamas.




























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Israeli border police officers stand guard as Palestinians walk by in Jerusalem's Old City on the first day of Ramadan, Monday, March 11.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Parachutes drop humanitarian aid into the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Monday, March 11.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Palestinians buy food for a pre-dawn meal before fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 10.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks as he celebrates the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan next to a destroyed residential building by the Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 10.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks as he celebrates the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan next to a mosque destroyed by the Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 10.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Muslim worshippers perform "tarawih," an extra lengthy prayer held during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 10. Officials in Saudi Arabia have declared the start of the fasting month of Ramadan after sighting the crescent moon Sunday night. The announcement marks the beginning of Ramadan for many of the world's 1.8 billion Muslims.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Muslims walk next to the Dome of Rock Mosque at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, March 10. Officials in Saudi Arabia have declared the start of the fasting month of Ramadan after sighting the crescent moon Sunday night. The announcement marks the beginning of Ramadan for many of the world's 1.8 billion Muslims.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Smoke rises in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, March 10.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Israeli soldiers drive an APC near the border with Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Sunday, March 10.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Port staffers prepare the aid on a platform near to the docked ship belonging to the Open Arms aid group, as it prepares to ferry some 200 tonnes of rice and flour directly to Gaza, at the port in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Sunday, March 10. The European Commission president said Friday the Open Arms ship will make a pilot voyage as international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory that is facing widespread hunger after five months of war.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Parachutes drop supplies into the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, March 10.U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND VIA AP
In this photo provided by U.S. military's Central Command, U.S. Army Vessel (USAV) General Frank S. Besson (LSV-1) from the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, XVIII Airborne Corps, departs Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Saturday, March 9, en route to the Eastern Mediterranean less than 36 hours after President Biden announced the U.S. would provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza by sea.U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND VIA AP
In this photo provided by U.S. military's Central Command, U.S. Army Vessel (USAV) General Frank S. Besson (LSV-1) from the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, XVIII Airborne Corps, prepare to departs Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Saturday, March 9, en route to the Eastern Mediterranean less than 36 hours after President Biden announced the U.S. would provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza by sea.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An Israeli soldier on top a tank on the border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Sunday, March 10. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel.