The deadliest Gaza war ever began after Hamas' unprecedented October 7 attack, resulting in the deaths of 1,194 people in Israel, most of them civilians, according to an AFP count based on Israeli official figures.
Israel's counter-attacks have killed at least 37,296 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-ruled territory's health ministry. For many, an end to the fighting will never replace what has been lost.
“We have lost many people, there is a lot of destruction,” said Umm Muhammad al-Qathri from the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
“This Eid is completely different,” he said, as many Gazans are forced to spend the holiday without loved ones killed or displaced during the war.
On Sunday, grieving families flocked to cemeteries and other temporary burial sites, where wooden planks were placed over graves.
“I feel at peace here,” said Khalil Diab Esbia at the cemetery where two of his children are buried
He said that despite the constant hum of Israeli drones, visitors to the cemetery can feel “a respite from the carnage, death and destruction that we are in.”
Hana Abu Jazar, 11, who was displaced from Rafah and came to the tent city in Khan Younis, said: “We are seeing children, women and the elderly being killed because of the (Israeli) occupation.”