Gaza, Palestine – On previous Eid holidays, the Baroud family would set out in the early light of dawn to kick off festivities, driving through the streets of Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, visiting homes of relatives, and sharing the meat of a sacrificial animal among family members.At the end of each holiday, they took an annual family photo – a fixed ritual every Eid – and shared it with relatives abroad.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listHowever, on Eid today, amid Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, Walaa Baroud sits before the last version of that photo, holding it in his hands as the only memory of a time that has passed.Of the 22 faces that filled the frame, 13 are now gone. They were killed in successive Israeli strikes targeting the extended family, in which more than 80 members died. A girl holding a sweet stands among Palestinians performing morning prayers marking the start of Eid al-Adha on a heavily damaged street in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 27, 2026 [AFP]While the family once gathered for a single photograph, those who remain now gather in mourning for their brother, Baha Baroud.Baha was killed days ago in an Israeli strike, leaving his relatives with an Eid that begins at a condolence tent for him and continues at the hospital where his body still lies.“The war has not stopped devouring our loved ones, and we never expected to open a mourning tent during a truce,” Walaa tells Al Jazeera. “We are trapped between two eras and drowning in painful memories.”Israel’s …
