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BEFORE THE GAZA WAR, Palestin$ ) ơ.# -( ) ' ' - ) ) 1$" /ed his small boat for long distances in search of a good catch. These days he says merely casting his nets could be deadly if he draws the wrath of the Israeli navy.

Israeli air strikes and shelling have reduced large swathes of the densely populated coastal Gaza Strip to rubble and killed more than 32,000 Palestinians as the war with the Hamas rages.

There are also plenty of dangers /. !*-ơ.# -( )'$& - )Ǡ who must nevertheless support his family.

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The Israeli military was not immediately available for comment.

- ) $. .+ $ ''4 " - /* work during the holy month of Ramadhan, when families usually

)%*4 ' -" ( '. /*" /# - Ƥ - ! ./ing. But festivities are hard to come by these days. At least 32,623 Palestinians have

) &$'' $) .- 'ǭ. $- ) "-*0) *ƥ ).$1 $)/* ( .Ƕ-0) 5 Ǡ cording to the health ministry there. Thousands more are believed to be lying dead under rubble, and more than 80 per cent of the 2.3 million population have been displaced, many of them at risk of famine.

The war began when Hamas ơ"#/ -. -*& /#-*0"# /# *- - on October 7 and rampaged through nearby communities, killing 1,200 people and abducting 253 hostages according to Israeli tallies.

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The court said the Palestinians in Gaza face worsening conditions of life and famine and starvation are spreading.

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As she prepared for the breaking of the fast, Umm al Zein, one of the hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans, said her children craved ơ.#ǟ Ǯ ' ./$) $. &)*2) !*- $/. "- / ơ.# ) . !** 0/ 0 /* /# 2 ơ.# $. )*/ 1 $' ' ǟ )!*-/0) / '4Ǡ 2 # 1 )ǭ/ / )ơ.#.$) !*

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