As images from the violent Gaza conflict fill screens worldwide, it's easy to forget that the holy month of Ramadan is still going on, and many of the people running from bombs are also fasting.
During Ramadan, observant Muslims fast from before sunrise to after sunset, breaking their fasts at the end of the day with a meal called iftar, which is usually a joyful celebration of family and community.
In Gaza, however, the meal is overshadowed by the threat of violence. Here's how people in Gaza are breaking their fasts:
Palestinian family displaced by Israeli bombing breaks their day-long Ramadan fast at a United Nations school in Gaza pic.twitter.com/hI2DagjtWW
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This combination of two photos taken on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, shows a Palestinian Muslim family breaking their fast, top, and their meal, bottom, which consists a plate of mixed rice, during the holy month of Ramadan in St. Porphyrios Church in Gaza City where they had sought refuge from war. Hundreds of Palestinians, who had fled their houses in fear of Israeli strikes, now stay on the grounds of the Greek Orthodox church. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Members of a Palestinian Muslim family break their fast, during the holy month of Ramadan on the grounds of the St. Porphyrios church in Gaza City where they had seek refuge from the war, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. After a long day of fasting, the moment of pay-off finally comes in the form of 'iftar', the evening meal that breaks the fast. Iftar is a social event as much as it is a gastronomical adventure for Muslims worldwide. Under normal circumstances, the celebratory meals give people reason to reconnect with friends and family, and gather around shared platters of food. The Greek Orthodox church had opened its doors to hundreds of displaced Palestinians as tens of thousands fled their homes in fear of Israeli strikes and in the wake of fierce Israel-Hamas fighting during Israel's ground operation.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
A Palestinian family breaks its day-long fast at a UN school in Gaza City on July 13, 2014, after evacuating its home near the border with Israel. Israel harshened its campaign against Gaza, warning Palestinians in the north to flee after marines mounted a ground attack, as diplomatic efforts to halt the bloodshed intensified. The Palestinian death toll from the punishing Israeli air campaign hit 166, with another 1,120 people wounded, the emergency services said. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS/GETTY
A Palestinian family breaks its day-long fast at a UN school in Gaza City on July 13, 2014, after evacuating its home near the border with Israel. Israel harshened its campaign against Gaza, warning Palestinians in the north to flee after marines mounted a ground attack, as diplomatic efforts to halt the bloodshed intensified. The Palestinian death toll from the punishing Israeli air campaign hit 166, with another 1,120 people wounded, the emergency services said. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED/GETTY
A Palestinian family break fast in the school of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza city, Gaza on 14 July, 2014.