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The holiday used to be a joyful time in Gaza. But with Israel’s military offensive and famine threatening the enclave, Palestinians there feel far from any sense of festivity.

Palestinians were told to go to the seaside village of Al-Mawasi to escape the fighting, but once they got there they found they were on their own.

Palestinians were told to go to the seaside village of Al-Mawasi to escape the fighting, but once they got there they found they were on their own.

At least 64,000 people were displaced from Jabaliya and a neighboring town in the past week, according to the main U.N. agency aiding Palestinians.

Palestinians race back to the homes they fled, uncertain about what they will find or what lies ahead.

“This Ramadan is nothing like the ones before,” said one resident as the holy fasting month for Muslims began. “The war has drained it of meaning.”

As Israeli forces pound Gaza, the area where Palestinians can seek shelter is shrinking, raising concerns that they could be forced into Egypt.

A cease-fire plan described by President Biden has stirred cautious optimism after nearly eight months of war in the Gaza Strip.

The demonstrations, a rare show of dissent, appeared to have spread, reflecting frustration at the breakdown of a cease-fire with Israel. “We want to live,” said one supporter.

President-elect Donald J. Trump said “all hell will break out in the Middle East” if hostages captured in the Hamas-led attacks were not freed before he takes office.