Gazans mark Eid with dwindling food and no end to war in sight

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip had little to celebrate on Sunday as they marked the normally festive Eid Al Fitr with rapidly dwindling food supplies and renewed fighting in the Israel-Hamas war.

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Israeli strikes killed at least 19 people, mostly women and children, health officials said.

Israeli strikes on Sunday morning killed at least 16 people, including nine children and three women, according to Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis.

Two girls appeared to be wearing new clothes purchased for the holiday, according to reporters, including spotless sneakers.

On Sunday evening, a strike hit a tent in Deir Al Balah and killed at least two people, according to a journalist at the hospital.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society said 14 bodies were recovered in the southern city of Rafah, including eight of its emergency medical technicians and five members of Gaza's Civil Defence, all who had been missing for a week.

Israel's military has said it fired on advancing "suspicious vehicles" and later discovered some were ambulances.

Many prayed outside demolished mosques on the holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. It's supposed to be a joyous occasion when families feast and purchase new clothes for children, but most of Gaza's 2 million people are just trying to survive.

"It's the Eid of sadness," Adel Al Shaer said after attending prayers amid rubble in the central town of Deir Al Balah. "We lost our loved ones, our children, our lives and our futures."