In early March, Israeli authorities blocked humanitarian aid to Gaza, citing the end of the first phase of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, effectively shutting down the Kerem Shalom border crossing -- Gaza's primary conduit for food, medicine, and fuel.

People in war-torn Gaza broke their fast on the first day of Ramadan amid ruins. CNN’s Becky Anderson looks at some powerful pictures from Rafah.

Hundreds of Palestinians arrived for Iftar among the rubble of Rafah in southern Gaza on Saturday, during the first day of Ramadan. Palestinians in Gaza marked the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan amid the rubble of their houses and concerns that the Israel-Hamas war could resume.

As the sun set over a neighbourhood in Rafah, where fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants has left barely a handful of buildings standing, hundreds of Gazans of all ages dug into the iftar meal marking the end of the day’s fast.

Israel has cut off the entry of all food and other goods into Gaza in an echo of the siege it imposed in the earliest days of its war with Hamas.

For Palestinians observing Ramadan in Gaza, the Muslim holy month started this year under a fragile ceasefire agreement that paused more than 15 months of the Israel-Hamas war.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Sunday said the country had imposed a blockade on all humanitarian aid heading into the Gaza Strip.

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu attended an Iftar event with the ambassadors of 20 OIC member countries in Bucharest.

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On Tuesday, an emergency Arab Summit on Palestine in Cairo reaffirmed, in its final statement, the utmost priority of fully implementing the ceasefire agreement. The summit emphasised that it should lead to a permanent cessation of aggression against Gaza and a complete Israeli withdrawal from the territory.

Muslims in the Middle East are observing the holy month of Ramadan under exceptional circumstances. Ramadan is seen as a time of religious reflection and worship, charity, and community, as they fast from sunrise until sunset.