![Palestinians prepare sweet known in Arabic as 'Halkoum' in a store to be sold ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Gaza city on 13 June 2018 [Ayman Ameen/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Gazans-prepare-for-Eid-130618_MJ_00-25.jpg?w=610&h=407&ssl=1 "Palestinians prepare sweet known in Arabic as \"Halkoum\" in a store to be sold ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Gaza city")
Palestinians prepare sweet known in Arabic as ‘Halkoum’ in a store to be sold ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Gaza city on 13 June 2018 [Ayman Ameen/Apaimages]
![Palestinians shop at a market ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday in the West Bank city of Nablus, on June 13, 2018 [Ayman Ameen/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Gazans-prepare-for-Eid-130618_AA_00-2.jpg?w=302&h=202&ssl=1 "Palestinians shop at a market ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday in the West Bank city of Nablus")
Palestinians shop at a market ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday in the West Bank city of Nablus, on June 13, 2018 [Ayman Ameen/Apaimages]
![Palestinians shop at a market ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday in the West Bank city of Nablus, on June 13, 2018 [Ayman Ameen/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Gazans-prepare-for-Eid-130618_AA_00-3.jpg?w=302&h=201&ssl=1 "Palestinians shop at a market ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday in the West Bank city of Nablus")
Palestinians shop at a market ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday in the West Bank city of Nablus, on June 13, 2018 [Ayman Ameen/Apaimages]
![Palestinians shop at a market ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday in the West Bank city of Nablus, on June 13, 2018 [Ayman Ameen/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Gazans-prepare-for-Eid-130618_AA_00-7.jpg?w=456&h=304&ssl=1 "Gazans prepare for Eid 130618_AA_00 (7)")
Palestinians shop at a market ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday in the West Bank city of Nablus, on June 13, 2018 [Ayman Ameen/Apaimages]
![Palestinians shop at a market ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday in the West Bank city of Nablus, on June 13, 2018 [Ayman Ameen/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Gazans-prepare-for-Eid-130618_AA_00-9.jpg?w=456&h=304&ssl=1 "Palestinians shop at a market ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday in the West Bank city of Nablus")
Palestinians shop at a market ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday in the West Bank city of Nablus, on June 13, 2018 [Ayman Ameen/Apaimages]