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PHOTO GALLERY: Defying death: Palestinians in Gaza bake Eid cookies amid devastation and despair




A Palestinian woman arranges traditional cookies to be distributed as charity in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. AFP

A Palestinian woman arranges traditional cookies to be distributed as charity in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. AFP

Palestinians make traditional cookies to be distributed as charity in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. AFP

A Palestinian woman makes traditional cookies to be distributed as charity in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. AFP

Palestinian women make traditional cookies to be distributed as charity in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. AFP

Palestinians make traditional cookies to be distributed as charity in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. AFP

Palestinian women make traditional cookies to be distributed as charity in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. AFP

Palestinian women make traditional cookies to be distributed as charity in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. AFP

A Palestinian woman displaced from northern Gaza displays traditional cookies for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, in Gaza City. AFP