People across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip have marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes, with little hope the war with Israel will end soon.

As Palestinians across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of Eid al-Adha, Israeli forces continued military operations.

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Israel says it has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage abducted into Gaza during the 2023 Hamas-led attack that sparked the war. Thais were the largest group of foreigners held captive by Hamas militants.

Israeli attacks killed at least 42 Palestinians across Gaza on the first day of Eid al-Adha, as the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said its aid distribution hubs would remain closed due to ongoing violence.

Israeli forces continued with air strikes and artillery attacks in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the first day of Eid al-Adha, one of Islam's most important festivals, killing at least 33 people and injuring several others, witnesses and medical sources said.

Adha, National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has issued a profound and impassioned call for an immediate end to the "genocidal impunity and moral bankruptcy" plaguing Gaza and other conflict zones.

Thousands of people in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked one of Islam's most important holidays Friday, by holding feast prayers on the edge of destroyed mosques and homes.