In pictures: Eid ul-fitr in bloodied Gaza

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Palestinians participate in early morning prayer during the first day of Eid al-Fitr inside the destroyed Al Farouk mosque which was destroyed by an overnight Israeli strike in Rafah on July 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)

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Updated on Jul 29, 2014 03:56 pm IST

Palestinians pray early morning prayer during the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, inside the destroyed Al Farouk mosque which was destroyed by an overnight Israeli strike on Tuesday, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)

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Updated on Jul 29, 2014 03:56 pm IST

Palestinians pray early morning prayer during the first day of Eid al-Fitr at the destroyed Al Farouk mosque on July 28, 2014. As Muslims began celebrating on Monday, there was mostly fear and mourning instead of holiday cheer in the Gaza Strip. (AP/Eyad Baba)

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Israeli forces' flares light up the night sky of Gaza City on 29 July, 2014. Bloodshed in and around Gaza surged with a strike killing eight Palestinian children and a mortar shell leaving four dead in Israel, shattering hopes for an end to three weeks of devastating violence. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

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Israeli forces' flares light up the night sky of Gaza City on early Tuesday, July 29, 2014. A truce between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza remained elusive as diplomats sought to end the fighting at the start of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Smoke from Israeli strikes rises over Gaza City early as the sun rises on July 29, 2014. The overnight strikes came after a day of heavy Hamas-Israeli fighting in which nine children were killed by a strike on a Gaza park where they were playing. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)

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A Palestinian man holds copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, as he inspects the rubble of a destroyed mosque hit by an Israeli air strike on July 29, 2014, in Gaza City. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

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Palestinian firefighters extinguish fire at a mosque after it was hit by an Israeli air strike on July 29, 2014, in Gaza City. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

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Palestinians react in front of a destroyed mosque after it was hit by an Israeli air strike on July 29, 2014, in Gaza City. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

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Updated on Jul 29, 2014 03:56 pm IST

A Palestinian man reacts in front of a destroyed mosque after it was hit by an Israeli air strike on July 29, 2014. Bloodshed in and around Gaza surged with strikes killing at least 13 Palestinians, a day after five Israeli soldiers died, shattering hopes for an end to three weeks of violence. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

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A Palestinian man carrying a child looks at the destroyed house of Hamas top leader Ismail Haniya, after it was hit by an overnight Israeli air strike on July 29, 2014 in Gaza City. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

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Updated on Jul 29, 2014 03:56 pm IST

A Palestinian man displays an Islamist Hamas movement flag and a portrait of Hamas top leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, on the rubble of the latter's house after it was hit by an overnight Israeli air strike on July 29, 2014 in Gaza City. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

In pictures: Eid ul-fitr in bloodied Gaza

Palestinians participate in early morning prayer during the first day of Eid al-Fitr inside the destroyed Al Farouk mosque which was destroyed by an overnight Israeli strike in Rafah on July 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)

Palestinians pray early morning prayer during the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, inside the destroyed Al Farouk mosque which was destroyed by an overnight Israeli strike on Tuesday, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)

Palestinians pray early morning prayer during the first day of Eid al-Fitr at the destroyed Al Farouk mosque on July 28, 2014. As Muslims began celebrating on Monday, there was mostly fear and mourning instead of holiday cheer in the Gaza Strip. (AP/Eyad Baba)

Israeli forces' flares light up the night sky of Gaza City on 29 July, 2014. Bloodshed in and around Gaza surged with a strike killing eight Palestinian children and a mortar shell leaving four dead in Israel, shattering hopes for an end to three weeks of devastating violence. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Smoke from Israeli strikes rises over Gaza City early as the sun rises on July 29, 2014. The overnight strikes came after a day of heavy Hamas-Israeli fighting in which nine children were killed by a strike on a Gaza park where they were playing. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)

A Palestinian man holds copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, as he inspects the rubble of a destroyed mosque hit by an Israeli air strike on July 29, 2014, in Gaza City. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Palestinian firefighters extinguish fire at a mosque after it was hit by an Israeli air strike on July 29, 2014, in Gaza City. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Palestinians react in front of a destroyed mosque after it was hit by an Israeli air strike on July 29, 2014, in Gaza City. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

A Palestinian man carrying a child looks at the destroyed house of Hamas top leader Ismail Haniya, after it was hit by an overnight Israeli air strike on July 29, 2014 in Gaza City. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

A Palestinian man displays an Islamist Hamas movement flag and a portrait of Hamas top leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, on the rubble of the latter's house after it was hit by an overnight Israeli air strike on July 29, 2014 in Gaza City. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

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