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Monday, September 29, 2008

Another heartbreaking Gaza starvation picture

A Palestinian vendor sells sweets as Muslims prepare for the Eid-al-Fitr festival in the southern Gaza Strip September 28, 2008. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA)

The packaging on the candy boxes is in Hebrew.

(Although it is possible that the vendor is using old boxes as display cases. "Medjool" is a type of date.)