A mask-clad elderly Palestinian man is pictured in a street in Gaza city, during the coronavirus pandemic crisis, on April 29, 2021. Health authorities in Gaza said the situation concerning the coronavirus pandemic was aggravated following the emergence last month of the more contagious British variant, which fuelled a surge in cases among younger Palestinians. (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP Photo)





A Palestinian shopkeepers displays lanterns and other decorative items ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan, in the town of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 11, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Throughout the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, devout Muslims abstain from food and drink from dawn until sunset. (Photo by Said Khatib/AFP Photo)





People, some wearing masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, shop for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the main market in Gaza City, Sunday, April 11, 2021. More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, the worst fears are now coming true in the crowded, blockaded Gaza Strip: A sudden surge in infections and deaths is threatening to overwhelm hospitals weakened by years of conflict and Israeli border closures. (Photo by Adel Hana/AP Photo)





People, some wearing masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, pray the evening prayer during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, outside a mosque in Gaza City, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (Photo by Adel Hana/AP Photo)





People, some wearing masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, shop for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the main market in Gaza City, Sunday, April 11, 2021. (Photo by Adel Hana/AP Photo)





Palestinian children sell vegetables at the Zawia market in Gaza City on April 29, 2021. (Photo by Mahmoud Issa/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Muslim worshippers pray at Gaza City's Al-Khaledi Mosque on April 30, 2021, on the third Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, believed by Muslims to be the month when the holy book was first revealed to the Prophet Mohamed. (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP Photo)





Palestinians protest against Israel in the northern Gaza strip, 25 April 2021. Palestinians protested against Israeli poilice who is blocking them from accessing the areas around Damascus Gate of the Old City. (Photo by Mohammed Saber/EPA/EFE)





Palestinian barber Mohammed al-Bouji, 37, wears a mask and gloves, shaves for clients, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on April 28, 2021. Al-Bouji launched The delivery shaving services amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo by APA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Palestinian youth swings a homemade fireworks sparkler, as people celebrate on the night ahead of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City on April 11, 2021. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Palestinians present their documents to Israeli border police members as they make their way through Israeli Qalandia checkpoint to attend the first Friday prayers of Ramadan in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on April 16, 2021. (Photo by Mohamad Torokman/Reuters)





A Palestinian Mesaharati holds a drum as he calls out to wake up Muslims to have the predawn meal before they start their long-day fast during Ramadan in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 15, 2021. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





A Palestinian girl prays in front of the Dome of the Rock, in the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, on the second Friday of Ramadan in Jerusalem on April 23, 2021. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)





Palestinian children wait to get free soup during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City on May 3, 2021. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





A man swings fireworks during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, on the beach of Gaza City, Monday, April 26, 2021. (Photo by Hatem Moussa/AP Photo)





Palestinian journalist Rewaa Mershid works at the studio of ZMN FM radio station in Gaza City, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Mershid, a 26-year-old reporter for a local radio station, was with colleagues filming at a privately owned farm near the heavily guarded Gaza frontier on April 25 when two members of a Hamas-run border patrol approached and asked them to identify themselves. (Photo by Adel Hana/AP Photo)





Palestinian members of Hamas' security forces rappel along the wall of a building as they show off their skills during a police graduation ceremony in Gaza City on April 26, 2021. (Photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP Photo)





Palestinian children swing on the back of a truck as a young girl uses a mobile phone to photograph Hamas supporters protest in solidarity with Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem, in Gaza City, Friday, April. 23, 2021. (Photo by Khalil Hamra/AP Photo)





Faithful wearing face masks attend Taraweeh prayers after fasting on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic at a mosque in Gaza City, 13 April 2021. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in Koran was during its last 10 nights. (Photo by Mohammed Saber/EPA/EFE)





A Palestinian woman, wearing a protective mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic, walks down steps decorated with vibrant colours in the al-Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City on May 3, 2021. (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP Photo)