A Palestinian man holds a giant teddy bear as he rides a motorcycle on Valentine's day in Gaza city, on February 14, 2023. Valentine's Day is increasingly popular in the region as people have taken up the custom of giving flowers, cards, chocolates and gifts to sweethearts to celebrate the occasion. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Palestinian youths from the freestyle parkour team in Gaza practice their skills at the beach in the northern Gaza Strip on August 29, 2023. (Photo by Mahmoud Issa/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Palestinians sit in a fishing boat loaded into a horse cart as they pass on a street in the northern Gaza Strip on October 19, 2022. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

Palestinians perform to amuse people with a wire which ignites sparks during the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan, on April 03, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza. (Photo by Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A wounded Palestinian man awaits medical attention at Khan Yunis' Nasser hospital in the southern Gaza Strip on June 19, 2025. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)

Palestinian youth show their skills in jumping and blowing fire from their mouths on Gaza Beach, Palestine during sunset on January 11, 2023. (Photo by Ahmed Zakot/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

A fisherman paddles on a makeshift raft as a child swims behind him in Gaza City's main fishing harbour on September 7, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP Photo)

Palestinians carry their belongings as they prepare to flee Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 13, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas militant group. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)