(6 Aug 2013)
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Gaza City, Gaza Strip
1. Mid of crowded market
2. Mid of man selling sweets
3. Close up of sweets
4. People buying sweets
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Musa Barakeh, Gaza resident:
"The situation as you can see is very bad, the people don't have enough money"
6. Wide of man selling nuts
7. Close up of nuts
Ramallah, West Bank
8. Mid of busy street
9. Wide shot of people shopping
10. Mid of entrance of shop decorated with balloons
11. Pan left from candies to people buying candies and nuts
12. Close up of nuts
13. Tilt up of sweets
14. Exterior of bakery
15. People buying traditional pastries
16. Mid of man selling balloons
17. Wide shot of street
Jerusalem
18. Wide shot of market in front of Damascus gate
19. Shot of market from above
20. Pan left from vendor talking to woman to traditional Eid cookies
21. Close up of cookies
22. Boys at cookie stand
23. Mid of people at market
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Sami (second name not given) Bethlehem resident:
"People are coming here in order to buy Eid Al-Fitr presents, balloons, everything, clothes, shoes and this may be the last day of Ramadan."
25. Various of bakery preparing traditional pastries
26. Wide shot of Jerusalem's old city with Dome of the Rock
STORYLINE:
Markets were crowded in Jerusalem, in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday ahead of Eid al-Fitr, the three-day festival which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Eid al-Fitr is celebrated in the Muslim world with family gatherings, presents and feasts.
In the Middle East it will begin on Wednesday or Thursday, depending on when the new moon is sighted.
The holiday atmosphere was muted in Gaza, after the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt saw the new regime seal most smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border, driving up prices.
"The situation as you can see is very bad, the people don't have enough money" said Musa Barakeh, a Gaza resident.
At issue are Gaza government Hamas' ties with Mohammed Morsi, the Egyptian president deposed by the military a month ago.
Egypt's new rulers have portrayed Hamas and Morsi as co-conspirators in a plot to destabilise Egypt and harm the country's interests.
There was a more festive atmosphere at Eid street markets in Jerusalem and the West Bank, with shoppers stocking up on presents, balloons, new clothes and special sweets for the festival.
Traditionally, children receive gifts at Eid, people wear new outfits, and families hold a huge feast to celebrate the end of the Ramadan fast.
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