A vegetable vendor is pictured at a market in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip, Sept. 22, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

A vendor promotes pastries at a market in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip, Sept. 22, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

A Palestinian boy plays in the rain in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip, Sept. 22, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

Palestinian children are pictured amid destroyed buildings in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Sept. 22, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)