Palestinians shop at a popular market after lifting the state of closure, in Deir El-Balah, in the center of the Gaza Strip, on February 09, 2021. The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Local Government stated, "The decision to reopen the weekly popular markets (central) came based on numerous discussions with government agencies concerned with the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic, as the Ministry of Local Government raised a full-fledged implementation plan to ensure market opening within the standards of the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Photo by Ashraf Amra