Wednesday, August 24th, 2022
A parakeet is tied to a stick by a Palestinian youth, as a trap to attract birds of its kind in Khan Younis, south of Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Dozens of Palestinians have taken up bird trapping in recent years, capturing parakeets along the heavily guarded frontier with Israel and selling them to pet shops. It's a rare if meager source of income in Gaza, which has been under a crippling Israeli-Egyptian blockade since the militant Hamas group seized power 15 years ago. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)