Displaced Palestinians living in a tented camp in Rafah, in southern Gaza, on March 9 prepared for a very different Ramadan this year, more than 155 days into a war in the embattled enclave.Israel and Hamas, the militant Islamist group that rules the Palestinian enclave and has been locked in a war with Israeli forces since its deadly Oct. 7 rampage in southern Israel, have traded blame over the apparent deadlock in talks in the run-up to Ramadan, which begins on or around March 10.Despite the war, homeless Gazan women, men, and children decorated their tents, children held up Ramadan lanterns and others hung balloons whilst singing songs.Five months into Israel's air and ground assault on Gaza, health authorities there say nearly 31,000 Palestinians have been killed.Israel's offensive has plunged Gaza into a humanitarian catastrophe. Much of the enclave is reduced to rubble and most of its population is displaced, with the UN warning of disease and starvation.Concerned about further heavy civilian casualties, U.S. President Joe Biden has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to launch a major offensive in Rafah unless Israel has first crafted a plan for mass evacuation from the last area of Gaza it has not yet invaded with ground forces.More than half of Gaza's 2.3 million people are sheltering in the Rafah area.