Mideast in Pictures: Happy time on Gazan beach as conflict specter fades

Children spend time at the seaside of the Mediterranean Sea off Gaza coast in Gaza City, on Aug. 12, 2022. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

GAZA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Life in the Gaza Strip has gradually returned to normal after a three-day conflict between the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Israeli army last week.

On Friday, residents in the Gaza Strip came to the beach to relax and escape the heatwave.

Blockade, scorching heat, and hardships of life …… All these won't dampen children's joy at the seaside of the Palestinian coastal enclave.

People spend time at the seaside of the Mediterranean Sea off Gaza coast in Gaza City, on Aug. 12, 2022. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

People spend time at the seaside of the Mediterranean Sea off Gaza coast in Gaza City, on Aug. 12, 2022. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

People spend time at the seaside of the Mediterranean Sea off Gaza coast in Gaza City, on Aug. 12, 2022. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)■