Palestinians prepare the traditional Ramadan desert katayif in a sweet shop in Nablus. (Rami Swidan)

A street vendor displays special large-size falafel balls for Ramadan in Qalqilia. (Khaleel Reash)

A street vendor displays traditional sweets for Ramadan in the historic Old City of Nablus. (Rami Swidan)

A man reads the holy Quran at a mosque in Gaza City. (Hatem Omar)

An elderly Palestinian man reads the Quran in the al-Omari mosque in Gaza City. (Hatem Omar)

Palestinian men rest before afternoon prayers at a mosque in Gaza City. (Wissam Nassar)

Palestinians watch a dance performance as part of Hebron's Nights of Ramadan cultural heritage performance series. (Mamoun Wazwaz)

A Palestinian man smokes a water pipe in a cafe in central Gaza City after ending the daily fast of Ramadan. (Wissam Nassar)

A Palestinian child lights fireworks to celebrate Ramadan in the Gaza Strip. (Hatem Omar)

Palestinian Muslim worshipers cross an Israeli military checkpoint between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, en route to pray at the Al-Aqsa mosque, Islam's third holiest site. (Luay Sababa)

A Palestinian refugee child waits to fill containers with water at a United Nations aid distribution center in the southern Gaza Strip. (Hatem Omar)

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad celebrates the traditional iftar, or evening meal, with children at a charitable society in the West Bank. (Mustafa Abu Daya)