"At that time of the year, the farm is crowded with buyers and visitors who have come to reserve their sacrificial animals for Eid," says livestock farmer Sameh Abdel Gawad, standing in an empty pen in central Gaza's Deir el-Balah. As the war rages into its ninth month, Gazans prepare to mark a somber Eid al-Adha holiday from their tents. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES