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  • Rafah, Gaza strip, Jan 11, 2009.A large part of Rafah close to the Egyptian border is left empty and looks like a ghost town as it is constantly pounded by the Israeli air force. Thousands of inhabitants fled to less exposed parts of the city, eventhough nowhere is safe.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 13 2009.The Philadelphia corridor (border with Egypt) is being bombed repeatedly by the Israeli air force in the hope of destroying the countless smuggling tunnels running underneath. On the 18th day of the Israeli operation in Gaza, one and a half million people are still deprived of electricity and basic supplies, as well as being unable to flee from the densely populated combat zone.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 13 2009.The Philadelphia corridor (border with Egypt) is being bombed repeatedly by the Israeli air force in the hope of destroying the countless smuggling tunnels running underneath. On the 18th day of the Israeli operation in Gaza, one and a half million people are still deprived of electricity and basic supplies, as well as being unable to flee from the densely populated combat zone.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 13 2009.Azouz, 8, shows severe signs of psycholgical stress..Rafah police station was levelled down by Israeli air strikes at the beginning of the operation. On the 18th day of the Israeli operation in Gaza, one and a half million people are still deprived of electricity and basic supplies, as well as being unable to flee from the densely populated combat zone.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 15 2009.Al Abrahr mosque was the largest in Rafah, it was destroyed by a massive Israeli air strike at 12:30 AM on January 15, killing 4.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 15 2009.Al Abrahr mosque was the largest in Rafah, it was destroyed by a massive Israeli air strike at 12:30 AM on January 15, killing 4.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 15 2009.Layla Abul Hussein, 60, was hit in the neck and the chest by shrapnel from an Israeli shell while siting inside her house in Hay Nasser, near Rafah.

  • Khan Younes, Gaza Strip, Jan 12 2009.Naser Hospital, Mohamed Ahmed, 17, was in his field behind his house in Garara when he saw white smoke coming from the sky and was instantly burned over 35% of his body. Doctors categorically declare that he suffers from deep chemical burns, NOT heat exposure. Chemical weapons use in a civilian area constitute a war crime according to the Geneva convention.

  • Khan Younes, Gaza Strip, Jan 12 2009.Naser Hospital, more than 392 cases have been treated in this small hospital since the beginning of the Israeli operation, mostly civilians. On the 16th day of the Israeli operation in Gaza, one and a half million people are still deprived of electricity and basic supplies, as well as being unable to flee from the densely populated combat zone.

  • Khan Younes, Gaza Strip, Jan 12 2009.Naser Hospital, the bodies of 2 civilian casualties are being released from the morgue and given back to the families for burials. more than 392 cases have been treated in this small hospital since the beginning of the Israeli operation, mostly civilians. On the 16th day of the Israeli operation in Gaza, one and a half million people are still deprived of electricity and basic supplies, as well as being unable to flee from the densely populated combat zone.

  • Khan Younes, Gaza Strip, Jan 12 2009.Naser Hospital, the bodies of 2 civilian casualties are being released from the morgue and given back to the families for burials. more than 392 cases have been treated in this small hospital since the beginning of the Israeli operation, mostly civilians. On the 16th day of the Israeli operation in Gaza, one and a half million people are still deprived of electricity and basic supplies, as well as being unable to flee from the densely populated combat zone.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 12 2009.Street funeral of one of the many civilian victims from the Israeli military operation in Gaza. On the 16th day of the Israeli operation in Gaza, one and a half million people are still deprived of electricity and basic supplies, as well as being unable to flee from the densely populated combat zone.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 12 2009.Street funeral of one of the many civilian victims from the Israeli military operation in Gaza. On the 16th day of the Israeli operation in Gaza, one and a half million people are still deprived of electricity and basic supplies, as well as being unable to flee from the densely populated combat zone.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 15 2009.Children play near buildings damaged during an Israeli airstrike..

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 15 2009.A UN school was hit by several Israeli shells in Eastern Rafah..

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 16 2009.Amir Abu Jarrar, 11, was lightly wounded when Aissa Mohammed Armilat, 12, who was in the garden in front of his house in eastern Rafah at 7AM when an Israeli shell killed him on the spot. There was no fighting activity whatsoever in the area.

  • Al Kuza'ah, Gaza Strip, Jan 14 2009.Faizah Nejjar, 35, lost everything she possessed in the attack. An Israeli tank assault on this village left 10 people dead and many more wounded; dozens of homes are destroyed, many burned by white phosphorus, active patches of which can still be found in many area inside the village 36 hours after the attack..Hundreds of shocked inhabitants collect what they can from their destroyed houses and are fleeing away to safer areas.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 15 2009.Abu Youssef Al Najjar Hospital morgue, Rafah. 7 men where killed overnight in Israeli bombing and shelling, including 4 in the destruction of Abrahr mosque, the largest in Rafah.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 15 2009.Abu Youssef Al Najjar Hospital morgue, Rafah. 7 men where killed overnight in Israeli bombing and shelling, including 4 in the destruction of Abrahr mosque, the largest in Rafah.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 15 2009.Sheghda el Kurd, a prominent local Hamas fighter is among the 7 men killed overnight in Israeli bombing and shelling, including 4 in the destruction of Abrahr mosque, the largest in Rafah.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 15 2009.Sheghda el Kurd, a prominent local Hamas fighter is among the 7 men killed overnight in Israeli bombing and shelling, including 4 in the destruction of Abrahr mosque, the largest in Rafah.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 15 2009.A spublic painter writes the name of Sheghda el Kurd on his family home wall; he was a prominent local Hamas fighter who was among the 7 men killed overnight in Israeli bombing and shelling, including 4 in the destruction of Abrahr mosque, the largest in Rafah.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 15 2009.Funerals of the 7 men killed overnight in Israeli bombing and shelling, including 4 in the destruction of Abrahr mosque, the largest in Rafah..

  • Al Kuza'ah, Gaza Strip, Jan 14 2009.Razmey, Khalil Nejjar, 48, is in shock after loosing her home in the attack. An Israeli tank assault on this village left 10 people dead and many more wounded; dozens of homes are destroyed, many burned by white phosphorus, active patches of which can still be found in many area inside the village 36 hours after the attack..Hundreds of shocked inhabitants collect what they can from their destroyed houses and are fleeing away to safer areas.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 16 2009.Aissa Mohammed Armilat, 12, was in the garden in front of his house in eastern Rafah at 7AM when an Israeli shell killed him on the spot. There was no fighting activity whatsoever in the area.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 16 2009.The funeral prayer for Aissa Mohammed Armilat, 12, who was in the garden in front of his house in eastern Rafah at 7AM when an Israeli shell killed him on the spot. There was no fighting activity whatsoever in the area..

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 16 2009.The funeral of Aissa Mohammed Armilat, 12, who was in the garden in front of his house in eastern Rafah at 7AM when an Israeli shell killed him on the spot. There was no fighting activity whatsoever in the area.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 16 2009.Mohammed Ayat Al Armilat, 50, during the funeral of his son Aissa Mohammed Armilat, 12, who was in the garden in front of his house in eastern Rafah at 7AM when an Israeli shell killed him on the spot. There was no fighting activity whatsoever in the area.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan 16 2009.Mohammed Ayat Al Armilat, 50, during the funeral of his son Aissa Mohammed Armilat, 12, who was in the garden in front of his house in eastern Rafah at 7AM when an Israeli shell killed him on the spot. There was no fighting activity whatsoever in the area.

  • Jabalya, Gaza Strip, Jan 19 2009.An entire neighbourhood was badly damaged when the Israeli air force flattened the house of Nizzar Rayyan, an important Hamas leader of the Ezzedin El Qassam brigade, killing him and his entire family as well as several others..

  • Deir El Balah, Gaza Strip, Jan 17 2009.Ziyad Abu Hessenin, a nurse in the Al Aqsa hospital breaks in tears while preparing for the funeral the bodies of the wife and five children from Issa al Battran, a member of Hamas military branch who were killed in an Israeli air strike on his appartment in Burej attempting to kill him. He wasn't home at the time of the attack, January 16th at 5PM.

  • Deir El Balah, Gaza Strip, Jan 17 2009.Bilal Al Battran, 7..The wife and five children from Issa al Battran, a member of Hamas military branch were killed in an Israeli air strike on his appartment in Burej attempting to kill him. He wasn't home at the time of the attack, January 16th at 5PM.

  • Burej camp, Gaza Strip, Jan 17 2009.The wife and five children from Issa al Battran, a member of Hamas military branch were killed in an Israeli air strike on his appartment attempting to kill him. He wasn't home at the time of the attack, January 16th at 5PM. .

  • Zeitoun, Gaza Strip, Jan 19 2009.Farez Hamdi Mahmoud Samoudi is in shock after loosing 29 innocent members of his family. The Israeli army destroyed a dozen houses belonging to the Samouni clan, then used the remaining 3 houses for almost two weeks as a fortified firing positions towards the southern side of Gaza city..

  • Jabalya, Gaza Strip, Jan 18 2009.Stunned inhabitants of Jabalya return to where their homes used to stand, only to find a huge rubble field, levelled by Israeli bombs, explosives and bulldozers. Not a wall is standing over a very large area on the eastern side of the village facing the israeli border..

  • Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, Jan 19 2009.The Israeli army came to the Hamad family houses on January 5th at 4 am, ordering the entire families to leave immediately by foot on the nearby Salahedin road and then destroyed the houses entirely, simply because they stood less than a kilometer from the Erez crossing.

  • Jabalya, Gaza Strip, Jan 18 2009.Stunned inhabitants of Jabalya return to where their homes used to stand, only to find a huge rubble field, levelled by Israeli bombs, explosives and bulldozers. Not a wall is standing over a very large area on the eastern side of the village facing the israeli border..

  • Al Tufa'ah, Gaza Strip, Jan 20 2009.Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening approximately an area 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment..

  • Al Tufa'ah, Gaza Strip, Jan 20 2009.Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening approximately an area 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment..

  • Al Tufa'ah, Gaza Strip, Jan 20 2009.Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening approximately an area 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment.

  • Al Tufa'ah, Gaza Strip, Jan 20 2009.Ibrahim Mohammed Hamouda conforts his sons Saher Brahim, 3, right and Wasim, 8, left, on the ruins of their family home. Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening approximately an area 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment..

  • Al Tufa'ah, Gaza Strip, Jan 20 2009.Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening approximately an area 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment..

  • Al Tufa'ah, Gaza Strip, Jan 20 2009.Nadji Hessenin collapses in tears after burying his children Shourouk Nadji Hessenin, 13 and her brother Abdallah, 12 who were killed instantly upon returning to their house in She'Af Tufa'ah by a Hamas planted booby trap destined to israeli soldiers. Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening approximately an area 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment..

  • Al Tufa'ah, Gaza Strip, Jan 20 2009.Nadji Hessenin collapses in tears after burying his children Shourouk Nadji Hessenin, 13 and her brother Abdallah, 12 who were killed instantly upon returning to their house in She'Af Tufa'ah by a Hamas planted booby trap destined to israeli soldiers. Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening approximately an area 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment..

  • Al Tuam, Gaza Strip, Jan 21 2009.Inhabitants slowly come back to heavily damaged or totally destroyed homes, as fierce fighting between the Israeli army and Hamas took place in this elevated area just north of Gaza city..

  • Sheikh Radwan, Gaza city, Jan 22 2009.Nahal El Nemen search for salvagable parts of his destroyed Fiat car. An Israeli air force strike destroyed several houses in this densely populated neighbourhood, damaging many others..

  • Al Tufa'ah, Gaza Strip, Jan 20 2009.Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening approximately an area 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment..

  • Al Tufa'ah, Gaza Strip, Jan 20 2009.Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening approximately an area 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment..

  • Al Tuam, Gaza Strip, Jan 21 2009.Amadar Garoub, 19, right, is homeless as the family house was destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army..Inhabitants slowly come back to heavily damaged or totally destroyed homes, as fierce fighting between the Israeli army and Hamas took place in this elevated area just north of Gaza city..

  • Gaza city, Jan 22 2009.Fighters from the Salahedeen Brigade of the P. R. C. gave an impromtu press conference before leaving in broad daylight on a busy market street..

  • Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip, Jan 15 2009.Mourning families gather over hundreds of fresh tombs in Beit-Lahia's main cemetery..

  • Jabalya, Gaza Strip, Jan 23 2009.Abdel Aziz Atif, 85, his house was destroyed by Israeli tanks. The local mosque has been destroyed, the Friday prayer takes place on an open sandy patch nearby..Stunned inhabitants of Jabalya return to where their homes, farms and factories used to stand, only to find a huge rubble field, levelled by Israeli bombs, explosives and bulldozers. Not a wall is standing over a very large area on the eastern side of the village facing the israeli border.

  • Jabalya, Gaza Strip, Jan 23 2009.Khalil Siam, 72, is in shock; he has lost everything in the israeli attack..Stunned inhabitants of Jabalya return to where their homes, farms and factories used to stand, only to find a huge rubble field, levelled by Israeli bombs, explosives and bulldozers. Not a wall is standing over a very large area on the eastern side of the village facing the israeli border.

  • Jabalya, Gaza Strip, Jan 23 2009.Siham Abu Rachel, 34. her mother was killed when the Israeli army shelled their family home. Stunned inhabitants of Jabalya return to where their homes, farms and factories used to stand, only to find a huge rubble field, levelled by Israeli bombs, explosives and bulldozers. Not a wall is standing over a very large area on the eastern side of the village facing the israeli border.

  • Rafah, Gaza Strip, January 2009

  • Jabalya, Gaza Strip, Jan 23 2009.Omar, 5, comes from a Fatah family and wants to be a member of the Al Aqsa brigade..Stunned inhabitants of Jabalya return to where their homes, farms and factories used to stand, only to find a huge rubble field, levelled by Israeli bombs, explosives and bulldozers. Not a wall is standing over a very large area on the eastern side of the village facing the israeli border..

  • Gaza city, January 23, 2009.Hamas militiaman stands guard in front of the main Gaza city prison, destroyed by Israeli bombs.

  • Al Tuam, Gaza Strip, Jan 21 2009.Inhabitants slowly come back to heavily damaged or totally destroyed homes, as fierce fighting between the Israeli army and Hamas took place in this elevated area just north of Gaza city..

  • Al Kuza'ah, Gaza Strip, Jan 24 2009.Leyla "Lula" Ahmad Al Najjar, 4, suffers from a broken leg and broken hip, she is attended to by her mother Suheila Ahmad Najjar, 29..An Israeli tank assault on this village on January 13 that left 10 people dead and many more wounded; dozens of homes are destroyed, many burned by white phosphorus, active patches of which can still be found in many area inside the village.

  • Al Tufa'ah, Gaza Strip, Jan 20 2009.Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening approximately an area 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment..

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