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Ruins, rubble and famine: The human cost of Israel's war in Gaza | Photos
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While Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of the ceasefire, Israeli bombardment in Gaza Strip has left the Palestinian territory in ruins.
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Tent shelters amidst building rubble in Gaza City. The Palestinian territory has been left in ruins due to continuos Isralei bombardment since October 7, 2023. (Bloomberg)
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Israeli troops walk through the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel.(Ohad Zwigenberg/AP)
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Amid Israel's aid blockade in the strip, Palestinians have been driven to sarvation and famine. With only the US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) allowed to set up distribution centres, several civilians were also subject to Israeli fire and killed while waiting for life-essential aid, (AFP)
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Since October 2023, around 1.9 million Gazans have been displaced due to Israel's bombardment of the Palestinian territory. In this photo, displaced Palestinians are seen moving with their belongings in the Nuseirat refugee camp area after Israel expanded its military offensive. (AFP)
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A Palestinian woman walks near rubble in Gaza city. Almost all buildings - residential, commercial and even hospitals have been targeted by the Israeli military during the three-year war.(REUTERS)
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During the war, Israel has also targeted several hospitals in Gaza, citing the operation of Hamas underneath the hospitals. (AFP)
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Several Palestinians have also been killed while trying to collect food another essential aid from GHF distruburtion centres in the strip. (AFP)
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Palestinians queue to receive a hot meal from a charity kitchen in the Nuseirat refugee camp. The UN and several UN-backed agencies have declared famine in parts of Gaza as Israel continous its aid blockade in the Palesitnian strip.(AFP)
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People look at their neighbor's damaged house following an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.(Fatima Shbair/AP)
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Palestinian women walk with bags of humanitarian aid they received at a distribution centre run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF),(AFP)
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A boy searches for scraps of wood to be used for firewood in the rubble in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on Salam Tower in Gaza City. Each day of the war, Israel has only intensified its bombardment of Gaza as part of its ‘war goals’(AFP)
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Smoke rises following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City in October 2025.(AP)
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People look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on residential buildings and a mosque in Rafah, Gaza Strip(Fatima Shbair/AP)
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A Palestinian man with crutches seen walking next to rubble caused by Israel's bombardment of Gaza (REUTERS)
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Amid Trump's pitch for a ceasefire plan, Israel continued its military offensive and bombardment in Gaza. In this image, a smoke plume billows from an Israeli attack in Gaza City.(AFP)
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Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians, who, according to medics, were killed in a deadly overnight Israeli strike on a building where displaced people were taking shelter.(REUTERS)
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Displaced Palestinians walk along the coastal road, backdropped by smoke rising into the sky after an Israeli military strike in Gaza City(AP)
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People take cover from incoming rocket fire from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, southern Israel.(Leo Correa/AP)
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Gaza's death toll stands at 67,000, of which, half has been attributed to women and children. As per information released by the Hamas-run health ministry, at least 18,457 children in Gaza have been killed due to Israel strikes. (REUTERS)
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With the aid blockade, Palestinians have been left to starvation. Furthermore, ,majority of the children in Gaza have also been diagnosed with malnutrition as famine takes over parts of Gaza. In this image, displaced Palestinian children search for firewood and plastic in a landfill beside the makeshift tent camp where they are taking shelter, in Khan Younis. (AP)
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Israel's strikes have also targeted hospitals where doctors battle strikes, bombardment while trying to save as many lives as possible. Hospitals such as Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City has been the centre of many strikes.(AP)
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Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.(Fatima Shbair/AP)
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Palestinians walk near rubble following an Israeli raid, amid an Israeli military operation, in Gaza City(REUTERS)
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Wounded Palestinians receive treatment at Al-Shifa Hospital after being injured in an Israeli strike, amid an Israeli military operation, according to medics(REUTERS)
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Smoke rises following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City as seen from the central Gaza Strip(AP)
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