In pictures: Gaza continues to mourn as Israel rejects global truce calls
Wailing relatives mourn more lives lost as Israel bombards the length and breadth of the Palestinian enclave, killing some 350 besieged residents in its latest violence there.
Palestinians mourn as they receive bodies of their loved ones from the morgue of An-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza on December 7, 2023. / Photo: AA
Hundreds more Palestinians have been killed as Israel targeted Gaza major urban centres — 350 people according to Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra.
Rejecting global calls for peace and ceasefire, Israel has since October 7 killed more than 17,170 Palestinians and wounded 46,000 others. Thousands of Palestinians are said to be buried under the rubble of bombed buildings.
Four-fifths of Gaza residents have now been displaced, many of them several times over. Their homes, businesses, mosques and schools have been damaged, destroyed or abandoned as too dangerous in the face of indiscrimate Israeli assault.
US, Israel's staunchest ally, does not back ceasefire but in its strongest public criticism of Israel's conduct of the "war" in Gaza, has said there is a gap between Israel's declared intentions to protect civilians and the casualties on the ground.
Here are some heart-wrenching images of Gaza's deceased and their grieving loved ones.
Hundreds of Palestinians were killed in new Israeli violence — 350 people according to Gaza authorities.
A man holds the body of a child as relatives of the dead Palestinians wait for a funeral ceremony while the Israeli attacks continue in Rafah, Gaza on December 7, 2023.
Palestinians mourn as they receive the dead bodies of their loved ones from the morgue of An-Najjar Hospital while Israeli attacks continue in Rafah, Gaza on December 7, 2023.
Relatives of the deceased mourn as bodies of Palestinians, killed in Israeli attacks on Maghazi refugee camp, are taken out of the mortuary of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital for burial in Deir al Balah, Gaza on December 07, 2023.
A man holds the lifeless body of a child killed in Israeli attacks on Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza on December 07, 2023.
The lifeless body of a Palestinian child is pulled out from the rubble after Israeli army carried out attacks on Al Shabura refugee camp in Rafah, Gaza on December 07, 2023.
Palestinians and civil defence teams carry out search and rescue operations after Israeli army bombs Al Shabura refugee camp in Rafah, Gaza on December 07, 2023.
Residents and civil defence teams conduct a search and rescue operation around the rubble of the building that collapsed following an Israeli attack on house belonging to the Abu Saleh in Khan Yunis, Gaza on December 7, 2023.
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