Gaza Kill and Maim Photos 3
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Following 1 January 2009 |
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An Israeli woman in her home in Sderot, which was damaged by a Palestinian
rocket. Photo: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images |
The rubble of the home of Nizar Rayyan, a senior Hamas leader, which was
bombed by the Israeli air force on Thursday afternoon. The strike killed
Mr. Rayyan along with two of his wives and four children, Palestinian hospital
officials said. Photo: Mahmud Hams/Agence France-Presse -- Getty Images |
A boy's body was carried from the rubble after the strike on Mr. Rayyan's
home, in Jabaliya, north of Gaza City. Mr. Rayyan was the first high-ranking
Hamas figure to be killed in the Israeli campaign. Photo: Ismail Zaydah/Reuters |
Israelis evacuated an eight-story building in Ashdod that was hit by a grad
missile fired from Gaza. The building was damaged but no injuries were reported.
Photo: Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times |
Palestinian firefighters at the scene of the Israeli air strike on Mr. Rayyan's
home in Jabaliya. Photo: Suhaib Salem/Reuters |
A Palestinian man looked at the rubble of a house destroyed by Israeli missiles
in Gaza City. Photo: Mohammed Saber/European Pressphoto Agency |
A man walked by the destroyed Parliament building in Gaza City. Israeli war
planes and naval forces bombed several Hamas security installations on Thursday.
Photo: Abid Katib/Getty Images |
Palestinians inspected an apartment building in Rafah damaged in Israeli
airstrikes. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/European Pressphoto Agency |
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Following 31 December 2008 |
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A destroyed mosque in the Tal al Hawa area, south of Gaza City. The Israeli
air strikes on Gaza continued on Wednesday, and at least 20 more rockets
were fired by Hamas militants in reprisal into southern Israel, including
three that landed in the city of Beersheba. Photo: Mohammed Saber/European
Pressphoto Agency |
Palestinians examined bombed tunnels, which provided crucial supply lines
along Gaza's border with Egypt. Photo: Eyad Baba/Associated Press |
Palestinians inspected the rubble of a house after it was hit in an Israeli
missile strike in the Maghaze refugee camp. Gaza City was entirely without
electricity for the first time, the result of an air attack that hit the
system's infrastructure. Repair workers said they were afraid to work because
of the possibility of more raids. Photo: Ashraf Amra/Associated Press |
A woman wept in front of her destroyed house in the Jabalia refugee camp.
The number of targets available from the air is declining, making the likelihood
of a ground offensive greater. Photo: Mohammed Abed/Agence France-Presse
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A Hamas member put a Hamas flag on the remains of the destroyed Abu Hanifa
mosque in the Tal al Hawa area, south of Gaza City. Hamas militants issued
a taped statement vowing revenge for those killed in the Israeli air raids
since Saturday and warning that a ground invasion would prove painful for
Israel. Photo: Mohammed Saber/European Pressphoto Agency |
Palestinian relatives of Tawfiq Qanan, who was killed in an Israeli air strike,
mourned during his funeral in Gaza. Palestinian officials say that more than
370 people have been killed, among them, the United Nations says, at least
62 women and children and an unknown number of civilian men. Photo: Suhaib
Salem/Reuters |
In Beersheba, a rocket hit an empty school. Schools in the city were ordered
closed Tuesday because of an earlier missile strike. The Israeli military
says that, while some Hamas rockets are home-made, the longer-range missiles
are more sophisticated and are smuggled into Gaza. Photo: Tara
Todras-whitehill/Associated Press |
A man walked past a hole in a roof after a rocket fired by Hamas militants
in Gaza hit in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva. At least 20 more rockets
were fired into southern Israel, including three that landed in Beersheba.
Photo: Bernat Armangue/Associated Press |
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