The Institute for Middle East Understanding
In photos: Despair as Gaza conflict enters third week
IMEU, Jan 17, 2009
As the Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip enters its third week, Palestinian casualties continue rise and civilian infrastructure has been severely damaged. The IMEU presents the third in a series of photos from on the ground in Gaza.
A Palestinian man walks through a United Nations school in Beit Lahiya that was attacked by Israel on Saturday, killing four Palestinian civilians who had taken shelter there. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)
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A Palestinian child stands inside a United Nations center where his family took refuge from Israel's attacks in the Gaza Strip. (Hatem Omar, Maan Images)
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Palestinians receive food aid at a United Nations center in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (Hatem Omar, Maan Images)
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Palestinian medics examine the destroyed interior of the Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City, which was bombed by Israel on Thursday. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)
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A Palestinian boy stands by as his family loads their belongings onto a truck in order to flee their bombarded neighborhood in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Hatem Omar, Maan Images)
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A Palestinian firefighter rushes to put out a fire caused by an Israeli attack on United Nations headquarters in Gaza City. (Mohamed Al-Zanon, Gaza City)
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Emergency workers attempt to salvage food aid while putting out a fire at the headquarters of the United Nations in Gaza City, which was set ablaze after coming under intense shelling from Israeli forces on Thursday. (Mohamed Al-Zanon, Maan Images)
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Emergency workers in Gaza City attempt to put out a fire at a United Nations facility that was bombed by Israeli on Thursday. (Mohamed Al-Zanon, Maan Images)
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Palestinian look over a crater caused by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. (Mohamed Al-Zanon, Maan Images)
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Palestinians pass a hollowed high-rise building in central Gaza City. Heavy shelling from the Israeli army has damaged hundreds of buildings in Gaza's largest city. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)
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A Palestinian mans walks passed buildings in Gaza City that were destroyed in Israeli air strikes. (Mohamed Al-Zanon, Maan Images)
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A Palestinian boy walks among the ruins of a building demolished by Israeli air and ground attacks in the center of Gaza City, the area's largest city with a population of over 400,000. (Mohamed Al-Zanon, Maan Images).
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A Palestinian man looks at a stretcher stained with blood at a hospital in Gaza City. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)
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Palestinians walk atop the rubble in a destroyed part of Gaza City. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)
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A Palestinian man kneels down inside his apartment, which was severely damaged from Israeli shelling in central Gaza City. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)
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A Palestinian medic carries a young girl who was injured during an Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip. (Maan Images)
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Children play in Barcelona Park south of Gaza City during a three-hour lull in Israel's assault. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)
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