Bloody Sunday in Gaza

Published July 20, 2014
A Palestinian man carrying children flees the Shujayeh neighbourhood in a vehicle during heavy Israeli shelling in Gaza City. —REUTERS
A Palestinian man carrying children flees the Shujayeh neighbourhood in a vehicle during heavy Israeli shelling in Gaza City. —REUTERS
Palestinians sit in the bucket of an excavator as families flee the Shujayeh neighbourhood during heavy Israeli shelling in Gaza City —REUTERS
Palestinians sit in the bucket of an excavator as families flee the Shujayeh neighbourhood during heavy Israeli shelling in Gaza City —REUTERS
A wounded Palestinian man reacts following what police said was an Israeli air strike on a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip —REUTERS
A wounded Palestinian man reacts following what police said was an Israeli air strike on a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip —REUTERS
Palestinians flee from Gaza's eastern Shejaiya district . — AFP
Palestinians flee from Gaza's eastern Shejaiya district . — AFP
A Palestinian policeman carries a boy, who medics said was wounded in Israeli shelling, at a hospital in Gaza City. —   REUTERS
A Palestinian policeman carries a boy, who medics said was wounded in Israeli shelling, at a hospital in Gaza City. — REUTERS
A Palestinian man runs with a white flag in the Shejaia neighbourhood, which was heavily shelled by Israel during fighting, in Gaza City —REUTERS
A Palestinian man runs with a white flag in the Shejaia neighbourhood, which was heavily shelled by Israel during fighting, in Gaza City —REUTERS
Palestinian relatives grieve as mourners carry the bodies of the brothers Mohammed, Hamza and Anas Abu Moamar, who where killed at their family house in an airstrike, during their funerals in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The three brothers were killed early Sunday in Rafah by an airstrike, according to Gaza health ministry official Ashraf al-Kidra. — AP
Palestinian relatives grieve as mourners carry the bodies of the brothers Mohammed, Hamza and Anas Abu Moamar, who where killed at their family house in an airstrike, during their funerals in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The three brothers were killed early Sunday in Rafah by an airstrike, according to Gaza health ministry official Ashraf al-Kidra. — AP
A Palestinian carries his clothes in the Shejaia neighbourhood which was heavily shelled by Israel during fighting in Gaza City —
REUTERS
A Palestinian carries his clothes in the Shejaia neighbourhood which was heavily shelled by Israel during fighting in Gaza City — REUTERS
Family members flee from Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood that came under fire as Israel widened its ground offensive in the northern Gaza Strip. — AP
Family members flee from Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood that came under fire as Israel widened its ground offensive in the northern Gaza Strip. — AP
Palestinian firefighters distinguish fire burning the Al Mughrabi family building following an Israeli air strike in Rafah —AP
Palestinian firefighters distinguish fire burning the Al Mughrabi family building following an Israeli air strike in Rafah —AP
A Palestinian man reacts as he walks in a street in Gaza's eastern Shejaiya district — AFP
A Palestinian man reacts as he walks in a street in Gaza's eastern Shejaiya district — AFP
A Palestinian girl cries as she runs while fleeing Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood. — AP
A Palestinian girl cries as she runs while fleeing Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood. — AP
People ride in a truck as they take part in the funeral of three Palestinians from Abu Muamar family, who medics said were killed in an Israeli air strike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.  — REUTERS
People ride in a truck as they take part in the funeral of three Palestinians from Abu Muamar family, who medics said were killed in an Israeli air strike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. — REUTERS
A charred motorcycle stands beside buildings damaged by shrapnel in the Shejaia neighbourhood, which was heavily shelled by Israel during fighting, in Gaza City . —REUTERS
A charred motorcycle stands beside buildings damaged by shrapnel in the Shejaia neighbourhood, which was heavily shelled by Israel during fighting, in Gaza City . —REUTERS
Palestinians flee the Shujayeh neighbourhood during heavy Israeli shelling in Gaza City— REUTERS
Palestinians flee the Shujayeh neighbourhood during heavy Israeli shelling in Gaza City— REUTERS
A Palestinian man sits outside his house in the Shejaia neighbourhood which was heavily shelled by Israel during fighting in Gaza City.—
REUTERS
A Palestinian man sits outside his house in the Shejaia neighbourhood which was heavily shelled by Israel during fighting in Gaza City.— REUTERS
Palestinians flee Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood, in the Gaza Strip. Dozens of people were killed in Shijaiyah and many more bodies were believed buried under the rubble of homes, health officials said. —AP
Palestinians flee Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood, in the Gaza Strip. Dozens of people were killed in Shijaiyah and many more bodies were believed buried under the rubble of homes, health officials said. —AP
A Palestinian man flees Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood. — AP
A Palestinian man flees Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood. — AP

A total of 87 Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as Israel stepped up a major offensive, in the bloodiest single day in the battered enclave in five years.

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