Misery for Gazans continues after truce fails

Published August 20, 2014
A woman inspects her house that was damaged during an air strike. Photo by Reuters
A woman inspects her house that was damaged during an air strike. Photo by Reuters
Smoke rises as Palestinians stand atop the rubble of a house, which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 20, 2014. Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets at Israel for a second day on Wednesday after fighting resumed with the collapse of truce talks and an Israeli air strike that killed three people in Gaza.  Photo by Reuters
Smoke rises as Palestinians stand atop the rubble of a house, which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 20, 2014. Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets at Israel for a second day on Wednesday after fighting resumed with the collapse of truce talks and an Israeli air strike that killed three people in Gaza. Photo by Reuters
A man looks inside a damaged vehicle parked outside destroyed homes. Photo by AFP
A man looks inside a damaged vehicle parked outside destroyed homes. Photo by AFP
Three Palestinian men sit next to a destroyed bus and a house that was completely demolished after it was targeted by Israeli airstrikes late. Photo by AFP
Three Palestinian men sit next to a destroyed bus and a house that was completely demolished after it was targeted by Israeli airstrikes late. Photo by AFP
A Palestinian woman looks out of her house that was destroyed during an airstrike. Photo by Reuters
A Palestinian woman looks out of her house that was destroyed during an airstrike. Photo by Reuters
A Palestinian man with bloodstains on his clothes reacts after the death of his relatives, whom medics said were killed in an Israeli air strike, at a hospital in Deir El-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Photo by Reuters
A Palestinian man with bloodstains on his clothes reacts after the death of his relatives, whom medics said were killed in an Israeli air strike, at a hospital in Deir El-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Photo by Reuters
A Palestinian boy sits looking across the way in front of a damaged vehicle. Photo by AFP
A Palestinian boy sits looking across the way in front of a damaged vehicle. Photo by AFP
Palestinians remove their belongings from a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo by Reuters
Palestinians remove their belongings from a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo by Reuters
Palestinians react in front of a bus that witnesses said was destroyed during an Israeli airstrike in Gaza Photo by Reuters
Palestinians react in front of a bus that witnesses said was destroyed during an Israeli airstrike in Gaza Photo by Reuters
Neighbours of a house that was targeted by Israeli airstrikes look at the destruction on their block. Photo by AFP
Neighbours of a house that was targeted by Israeli airstrikes look at the destruction on their block. Photo by AFP
A Palestinian woman walks along a street covered in debris following an Israeli airstrikes on the Jabalia Palestinian refugee camp in the Gaza. Photo by AFP
A Palestinian woman walks along a street covered in debris following an Israeli airstrikes on the Jabalia Palestinian refugee camp in the Gaza. Photo by AFP
An Israeli attack helicopter shoots flares near the Israel and Gaza border. Photo by AP
An Israeli attack helicopter shoots flares near the Israel and Gaza border. Photo by AP

An Israeli air strike killed the wife and child of a Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif after the temporary ceasefire collapsed and truce talks froze. Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets at Israel for a second day on Wednesday after an Israeli air strike killed three people in Gaza. In a strike Wednesday morning on the southern Gaza town of Deir el-Balah a pregnant woman, three children and two men were killed, all members of the Aloah family, emergency services said.More than a month of fighting between Israel and Hamas has killed at least 2,026 Palestinians and 67 on the Israeli side since July 8.

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