PHOTOS: Buildings, cars, trees in Gaza charred after overnight Israeli heavy bombing

Photographs taken by AFP this morning show buildings, cars and trees charred after the Israeli military conducted an overnight raid, bombing the besieged Gaza Strip intensely amid a communications blackout.

Children walk past a destroyed building in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 28. — AFP

Cloths hang on tree branches above wrecked cars in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 28. — AFP

A youth rides a bicycle past wrecked cars in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 28. — AFP

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