Abdul Raouf Al-Farra, a Palestinian man with Polish citizenship, who refuses to leave Gaza even after his neighborhood was targeted with Israeli strikes that damaged his home, views a mosque hit in a strike, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip November 15. — Reuters
Abdul Raouf Al-Farra, a Palestinian man with Polish citizenship, who refuses to leave Gaza even after his neighborhood was targeted with Israeli strikes that damaged his home, views a mosque hit in a strike, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip November 15. — Reuters

A Palestinian boy sits in a car trunk with belongings amid the ongoing Israel’s  bombardment in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 16. — Reuters
A Palestinian boy sits in a car trunk with belongings amid the ongoing Israel’s bombardment in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 16. — Reuters

Palestinians react at a hospital, amid the ongoing Israel’s bombardment of Gazaon November 16. — Reuters
Palestinians react at a hospital, amid the ongoing Israel’s bombardment of Gazaon November 16. — Reuters

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Missing in action

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