People wait their turn to identify relatives killed in Israeli bombardment on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza strip, behind the gate leading to the morgue of the Al-Nasr hospital where the bodies of victims are laid, out on November 19, 2023.—AFP
People wait their turn to identify relatives killed in Israeli bombardment on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza strip, behind the gate leading to the morgue of the Al-Nasr hospital where the bodies of victims are laid, out on November 19, 2023.—AFP

 The shrouded bodies of people killed in Israeli bombardment on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza strip, are laid out for identification by relatives, in front of the morgue of the Al-Nasr hospital on November 19, 2023.—AFP
The shrouded bodies of people killed in Israeli bombardment on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza strip, are laid out for identification by relatives, in front of the morgue of the Al-Nasr hospital on November 19, 2023.—AFP

Jamil al-Agha and his wife react as the injured man holds the body of one of the couple’s 2 children killed in Israeli bombardment, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza strip on November 19, 2023.—AFP
Jamil al-Agha and his wife react as the injured man holds the body of one of the couple’s 2 children killed in Israeli bombardment, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza strip on November 19, 2023.—AFP

A man carries the body of a Palestinian child killed in Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian fighter group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 19, 2023.—Reuters
A man carries the body of a Palestinian child killed in Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian fighter group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 19, 2023.—Reuters

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