PHOTOS: Documents reduced to ashes in Gaza municipality building

A Palestinian civil defence worker checks documents reduced to ashes, inside the archives department of the Gaza municipality building in Gaza City on November 30. — AFP

Documents reduced to ashes are scattered inside the archives department of the Gaza municipality building in Gaza City on November 30. — AFP

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