Palestinians ride in the back of a vehicle as they move toward safer areas following the resumption of Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 1, 2023, after the expiration of a seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas fighters.—AFP
Palestinians ride in the back of a vehicle as they move toward safer areas following the resumption of Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 1, 2023, after the expiration of a seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas fighters.—AFP

Women with children sit on a trailer, as Palestinians flee their houses due to Israeli strikes, after a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel expired, in the eastern part of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 1, 2023.—Reuters
Women with children sit on a trailer, as Palestinians flee their houses due to Israeli strikes, after a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel expired, in the eastern part of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 1, 2023.—Reuters

Palestinians walk toward safer areas following the resumption of Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 1, 2023, after the expiration of a seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas fighters.—AFP
Palestinians walk toward safer areas following the resumption of Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 1, 2023, after the expiration of a seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas fighters.—AFP

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