A Palestinian man gives a haircut to a child inside a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 22.— Reuters
A Palestinian man gives a haircut to a child inside a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 22.— Reuters

A displaced Palestinian woman and child, who fled their house due to Israeli strikes, sit in a tent camp, amid the ongoing Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 22.— Reuters
A displaced Palestinian woman and child, who fled their house due to Israeli strikes, sit in a tent camp, amid the ongoing Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 22.— Reuters

A displaced Palestinian girl, who fled her house due to Israeli strikes, helps another girl with her hair, amid the ongoing Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 22.— Reuters
A displaced Palestinian girl, who fled her house due to Israeli strikes, helps another girl with her hair, amid the ongoing Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 22.— Reuters

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