Thursday, October 1, 2009

January 6 2009: Orthodox Jews celebrating as they watch smoke rise above the northern Gaza Strip

Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA
Lama and Haya (4&11 years Palestinian girls)

30 December 2008

A mourner lifts the body of four-year-old Dina Balousha, one of five members of the same family - including three children and two teenagers - killed in an Israeli missile strike
30 December 2008
The Guardian
Doctors rushing a heavily wounded Palestinian child into the hospital
5 January 2009
The guardian
A wounded woman taken to a hospital by a medic
4 January 2009

The Guardian
9 jan 2009
family asking red cross for shelter house destroyed and family members died beit lahiya
The Guardian
10 January 2009

A woman is carried into Kamal Adwan hospital after being wounded in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip

9 January2009
Israeli soldiers watch an air force bombing attack on the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun from Israel's border with Gaza
9 January 2009
A cluster bomb disperses hundreds of bomblets in the northern Gaza Strip
The Guardian

9 jan 2009
Salha family killed in a missile strike in Gaza City
The Guardian

A relative of the 10 members of the Deeb family weeps at their funeral in Jabaliya refugee camp. The victims died in an Israeli strike on a a UN-run school.
El Samouni family, children lying dead. 14 members of the same family died in the same air strike that hit their home.
6 January 2009
Islamonline/el Jazeera
El Samouni Children
6 January 2009
Islamonline/el Jazeera
Ahmed Samouni-a survivor who lost 14 members of his family in the same air strike that hit their home
6 January 2009
Al-Jazeera
The hand of a Palestinian dead child, killed under the rubble of his home
6 January 2009
The Guardian
A Palestinian relative crying outside the morgue

5 January 2009
The Guardian
Blood and torn clothes among the ruins of Jabaliya camp
Rubbles of destroyed homes in Jabaliya Camp
Hosam Hamdan; a chld heavily wounded in an air strike that left his sisters killed
31 dec. 2008 Beit Hanoun

The Guardian
Samira Balousha carries her surving child, Mohamad while crying over the body of her daughter, Jawahar, during the funeral
Survivors of the raid on Nizar Rayyan
1 January 2009
A Palestinian police dept where 140 policemen died that day.
27 December 2008
An Israeli Apache flying and firing across Northern Gaza 4 January 2009

Mourners carry the bodies of the five members of the Balousha family killed in the air strike

Sodqim Ahmed, & Mohamed Alabsi 5 14 12 years old. Three brothers who died in an air missle strike in Rafah

Islamonline
Children hiding in a UN flagged school, in Jabaliya refugee camp, that was hit a few days later.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Saturday, January 31, 2009

A Palestinian boy sits amid the ruins of his family's house


18-01-2009. A Palestinian boy sits amid the ruins of his family's house, which was destroyed by Israel's military operations, in Jabalya, Northern Gaza. Reuters, S. Salem

People search for bodies of those killed


18-01-2009. People search for bodies of those killed, during Israel's military operations, in Gaza City. Reuters, S. Salem

A chicken farm destroyed by Israeli strikes


Gaza City, January 18, A Palestinian man walking past a chicken farm destroyed by Israeli strikes. Photographed by Mahmoud Hams. AFP - Getty Images

An old woman retrieves remaining items from her destroyed home


An old woman retrieves remaining items from her destroyed home after it was shelled during an Israeli air raid. Photograph by Eman Mohammed - Save the Children

A Palestinian boy from al-Shamali family holds a doll found in the rubble of his home


A Palestinian boy from al-Shamali family holds a doll found in the rubble of his home, which was destroyed following an air raid in Beit Lahiya, Northern Gaza Strip. Photograph by Eman Mohammed - Save the Children

Young boys related to abu Salem, at his funeral


Young boys related to abu Salem, at his funeral. Photograph by Eman Mohammed - Save the Children

Mohammed, 3, comforted by his mother during his uncle's funeral


Mohammed, 3, comforted by his mother during his uncle's funeral. Photograph by Eman Mohammed - Save the Children

Relatives mourn the death of Anwer abu Salem, killed in an air raid outside his house in Beit Lahiya


Relatives mourn the death of Anwer abu Salem, who was killed in an air raid outside his house in Beit Lahiya, Northern Gaza Strip. Photograph by Eman Mohammed - Save the Children

A sister wails as she sees the remains of her brother's house


Anwer abu Salem's sister - Halima al-Shamali - wails as she inspects the remains of her brother's house. Photograph by Eman Mohammed - Save the Children

A father mourns his son's death


A father of Anwer abu Salem mourns his son's death. Photograph by Eman Mohammed - Save the Children

A Palestinian woman's reaction to relatives killed by Israel


Palestinian woman reacts after seeing the body of a relative killed in an Israeli missile strike at Kamal Edwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, Northern Gaza Strip. Photograph by Fadi Edwan - AP, January 17, 2009.

Describing the details


Day 17 of the massacre. A Palestinian boy describes the details of an Israeli shilling over his house that led to to loosing his sight. Aljazeera

Human Rights Watch said: It was clear Israel had fired shells containing white phosphorous.

A Palestenian boy loses his sight


A Palestenian boy describes the details of an Israeli shilling over his house that led to loosing his sight. Al Jazeera

Death of six of Al-Batran family members, most are children


Al-Batran family (Death of six of its members, most are children). Ages: various - Date of death: January 16, 2009. Place of Death: Al-Bureij Refugee Camp in Gaza Strip. Weapon type: air strike on their home. Cause of death: A mother and her five children of Al-Batran family were killed Friday afternoon in an Israeli air strike on their home in Al-Bureij Refugee Camp in central Gaza Strip. Palestinian medical sources identified the dead as the 30-year-old Manal, and her children 12-years-old Wala, 8-years-old Izz Ad-Din, 10-year-old Bilal, 11-year-old Islam, and 7-years-old Ihsan. Islamonline.

Medics examine the damage of a burned room inside a hospital


Medics examine the damage of a burned room inside a hospital. The UN says that Israeli shells struck three hospitals, including al-Quds hospital, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2009. BBC

Patients lying in corridors


Patients lying in the corridors of al-Quds hospital. AFP photo

A doctor carrying the remains of an Iraeli shell


A doctor carrying the remains of an Iraeli shell, after it hit al-Quds hospital, Jan. 16, 2009. - AFP photo

Al-Quds hospital was hit by Israeli strikes


January 16, Gaza City, Palestinian men ride their motocycles past al-Quds hospital after it was hit by Israeli strikes. Photograph by Mehdi Fedouach AFP - Getty Images

Palestinian firefighters try to put out a fire and save bags of food aid at the United Nations Headquarters


Palestinian firefighters work to try and put out a fire and save bags of food aid at the United Nations Headquarters after an Israeli bombardment in Gaza City, thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Photo by Hatem Moussa - AP

UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the death toll from the Israeli war on Hamas has become unbearable


January 15, 2009. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that the death toll from the Israeli war on Hamas in Gaza, now nearing 1,000, has become unbearable. AFP

United Nations staff inspects a lump of burning matter ...


United Nations staff inspects a lump of burning matter at their bombed compound, which Human Rights Watch says appears to be white phosphorous, although, Israel has denied using it in built-up areas. BBC

Human Rights Watch analyst: White phosphorous air-burst shells have a unique visual signature


Human Rights Watch analyst, Marc Garlasco, says white phosphorous air-burst shells have a unique visual signature and they have been fired dozens of times over Gaza. BBC