Residents of southern town struggle to find safety from relentless Israeli bombardment.
31 Oct 2023
People stand by as civil defence workers search for victims and survivors in the rubble of a building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023 amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
A girl looks on as she stands by the rubble outside a building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023 amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
Palestinian boys one on a bicycle the other in a wheelchair pass by building rubble in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 31, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
A Palestinian woman walks past building rubble in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 31, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
A man walks carrying a live chicken past the rubble of a building destroyed after Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023 amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
Women react as they look out of a window in a building that was affected by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023 amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
A man looks on as an excavator clears rubble after a building was hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023 amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)