As Israel pounds Gaza for a second day in the most violent assault in months, Palestinians mourn the death of 32 people, including a seven-year-old boy and two other minors, the Gaza Health Ministry said.
This comes as Israeli forces killed top Islamic Jihad Commander Bahaa Abu al-Ata and his wife on Nov. 12 in an air raid on his home in Gaza City.
In response, rockets were launched from Palestinian groups from Gaza Strip into Israel, which unleashed a new wave of violence against the besieged territory. After the rocket barrage, dozens of airstrikes were launched killing dozens as of Thursday and injuring more than 80 people.
Palestinian women sit near the remains of a house destroyed in an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip November 13, 2019. Photo:ReutersA Palestinian woman reacts as she looks out of her home in the southern Gaza Strip November 12, 2019. Photo:ReutersA Palestinian man, stained with the blood of his relative, is comforted as he reacts at Shifa hospital in Gaza City November 13, 2019.1 Photo:ReutersA Palestinian boy carries belongings retrieved from a house destroyed in an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip November 13, 2019. Photo:ReutersMourners carry the body of Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant Abdullah al-Belbasi during his funeral in the northern Gaza Strip November 13, 2019. Photo:Reuters Photo:ReutersPalestinian children collect objects from a house destroyed in an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip November 13, 2019. Photo:Reuters Photo:ReutersThe son of Palestinian Islamic Jihad field commander Baha Abu Al-Atta mourns during his father’s funeral in Gaza City November 12, 2019. Photo:ReutersA Palestinian boy mourns after learning his relative was killed in Gaza November 13, 2019. Photo:ReutersWomen mourn during Abdullah al-Belbasi’s funeral in the northern Gaza Strip November 13, 2019. Photo:Reuters
Featured image: A Palestinian woman reacts as she sits outside her home in the southern Gaza Strip November 12, 2019. Photo:Reuters
