Image Mourning over the bodies of relatives in Rafah, in southern Gaza, on Tuesday.
Rafah’s population has swelled to over a million, as people have flocked there for shelter from fighting elsewhere, and border crossings in southern Gaza are a main conduit for humanitarian aid.
Much of the north, including Gaza City, has been destroyed by airstrikes and ground combat.
Image Israeli soldiers outside Al-Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, during a tour by the Israeli army last month.
Credit... Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesAcross the territoryExperts say the Israeli military has had considerable success in dismantling Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades.
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