Over the last 24 hours, the bombardment has intensified, with the majority of the casualties being civilians.
22 Oct 2023
People queue in front of a bakery in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip October 22, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. – Since the start of the war, Israel cut off supplies of water, electricity, fuel and food to the Palestinian enclave of 2.4 million people, creating chronic shortages. (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP)
A young man transports a bag of food as smoke rises from buildings behind him during an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip October 22, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. – Since the start of the war, Israel cut off supplies of water, electricity, fuel and food to the Palestinian enclave of 2.4 million people, creating chronic shortages. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
Palestinian medic takes a baby pulled out of buildings destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Palestinians look for survivers in buildings destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Palestinians evacuate building hit n the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Palestinians are evacuated from buildings hit in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
A Palestinian carries a boy wounded during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Deir Al-Balah, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Palestinians look for survivors after the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Deir Al-Balah, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Friends and relatives stand by the bodies of Palestinians killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
