In Images | How Gaza is on the verge of total destruction

How bad is the situation in the Gaza Strip? Israel’s heavy bombardment has led to the deaths of over 1,055 people and wounded another 5,184. Thousands of buildings have been destroyed. But words can’t describe the scale of devastation that has been caused

FP Explainers|Oct 11, 2023, 18:16:02 IST

“They are breaking us,” said a man in the Gaza Strip as Israel pounds the conclave in retaliation for Hamas’ attacks on Saturday over the weekend. Residents say the heavy bombardment is part of Israel’s most intense bombing campaign in recent memory.

At last count, the health ministry in the Gaza Strip said Israeli attacks have killed 1,055 Palestinians and wounded 5,184. And it seems that the strikes aren’t sparing anyone – children, women, teachers, United Nation aid workers and even journalists have died in the airstrikes.

What will happen next in Gaza is anyone’s guess. But for now the area smells of death and destruction.

(Please note: This image may offend or disturb) A Palestinian boy sits shell-shocked after being wounded in Israeli strikes in the southern Gaza Strip. The airstrikes have been punishing, killing thousands of people. The Ministry of Health said earlier that nearly 60 per cent of the injured people in Gaza were women and children. Reuters

A view shows houses and buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City. The Rimal neighbourhood, once the beating heart of the Gaza Strip, has been nearly wiped out in the four days of intense Israeli bombardment of the besieged enclave. Reuters

A view of the rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike, in Jabalia, Gaza strip. The entire Gaza Strip resembles a ghost town with empty streets. Most of the people living there are hiding in basement shelters. AP

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. On Wednesday, the Israeli air force confirmed that the Islamic University in Gaza City had been destroyed. The air force said they attacked the university because it "serves as a major training centre for Hamas engineers," and is "an important centre of political and military power". AP

Palestinians evacuate the wounded following an Israeli aerial bombing on Jabaliya, near Gaza City. Hospitals in the area have been overwhelmed with patients. A British surgeon working at the Al-Shifa hospital said: “It’s like a tsunami of wounded people." AP

Palestinians evacuate wounded in Israeli aerial bombing. Doctors Without Borders operating in the area said that hospitals are overwhelmed and medical teams are exhausted. AP

A relative reacts next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at a hospital in Gaza City. Reuters

A dove flies over the debris of houses destroyed in Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Will peace return to the region? Will the people of Gaza be able to rebuild their lives? Reuters

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