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Added on the 31/12/2023 18:12:25 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Displaced Palestinians spend the last evening of 2023 at a camp in Gaza's Rafah, near the Egyptian border. Many Gazan families have been pushed into the territory's far south as the battlefront draws ever closer, as both sides near the end of a dark year. IMAGES
Aerial shots show the extensive destruction in Al-Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, following deadly Israeli air strikes. The Gaza health ministry said an Israeli air strike killed at least 70 people on Christmas Eve at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp. The army said it was "reviewing the incident", adding it was "committed to international law including taking feasible steps to minimise harm to civilians". IMAGES
Palestinians rush to collect flour bags that fell off trucks loaded with humanitarian aid upon their arrival in the southern Gaza Strip via Rafah crossing. The dire food shortages in Gaza have killed 27 people through malnutrition and dehydration, most of them children, according to the Gaza health ministry. IMAGES
Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza's Rafah refugee camp, while injured are rushed to an ambulance for first aid medical treatment. Fighting resumed in Gaza immediately after the expiry of a week-long truce between Israel and Hamas, with the first fatalities reported minutes later, according to health officials in the Palestinian territory. IMAGES
AERIAL SHOTS of destruction in Wadi Gaza, south of Gaza City. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).