Graffiti left by Israeli soldiers in a building they had stormed in Gaza city, 2009
The remains of a residential street in Gaza city 2009 after an Israeli incursion into the strip which killed more than 1400 people in 22 days.
A tent in the rubble of some homes in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, 2009
A woman grieves for her son and husband killed in an Israeli airstrike where white phosphorus was suspected of being used. The use of white phosphorus in densely populated neighbourhoods violated international humanitarian law which requires taking all feasible precautions to avoid civilian harm and prohibits indiscriminate attacks.
Dawn in a destroyed home in Gaza City after Operation Cast Lead, an Israeli incursion which killed more than 1400 in 22 days and which destroyed over 40,000 homes.
Graffiti left by departing Israeli soldiers after they had stormed a building during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, 2009.
Isra, 9, showing the gunshot wound she survived but which she sustained during an attack on her neighbourhood in Gaza 2009. Isra lay for a few days beneath the rubble of her home having watched her father be shot upon surrendering to the IDF. The 22 day incursion into Gaza killed over 1400 Palestinians.
Devastation in Gaza, 2009 caused by the bombardments of Operation Cast Lead. An estimated 40,000 buildings were demolished during the 22 day war between Israel and Hamas.
‘Why?’ a woman asks holding her son’s ID papers in Gaza, 2009. He had been killed during the 22 day Israeli incursion which killed more than 1400 Palestinians.
A family in the rubble of their home which was destroyed during Operation Cast Lead, Gaza 2009.
A woman grieves her son and husband who were suspected of being killed by white phosphorus during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza 2009. The use of the chemical munition in densely populated neighbourhoods, including downtown Gaza City, violated international humanitarian law which requires taking all feasible precautions to avoid civilian harm and prohibits indiscriminate attacks.
A street demolished during the bombardments of Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, 2009. An estimated 40,000 buildings were demolished during the 22 day war between Israel and Hamas.
A war weary supporter of the Palestinian opposition, Fatah drives through Gaza city, 2009. ‘We didn’t vote for this,’ he says. The take over by Hamas (deemed internationally to be a terrorist organisation) lead to strict sanctions and restrictions on Gaza and huge tensions between them and Fatah.
Graffiti left in an evacuated building in Beit Lahiya, Gaza 2009.
A woman stands in the remains of her bedroom in Beit Lahiya, Gaza, 2009. Her home was demolished during the bombardments of Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, 2009. An estimated 40,000 buildings were demolished during the 22 day war between Israel and Hamas.
A man walks through the debris of his home demolished during the bombardments of Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, 2009. An estimated 40,000 buildings were demolished during the 22 day war between Israel and Hamas.
A child stands in the remains of his home in Khan Younis, Gaza 2009. An estimated 40,000 buildings were demolished during the 22 day war between Israel and Hamas.
A boy rides a bicycle through a demolished street in Gaza 2009. An estimated 40,000 buildings were demolished during the 22 day war between Israel and Hamas.
Contrails of rockets fired into Gaza during Operation Cast Lead in 2009. An estimated 40,000 buildings were demolished during the 22 day war between Israel and Hamas.
A weary Gazan woman leans against a wall graffitied by IDF soldiers with ‘Make war not peace’. Over 1400 Palestinians were killed during the 22 day war between Israel and Hamas.
The entrance to a tunnel leading to Egypt from Raffah, southern Gaza. With its official borders closed to the rest of the world and under strict sanctions, Gazans came to rely heavily on the smuggling tunnels beneath the Egyptian border. Through them came food, medical supplies, clothes, livestock and car parts…as well as, allegedly, weapons which made them a target for the Israeli army.
‘Gaza here we are’. Graffit left by Israeli Defence Force soldiers during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, 2009. An estimated 40,000 buildings were demolished during the 22 day war between Israel and Hamas. Over 1400 Palestinians were killed and 13 Israelis.
