Israel’s Gaza invasion - Day 348

Published July 16, 2022
A man with his face covered in dust walks alongside a child through a commercial street following an Israeli strike in the Shujaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City on Sept 18, 2024. — AFP
A man with his face covered in dust walks alongside a child through a commercial street following an Israeli strike in the Shujaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City on Sept 18, 2024. — AFP

  • Israel’s siege of Gaza Strip, sparked by Hamas’ Oct 7 attack, now in its 12th month

  • Gaza civilian infrastructure decimated in Israeli strikes, leading to return of polio after decades

  • Starving Palestinians surviving on less than 3pc of daily water needs

  • Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Tehran; Yahya Sinwar named successor

  • Fears of wider conflict as over 35 killed, thousands injured in device blasts across Lebanon

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