Photographs taken by AFP this morning show buildings, cars and trees charred after the Israeli military conducted an overnight raid, bombing the besieged Gaza Strip intensely amid a communications blackout.

 Children walk past a destroyed building in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 28. — AFP
Children walk past a destroyed building in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 28. — AFP

 Cloths hang on tree branches above wrecked cars in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 28. — AFP
Cloths hang on tree branches above wrecked cars in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 28. — AFP

 A youth rides a bicycle past wrecked cars in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 28. — AFP
A youth rides a bicycle past wrecked cars in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 28. — AFP

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