With a cease-fire in effect, a
Palestinian girl stands in her
destroyed home in Beit Hanoun,
Gaza, on May 24. More than 12
in Israel and 250 Palestinians
were killed in the deadliest
escalation in the conflict since
2014, as unguided rocket fire
from Hamas, which governs
the 2 million people in Gaza,
was answered by Israeli air
and artillery strikes. The battle
erupted after Israeli authorities
moved against Palestinians
at sensitive sites inside
Israel, including Jerusalem’s
al-Aqsa Mosque.PHOTOGRAPH BY FATIMA SHBAIR—
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