PHOTOS: Buildings reduced to rubble as Israel pounds Gaza’s Rafah

Published December 15, 2023

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Palestinians search the rubble of a building destroyed following Israeli bombardment on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 15, 2023.—AFP

A Palestinian woman gestures inside a damaged building following Israeli bombardment on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 15, 2023.—AFP

Palestinians recover items from the rubble of a building destroyed following Israeli bombardment on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 15, 2023.—AFP

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