Live blog update| Israel's war on Gaza

This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: Deadly Israeli attacks across Gaza as West Bank raids continue

In photos: Aftermath of overnight Israeli air strikes

29 December 2023 07:39 GMT

Like almost every day for nearly three months, Palestinians in Gaza woke up Friday to repeated scenes of flattened homes, lines of dead bodies and traumatised children.

Israeli fighter jets bombed heavily overnight in Rafah, Khan Younis and overcrowded central refugee camps. Dozens were killed and wounded.

A mourner reacts next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike as they are transported at Abu Yousef Al Najjar hospital in Rafah on 29 December 2023 (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

A man prays next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike at Abu Yousef Al Najjar hospital in Rafah (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

Palestinian children look on at the site of an overnight Israeli strike on a house in Rafah on 29 December 2023 (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

Palestinian women look on at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah on 29 December 2023 (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)