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In Pictures: The suffering of the children of Gaza

Around one third of those killed in Gaza are thought to be women and children, which has caused damage to the image of the Israeli army
Israel have accused Hamas of using the images of dead children as part of a PR war (MEE/Hosam Salem)

The number of children killed during Israel's latest attack on Gaza has shocked much of the world.

Photos of the corpses of children have circulated social media, generating much controversy over how indiscriminate the army's attacks have been.

Hosam Salem was in Gaza and took photos of displaced Gazans after an Israeli air strike on a compound housing a UN school in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
 

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