On November 21, 2024, in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip of Palestine, Mahmoud bin Hassan mourned the bodies of his two eldest children and his daughter, who had died before the funeral.

    On November 21, 2024, in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip of Palestine, Mahmoud bin Hassan mourned the bodies of his three children before their funeral. On November 21, in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip of Palestine, a man kissed the bodies of three children who were being carried for burial. Hamza, aged seven , his five-year-old brother Abdellaziz and his four-year-old sister Layla Hassan were among nine people killed in Khan Younis on November 20 in an Israeli attack. The graves of three children from the same family who were killed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, November 21, were covered with earth during a burial ceremony.According to Palestinian health officials, the death toll in the Gaza Strip from the 13-month war between Israel and Hamas has exceeded 44,000.

    On November 21, 2024, in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, after the funeral of her three children, their mother, Aliji al-Qadi, wept as she dressed them in their clothes. Mother Aliji al-Qadi shows her daughter Layla's dress. On November 21, in a tent in the Khan Younis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, she showed a photo of one of her three dead children while holding her fourth child, her father Mahmoud bin Hassan, who is still alive.

    Since July 21, 2024, Israeli air raids have intensified in Khan Younis in northeastern Palestine. Palestinian refugees headed for the Al-Mawasi neighborhood of Khan Younis. The Al-Mawasi neighborhood has no resources to support the large number of civilians, and there is no shelter or humanitarian aid to save lives. Even though the Israeli military claims it is a humanitarian zone, air strikes and shelling continue, and the UN Human Rights Office has stated that there is no safe place in the Gaza Strip. According to Palestinian health authorities, the death toll in the Gaza Strip from the 13-month war between Israel and Hamas has exceeded 44,000. The Gaza Ministry of Health does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its counts, but it says that more than half of the dead are women and children. The Israeli military says it has killed more than 17,000 militants, but it has not provided evidence.

Warning: A man kisses the body one of three children as they are carried for burial in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday Nov. 21, 2024. Seven-year-old Hamza, his five-year-old brother Abdelaziz, and his four-year-old sister Laila Hassan were among 9 people killed by an Israeli strike in Khan Younis on Wednesday. Palestinian health officials say the death toll in the Gaza Strip from the 13-month-old war between Israel and Hamas has surpassed 44,000. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)