In pictures: Families bury their loved ones as Israel rains bombs on Gaza
Heavy Israeli bombardment from air, land and sea continues to hit the Palestinian enclave as death toll soars in both Palestine and Israel.
The latest deaths bring the number of Palestinian journalists killed in the fighting since Saturday to eight, the Palestinian Press Union said in a statement. / Photo: AFP
Buildings turned to rubble. Body bags in the streets. Wailing sirens and shrieking rockets.
As generations of Israeli-Palestinian conflict bubbled into a fifth day of war, there were scenes of both an expanding offensive and the conflict's sorrowful results.
Flag-draped coffins were carried by mourners as funeral processions snaked through the region. Scenes of devastation, from windows shattered by bullets to neighbourhoods levelled by blasts, grew along with the death toll.
The battle's first four days have brought more than 2,100 deaths on both sides. As fear grows of what might come next, one thing seems clear: That number will grow.
Palestinians, including some journalists, carry the bodies of two Palestinian reporters, Mohammed Soboh and Said al Tawil.
Israeli soldiers carry the flag-covered coffin of Major Tal Cohen during his funeral at the Givat Shaul cemetery in Jerusalem.
Israeli soldiers carry the body of a person killed in kibbutz Kfar Azza.
Mourners gather as the body of Israeli soldier Benjamin Loeb, a dual Israeli-French citizen is lowered into the grave during his funeral in Jerusalem.
People perform a funeral prayer during funeral ceremony of Palestinians who were killed in Israeli air strikes in besieged Gaza.
A Palestinian woman reacts as bodies of people killed in overnight Israeli shelling arrive for their funeral in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza,.
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