A new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict began on October 7 and has lasted for nearly three months. The conflict has brought heavy losses to both Palestinians and Israelis, and the smoke of war has once again ignited in this ancient land. The United Nations has warned on several occasions that the Gaza Strip is experiencing an "unprecedented" humanitarian catastrophe. More than 20,000 people have died in the fighting in the Gaza Strip, and a ceasefire has become the mainstream call of the international community.
On December 24, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, people inspect damage following an Israeli attack. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Rizek Abduljawad)
People rest in a makeshift shelter in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on December 18. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Yasser Cudi)
On December 14, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, people rescue people on the rubble of buildings following Israeli air strikes. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Yasser Cudi)
This is a wounded Palestinian child photographed at a hospital in Deir al-Bailah in the Gaza Strip on 3 December. Xinhua News Agency
On 2 December, people gathered in Tel Aviv, Israel, to call on the Government of Israel to take measures to release all those detained in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Junqing
On December 2, in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, people outside lowered their positions to take refuge when air raid sirens sounded. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Junqing
This is a poster of Israeli detainees taken in front of the "Wailing Wall" in the Old City of Jerusalem on November 7. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Junqing
In the early hours of November 29, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, released Palestinians were reunited with their loved ones. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Ayman Nobani)
People receive drinking water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on 21 November. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Rizek Abduljawad)
People receive relief food in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on 19 November. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Rizek Abduljawad)
Paramedics care for a premature baby evacuated from the Shifa hospital in the southern Gaza Strip at a hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on 19 November. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Rizek Abduljawad)
A child stands among the rubble of a building following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, on 15 November. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Khalid Omar)
On 8 November, Palestinians moved south in the central Gaza Strip. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Rizek Abduljawad)
This photo released by the Israel Defense Forces on November 7 shows Israeli ground forces conducting military operations in the Gaza Strip. Xinhua News Agency
A man stands next to the wreckage of a car near the southern Israeli city of Netivot on November 6. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Junqing
On 6 November, people fled from a bombed refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Yasser Cudi)
On 2 November, in the Buraij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, rescue efforts were carried out following Israeli airstrikes. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Yasser Cudi)
On October 31, at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, there were few passengers on the departure level. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Junqing
A pigeon rests on the rubble of a building in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on October 26. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Yasser Cudi)
On 23 October, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, people take the wounded to hospitals. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Khalid Omar)