More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas, which is now in its eleventh month, the territory’s health ministry said on Thursday.
This photo gallery features images of Palestinians mourning their loved ones, taken by Associated Press photographer Fatima Shbair throughout the Gaza war.
Mohammad Shouman carries the body of his daughter Masa, who was killed in an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, during her funeral in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at a morgue in Khan Younis, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, at Rafah hospital in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Members of the Abu Sinjar family mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, at their home in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at Khan Younis hospital, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Relatives mourn the people killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Israel’s military struggled Monday to expel Hamas militants from southern cities and seal its borders while bombarding the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at Khan Younis hospital, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
A man holds the body of his daughter, who was killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in the morgue of a hospital in Rafah, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, outside a morgue in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, outside a morgue in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
The bodies of a father and his child, killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, lie outside the morgue of Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at Rafah hospital, Gaza, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at the hospital in Khan Younis, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
A woman mourns the covered bodies of her child and husband, who were killed in an Israeli army bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at Khan Younis hospital on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Palestinian women react after their house was hit by an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
A Palestinian holds the body of his young relative, who was killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, during his funeral in Khan Younis, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at Khan Younis hospital, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Members of the Abu Sinjar family mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, at their home in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
