People look for survivors in the rubble of destroyed buildings following Israeli bombardment on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 14, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP)