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An Egyptian soldier sits on an armored vehicle as Palestinians wait to be given the permission to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 28, 2014. (AFP/Said Khatib)
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Farid Al-Hissi scratches the neck of the lioness from outside the cage housing her and a lion at the Bisan Zoo, in Beit Hanun in the Gaza Strip on August 14, 2014. (AFP Photo/Roberto Schmidt)
Gaza’s zoos: Green retreats reduced to ashes
Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat—Israeli airstrikes on Gaza’s zoos have killed most of the resident animals, and the remaining creatures are starving, sick or injured, say zookeepers in the enclave. Bisan Amusement Park in northern Gaza, the largest zoo on the Strip, was among...Caption:
A Palestinian man pictured through a damaged classroom carries a boy as he walks past a UN-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip on July 30, 2014. (Reuters/Suhaib Salem)
Displaced Palestinians fear expulsion from UN schools as start of academic year approaches
Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat—The hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have fled their homes to seek shelter in UN-run schools since the start of the current Israeli onslaught of Gaza fear they may be expelled come the start of the new academic year, as the Palestinian...Caption:
A wounded Palestinian boy, hoping to cross into Egypt with his family, is held by his mother as they wait at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip August 12, 2014. (Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
Rafah crossing open but movement slow: Palestinian official
Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Palestinian authorities are running an emergency service at the Rafah crossing on the border with Egypt to help thousands of Palestinians who want to leave Gaza, a senior official told Asharq Al-Awsat. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, the...Caption:
Smoke rises after an Israeli strike hit Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)