Gaza: the smell of death was everywhere

From Gaza on the day the eastern neighborhood of  Shuyaja was reduced to rubble.

The photos were part of a slideshow published on AJE and accompanying an article by Fares Akram
You can read the article and see more photos by Wissam Nasser here.

Inhabitants talked of heavy shelling throughout the night, blasted windows, neighbours homes bomebed. As soon as 7am many families began making their way out of their homes with only their clothes on their back and nowhere safe to go.
Inhabitants talked of heavy shelling throughout the night, blasted windows, neighbours homes bomebed. As soon as 7am many families began making their way out of their homes with only their clothes on their back and nowhere safe to go.
Deserted street in Shujayeyah. By 8:20 am thousands of families had already evacuated their homes due to heavy shelling. Israeli army intensified its attack on Gaza since the beginning of the grounfd phase of the operation Protective Edge.
Deserted street in Shujayeyah. By 8:20 am thousands of families had already evacuated their homes due to heavy shelling. Israeli army intensified its attack on Gaza since the beginning of the grounfd phase of the operation Protective Edge.

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Shocked children and adults pile on to pick up trucks as shelling is ongoing a few hundres meters away.
Shocked children and adults pile on to pick up trucks as shelling is ongoing a few hundreds meters away.