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Palestinians confront a landscape of destruction in Gaza’s ‘ghost towns’

Palestinians confront a landscape of destruction in Gaza’s ‘ghost towns’

  • “As you can see, it became a ghost town,” said Hussein Barakat, 38, whose home in the southern city of Rafah was flattened
  • Critics say Israel has waged a campaign of scorched earth to destroy the fabric of life in Gaza
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Satellite photos show the Gaza Strip before and after the devastation of the Israel-Hamas war

Satellite photos show the Gaza Strip before and after the devastation of the Israel-Hamas war

By AP ·

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