Gaza

29 December: Samera Baalusha carries her surviving child, Mohamad, while crying over the body of her daughter, Jawaher Baalusha, during her funeral. Jawaher and four of her sisters were killed during an Israeli air raid, Photograph: Abid Katib/Getty Images

30 December: Palestinians bury the body of four-year-old Lama Hamdan at the Beit Hanoun cemetery in the northern Gaza Strip, Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

27 December: Amid thousands of images of civilian casualties of the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, the solemn stare of one child appears to have stood out more than any other. Newspapers and broadcasters across the world selected the image of a young girl looking into a camera lens outside the Shifa hospital hours after an Israeli air strike, Photograph: Abid Katib/Getty Images

5 January: A Palestinian woman sits on the floor beside her baby wounded by an Israeli tank shell, at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. An Israeli tank shell killed three Palestinian children in their home in eastern Gaza City, medical officials said

12 January: Palestinian refugees gather in a United Nations school in Jabaliya

Photograph: Ali Ali/EPA

Gaza: Palestinians are reflected in a puddle of blood mixed with water after an Israeli air strike, Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters

12 January: A mosque minaret appears between layers of smoke as the Israeli army battles Hamas militants in Gaza, Photograph: David Silverman/Getty Images

28 December: A soldier puts camouflage colours on his face as Israeli army special forces are deployed at the Gaza-Israel border, Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

Gaza Strip: An Israeli soldier prays near armoured vehicles
Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters

Beer Sheva, Israel: Colleagues of Israeli army Staff Sergeant Alex Mashavisky, who died during the fighting in Gaza, at his funeral, Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

Bilin, West Bank: Palestinians shout slogans at Israeli soldiers during a protest
Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters

Bethlehem, West Bank: A member of the Palestinian security forces kicks a local protester, Photograph: Eliana Aponte/Reuters