Photo by Dylan Collins
A brief ceasefire on Saturday allowed thousands of Palestinians to return home to see the destruction caused since Israel began its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip last week.Residents climbed through mountains of rubble that bore little resemblance to the neighborhoods they once called home, scavenging for whatever personal items they could salvage. Others searched along with municipality workers for the bodies of family members, friends and neighbors still trapped under debris.More than 100 bodies were pulled from the wreckage of homes and buildings across the coastal enclave on Saturday, bringing the total death toll in Gaza to more than 1,000.Saturday’s 12-hour ceasefire revealed the true scale and scope of destruction in Gaza’s latest tragedy.“This is the dirtiest war we’ve ever seen,” said Ibrahim Abu Teir, outside the destroyed home of his brother in the village of Abbassan al-Kabbera in the southern Gaza Strip. “2008 and 2012 were nothing compared to this.”All images by Dylan Collins
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