In the past week, the latest round of Gaza ceasefire talks has had no breakthrough while Israeli attacks continued in the besieged enclave. This weekly roundup of photographs shows a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Displaced Palestinians gather at a food distribution center in Deir al Balah, central Gaza Strip, August 23, 2024. /CFP
Palestinians find their way amid the dust and smoke after Israeli troops targeted a building in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, August 22, 2024. /CFP
Palestinians, carrying their belongings, are on their way to safer areas following the Israeli army's warning for the evacuation of Abu Areef and Al-Mazra areas in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, August 21, 2024. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency recently said that Israel has shrunk the so-called humanitarian zone in the besieged Gaza Strip to only 11 percent of the enclave, causing chaos and fear among displaced Palestinians who have nowhere to go./CFP
Israeli soldiers move on a tank on the Israel-Palestine border near Gaza, as seen from southern Israel, August 21, 2024. /CFP
Tents are crammed together as displaced Palestinians camp on the beach, west of Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, August 20, 2024. /CFP
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 19, 2024. Blinken ended his ninth visit to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas conflict began without securing a ceasefire deal. /CFP