In the past week, there has been no progress in the latest Gaza ceasefire talks, and Israeli forces rescued an Israeli hostage from an underground tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip when combing the area. Fortunately, Israel and Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in the Gaza Strip for a polio vaccination campaign. This weekly roundup of photographs shows major events in the past week and the humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave.
People walk amidst the devastation in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank in the aftermath of a large-scale Israeli military operation, August 30, 2024. /CFP
Israeli troops operate on the ground in the Gaza Strip amid the continuing conflict between Israel and Hamas, August 30, 2024. /CFP
A general view shows a UN Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters, August 29, 2024. UN humanitarian officials warn Security Council of "unconscionable human suffering" in Gaza at the meeting. /CFP
The 11-month-old Abdul Rahman Abu al-Jidyen, who is suffering from polio, is at home with his family in Deir Al Balah, Gaza, August 27, 2024. The World Health Organization announced on Friday that a large-scale vaccination campaign to fight a polio outbreak in the Gaza Strip is set to begin on September 1. /CFP
Israeli captive Qaed Farhan Alkadi, 52, is seen in a helicopter in Israel on August 27, 2024. Being held by Hamas militants since October 7, 2023, Alkadi is the eighth hostage freed through a military operation and the first Israeli-Arab hostage to be rescued alive. He is also the first hostage rescued from the underground. /CFP
Palestinians receive food aid distributed by United Nations amid an Israeli blockade and attacks in the Jabalia camp, Gaza Strip, August 24, 2024. Gaza is now in the grip of a severe humanitarian crisis, with millions displaced and necessities such as food, medicine and clean water in critical shortage. In July, UN experts warned that famine has spread throughout the Gaza Strip. /CFP