A year of war: 2023 sees worst-ever Israel-Hamas combat as Russian attacks on Ukraine grind on
by Jon Gambrell
Dec 15, 2023
4 minutes
A boy, his face coated in fresh blood, screams as rescuers try to pull him out of the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. A bruised, elderly Israeli hostage is taken away by Hamas in a golf cart as a man clutching a machine gun sits behind her, smiling. A 10-year-old girl cries next to the body of her brother as he is buried near Kyiv, Ukraine.
This year as in years past, The Associated Press was there up close to document the world’s conflicts and their toll on civilians.
From the Israel-Hamas
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