GAZA STRIP CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORY -- MAY 25, 2021: Members of the Al-Madhoun gather in solidarity for their own family members who died and lost their homes in their family owned building that was destroyed by Israeli military strike during the 11-day escalation between Israel and Gaza military factions, which has now ended after an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, bringing a momentary peace and calm to grieve and recover what was lost in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. In the same rubble, members of the Al-Madhoun family were killed ( Abdul Rahim Mohammed Madhoun (63) and his wife: Haijar Abu Sharkh al-Madhoun (60), and members of the al- al-Tanani family Ñ wife, husband and four children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike hit their houses in the dawn of the first day of Eid, on 13 May 2021, in addition to 7 family members of Al-Malfouh family were rescued from under the rubble of the same strike. 248 Palestinians were killed during this escalation, including 66 children. Egypt pledged to provide $ 500 million in aid to Gaza to contribute to the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)