Photos of the week: Running for cover and having nowhere to run

This week: Protests in the West Bank, U.S. and Tel Aviv as Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip kill 121 Palestinians, including at least 27 children, and injuring more than 800. 

A Palestinian child injured in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip arrives at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on the night of July 8, 2014.
A Palestinian child injured in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip arrives at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on the night of July 8, 2014.

 

Smoke rises over the sky of Gaza following an Israeli air strike, July 8, 2014.
Smoke rises over the sky of Gaza following an Israeli air strike, July 8, 2014.

 

Palestinians walk among the ruins of the Abu Leila family house which was destroyed by an Israeli air strike in the Al Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City early the morning of July 11, 2014.
Palestinians walk among the ruins of the Abu Leila family house which was destroyed by an Israeli air strike in the Al Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City early the morning of July 11, 2014.

 

Palestinians hold signs reading "Gaza is bleeding" during a solidarity demonstration in the city center of Nablus, West Bank, July 09, 2014.
Palestinians hold signs reading “Gaza is bleeding” during a solidarity demonstration in the city center of Nablus, West Bank, July 09, 2014.

 

Israeli army tanks move towards the Israel-Gaza border on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Israeli leaders threatened that a prolonged ground invasion is being considered.
Israeli army tanks move towards the Israel-Gaza border on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Israeli leaders threatened that a prolonged ground invasion is being considered.

 

Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, July 11, 2014.
Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, July 11, 2014.

 

An Israeli resident looks at damage from a rocket from Gaza that struck his home in a kibbutz near border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
An Israeli resident looks at damage from a rocket from Gaza that struck his home in a kibbutz near border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

 

A home in the severely damaged Al Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, Gaza City, July 11, 2014.
A home in the severely damaged Al Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, Gaza City, July 11, 2014.

 

An Israeli man in Sderot looks at his car that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, July 10, 2014.
An Israeli man in Sderot looks at his car that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, July 10, 2014.

 

A child inspects the ruins of a house destroyed by an Israeli air strike in the Al Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, July 11, 2014.
A child inspects the ruins of a house destroyed by an Israeli air strike in the Al Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, July 11, 2014.

 

Palestinian medical staff care for those injured in Israeli air strikes as they arrive at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on July 8, 2014.
Palestinian medical staff care for those injured in Israeli air strikes as they arrive at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on July 8, 2014.

 

Activists protest outside the Israeli consulate in downtown Chicago, Illinois, condemning the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, July 9, 2014.
Activists protest outside the Israeli consulate in downtown Chicago, Illinois, condemning the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, July 9, 2014.

 

Israeli activists in center Tel Aviv protest against attacks on the Gaza strip, July 9, 2014.
Israeli activists in center Tel Aviv protest against attacks on the Gaza strip, July 9, 2014.

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TEST TEST GAL Our team has been devastated by the horrific events of this latest war. The world is reeling from Israel’s unprecedented onslaught on Gaza, inflicting mass devastation and death upon besieged Palestinians, as well as the atrocious attack and kidnappings by Hamas in Israel on October 7. Our hearts are with all the people and communities facing this violence.    We are in an extraordinarily dangerous era in Israel-Palestine. The bloodshed has reached extreme levels of brutality and threatens to engulf the entire region. Emboldened settlers in the West Bank, backed by the army, are seizing the opportunity to intensify their attacks on Palestinians. The most far-right government in Israel’s history is ramping up its policing of dissent, using the cover of war to silence Palestinian citizens and left-wing Jews who object to its policies.   This escalation has a very clear context, one that +972 has spent the past 14 years covering: Israeli society’s growing racism and militarism, entrenched occupation and apartheid, and a normalized siege on Gaza.   We are well positioned to cover this perilous moment – but we need your help to do it. This terrible period will challenge the humanity of all of those working for a better future in this land. Palestinians and Israelis are already organizing and strategizing to put up the fight of their lives.   Can we count on your support? +972 Magazine is a leading media voice of this movement, a desperately needed platform where Palestinian and Israeli journalists, activists, and thinkers can report on and analyze what is happening, guided by humanism, equality, and justice. Join us.

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