The image depicts a devastated urban landscape in Khan Yunis, Palestinian Territory, under a clear, light blue sky. In the background, a large mosque complex dominates the scene. It features a central, light-colored dome and two minarets. The minaret on the right is tall and cylindrical, topped with multiple loudspeakers, and exhibits significant structural damage, including large cracks and missing sections along its shaft. The left minaret, partially obscured by a damaged building, also shows damage at its finial. The mosque's walls are extensively damaged, with large sections of material missing, exposed rebar, shattered arched windows, and widespread pockmarks. Arabic script, reading "مدرسة الأستاذ محمد على سالم" (School of Professor Muhammad Ali Salem), is visible on a facade section between the minarets. In the left foreground, a multi-story building is severely damaged. Its upper floor has partially collapsed, leaving a heap of rubble, twisted rebar, and debris on its roof. The remaining walls are pockmarked, and windows are broken or missing. To the right of this building, closer to the mosque, a large section of another structure has completely collapsed, forming a substantial mound of concrete and metal debris. Adjacent to this rubble, several makeshift shelters constructed from white tarpaulins are visible on the sandy ground. The ground in the immediate foreground and extending into the midground is a mix of sand, dirt, and construction rubble. A dark, possibly paved, road or path traverses the lower portion of the image horizontally, showing some dark stains or patches. Two individuals, appearing as children or young adults, dressed in dark clothing, walk barefoot along this path in the lower-right quadrant, casting shadows to their right. A thin power line or cable stretches across the top of the frame.

Life continues amid widespread destructi

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NERMEEN SALEH

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Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 10:27 AM

Khan Yunis, Palestinian Territory

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