A Palestinian woman artist who lost 22 of her extended family in an Israeli air strike in last year's war, has used art to release sorrow and despair at her loss, drawing paintings to commemorate the victims' first anniversary. Among those Zainab Al-Qolaq lost when a series of Israeli airstrikes destroyed buildings and roads in Gaza City on May 16, 2021, were her mother and three siblings. Palestinian health officials said Israeli strikes killed 42 Gaza civilians, including 10 children in Qolaq's neighbourhood that day. Zainab al-Qolaq, 22-year-old Gazan artist, exhibits her paintings in in Gaza City May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem The Israeli military said the civilian casualties were unintentional. It said its jets attacked a tunnel system used by militants, which colla...
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A 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery containing at least 20 ornately decorated graves has been uncovered near the shoreline in the northern Gaza Strip, with the antiquities ministry calling it the most important local discovery of the past decade. Gaza is rich with antiquities having been an important trading spot for many civilisations, from as far back as the ancient Egyptians and the Philistines depicted in the Bible, through the Roman empire and the crusades. Ruins discovered there include the remains of a siege by Alexander the Great as well as a Mongol invasion. Men work in a newly discovered Roman cemetery in Gaza, in this handout photo obtained by Reuters, February 17, 2022. Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Handout via REUTERS Twenty Roman graves have been located so far...
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