MIDEAST-CONFLICTS-PORTRAITS OF LIFE
(241224) -- CAIRO, Dec. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Displaced Palestinian children play at a shelter in Gaza City on Dec. 9, 2024.
In the midst of the raging turmoil in the Middle East, Gaza undoubtedly stands as the "eye of the storm."
The year 2024 has borne witness to the spillover of the Hamas-Israel conflict, which has spread its tendr