A child holds a plate while sitting between rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 2, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. AFP

A girl holds a kitten outside a tent as others inspect the rubble of a collapsed building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 2, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. AFP

A woman holds cooking pots and utensils as she sits by rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 2, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. AFP

A woman prepares fresh dough for bread as she sits next to a man and children outside tents by the rubble of a destroyed building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 2, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. AFP

People sit by make-shift shelters next to rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 2, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. AFP