'We burn every day': Deadly fire spreads despair, grief among Gazans after Israeli strike

Terrified camp residents ran to try to escape the flames, survivors said.
'We burn every day': Deadly fire spreads despair, grief among Gazans after Israeli strike

Palestinians mourn over the bodies of relatives killed in an Israeli airstrike, at a morgue in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday. Picture: AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi

Warning: some graphic descriptions below

The al-Attar family was praying and getting children ready for bed in southern Gaza when they heard a loud noise. Immediately fire erupted around their informal shack home, and the children started screaming.

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