The best images of the last seven days from around the Gulf and across the Middle East.
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A streak of light is seen as a rocket is launched from the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel. Israel killed three senior Hamas commanders in an air strike on the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the clearest signal yet that Israel is intent on eliminating the group’s military leadership after a failed attempt on the life of its top commander this week. Amir Cohen / Reuters -
An Israeli firefighter extinguishes fire after rockets fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza strip hit a field near the southern Israeli city of Sderot. Israel and Palestinian militants resumed fire across the Gaza border, sparking panic across the war-torn enclave and halting truce talks. Menahem Kahana / AFP -
Shi’ite volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State take part in field training in Najaf. Ahmad Mousa / Reuters -
Palestinians wait behind a plastic sheet separating them from the crate of a destroyed house following an Israeli military strike in the center of Gaza City. Thomas Coex / AFP -
Tarek al-Rifi, center, the father of one of the three children from the Al-Rifi family killed in an Israeli military strike, reacts at Gaza city’s Al-Shifa hospital on August 21, 2014. Three senior Hamas commanders and four children were among at least 15 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Israel stepped up air strikes on day 45 of the bloody conflict. Roberto Schmidt / AFP -
Palestinian gather around the rubble of a building destroyed following an Israeli military strike in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. The armed wing of Hamas announced that three of its senior commanders were killed in a pre-dawn Israeli air strike in southern Gaza that medics said killed seven people. Thomas Coex / AFP -
Syrian refugees enjoy a sunny day in Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. More than 40 per cent of Syria’s pre-war population of 22.4 million has been displaced by the conflict, with 2.8 million taking refuge in other countries in the region. Erdem Sahin / EPA -
A relatives of senior Hamas commander Raed al-Atar, one of three senior Hamas commanders killed in an Israeli military strike, mourns during his funeral in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. Israeli warplanes killed three top Hamas commanders in southern Gaza inflicting a heavy blow on the movement’s armed wing after failing to kill its top military chief. Mahmud Hams / AFP -
Iraqi volunteers from the Yazidi sect learn how to handle a weapon during a training camp at the Serimli military base, which is controlled by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), in Qamishli, northeastern Syria on the border with Kurdistan. Youssef Boudlal / Reuters -
A relatives of senior Hamas commander Raed al-Atar, one of three senior Hamas commanders killed in an Israeli military strike, mourns during his funeral in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. Israeli warplanes killed three top Hamas commanders in southern Gaza inflicting a heavy blow on the movement’s armed wing after failing to kill its top military chief. Mahmud Hams / AFP -
Region in focus - August 22, 2014
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