In pictures: family’s grief as Palestinian toddler dies in Gaza rocket attack

Relatives gather around the tiny body of Jud during her funeral in Gaza City on June 25, 2014. The attack also injured her sister and cousin. Heidi Levine for The National

The Israeli military denied targeting their house and said a rocket fired towards Israel by Palestian militants was the cause. Heidi Levine for The National

There has been much speculation over whether a Palestinian rocket or an Israeli drone was to blame. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

Jud’s uncle Arafat Adanaf, just after dawn. His trousers are still caked in blood, less than 12 hours after he carried his three-year-old niece to a neighbour’s car as she bled to death after the rocket strike. Heidi Levine for The National

Only a handful of families live here in the makeshift tents and houses among the dried out olive trees just one kilometre from the heavily-fortified Israeli border. Those that do say that they are too poor to move closer to the city. Heidi Levine for The National

A Palestinian man removes shattered glass from a window following an Israeli air strike in Khan Yunis, in the central Gaza Strip, on June 25, 2014. Said Khatib/AFP Photo

Palestinian Hamas security forces inspect the site of an Israeli air strike in Khan Yunis, in the central Gaza Strip, on June 25, 2014. Said Khatib/AFP Photo

The Israeli air force carried out 12 raids on the Gaza Strip overnight after militants fired more rockets at southern Israel, Palestinian security sources said. Said Khatib/AFP Photo

Rick Mickelson

‘I call on the government — both Israel and Palestine — stop this killing of children. We need to change this life,’ pleads the mother of three-year-old, Jud, who bled to death after a rockets struck her family home in Beit Lahia, Gaza.

Updated: June 25, 2014, 12:00 AM