In photos: Palestinians mourn their dead and survey overnight destruction by Israel

People gather around a crater amid destroyed buildings in the aftermath of an overnight Israeli bombing of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 3 December 2023 (AFP)

A Palestinian woman mourns at al-Najjar hospital by the shrouded bodies of relatives killed in Israeli bombing of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 3 December 2023 (AFP)

Smoke, seen from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip, billows over the Palestinian enclave following Israeli bombardment, on 3 December 2023 (AFP)

Men mourn over the shrouded corpses of relatives killed in Israeli bombing of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, at the morgue of al-Najjar hospital on 3 December 2023 (AFP)

A man searches in the ruins of a building in the aftermath of an overnight Israeli bombing in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 3 December 2023 (AFP)