Photos Of Gaza Strip: Twitter, Instagram Users Share Graphic Pictures [WARNING, NSFW]

As the death toll climbed to a record high in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, social media users flooded outlets like Twitter and Instagram with pictures of the devastation. Some of the photos used in this article are not from verified accounts, but instead from Twitter users who claim to have authentic images from Gaza.
[WARNING: Some of the images below are extremely graphic]
A hospital was reportedly targeted:
PHOTOS | A hospital was targeted today by the Israeli army in southern Gaza Strip [Shuhada' AlAqsa.]#GazaUnderAttack. pic.twitter.com/XBZ5QmlXh8
— صايل (@Falestinianism) July 22, 2014
Japanese people condemned the violence:
Japanese protesters denouncing Israel's military offensive in #Gaza Strip, in Tokyo pic.twitter.com/jBKjNo6OrE
— Khalid Khah (@khalidkhan787) July 21, 2014
LA Times Photographer Carolyn Cole took a picture of three women sobbing on Thursday:
Our photog @Carolyn_Cole in #Gaza where Israel has started ground offensive http://t.co/eBNogUP0OI pic.twitter.com/VMfQORgvFn
— LA Times Photography (@latimesphotos) July 18, 2014
Jim Roberts, the editor of Mashable, shared a picture taken by New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks:
Grieving family members after 4 young boys are killed in Israeli strike on #Gaza beach. http://t.co/JWyzEqWCD3 pic.twitter.com/I7cqFvEX1s
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) July 16, 2014
A graphic image shows an injured man holding up a peace sign as he's covered in blood:
house destroyed, some family members are slain, injury... Still steadfast still with Resistance #GazaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/Xvn2SBRv8e
— Gaza Writes Back (@ThisIsGaZa) July 21, 2014
He died, and the camera died pic.twitter.com/3YbOSsZSIw
— Abed Aziz - Gaza (@ReturnPal) July 20, 2014
#Photo| There is no word to describe the situation in #Gaza now, except death .. #GazaUnderAttack #PrayForGaza {10} pic.twitter.com/E22GN3mdk4
— Abed Aziz - Gaza (@ReturnPal) July 16, 2014
Instagram users also shared photographs from Gaza, with many of them adding inspirational messages in the hope that Hamas and Israel will ultimately agree to a cease-fire.
Pop star Selena Gomez shared a controversial image on Instagram on Sunday, leading people to speculate she was apparently siding with Hamas.
But Gomez wasn't the first to share a "Pray for Gaza" picture:
A different user posted a picture of a crying child to get his point across:
Tragically, many of the pictures shared by Instagram users were of injured children.
Sunday became the third and deadliest day for the Gaza Strip as both sides reported a record number of deaths, the New York Times wrote. More than 100 Palestinians died Sunday, and Israel’s military said that 13 of its soldiers were killed. Since the fighting started on July 8, the death total in Gaza has soared to at least 570 dead and more than 3,350 thousand have been wounded, according to CBS News.
The United States pledged $47 million in humanitarian aid as tens of thousands of Palestinians have been forced to leave their home in the Gaza Strip. Fighting between Israel and the militant group Hamas, which controls Gaza, has moved into its third week.
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