Civilians bear the brunt of the horror of the Israel-Iran war

Raja Khatib takes a moment to breathe on Thursday while describing how his wife and two of his three daughters were killed when their home in the northern Israeli town of Tamra was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile.Credit: Kate Geraghty

The graves of four women from the Khatib family who were killed when their home in the northern Israeli town of Tamra was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile on June 15.Credit: Kate Geraghty

The rubble of the Khatib family home in the northern Israeli town of Tamra. The home was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile on June 15.Credit: Kate Geraghty

A woman’s shoe lies in the rubble of the Khatib family home in the northern Israeli town of Tamra on June 15. The home was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile that killed four women from the family.Credit: Kate Geraghty

Ronen Sha’a Shua and his partner, Ivanka, in front of their home in Bat Yam, Israel, that was destroyed in an Iranian ballistic missile strike on June 15.Credit: Kate Geraghty

Apartment buildings destroyed in an Iranian ballistic missile strike on June 15 in Bat Yam, Israel, that killed nine people and injured more than a hundred.Credit: Kate Geraghty

An emergency worker surveying the damage of an apartment building that was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile in Beersheba, Israel, on Tuesday. Four people were killed.Credit: Kate Geraghty

A man walks past the apartment building that was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile that killed four people early on Tuesday morning in Beersheba, Israel.Credit: Kate Geraghty

In the hours before the Israel-Iran ceasefire a man reads on the rocks on the beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Israel. Credit: Kate Geraghty

Destroyed vehicles and an apartment building that was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile that killed four people in Beersheba, Israel, on Tuesday.Credit: Kate Geraghty

Shontal Okanina recovering in her home after a nearby apartment building was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile in Beersheba, Israel, on Tuesday.Credit: Kate Geraghty

Debris from an apartment building that was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile that killed four people in Beersheba, Israel, on Tuesday.Credit: Kate Geraghty

A shrine in Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv, to those killed or taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023.Credit: Kate Geraghty

Emergency workers escort residents to their apartment building that was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile in Beersheba on Tuesday.Credit: Kate Geraghty

People visit the site of an Iranian missile strike in Tel Aviv following the ceasefire between Israel and Iran this week.Credit: Kate Geraghty

A man stands in his home that was hit by an Iranian missile strike in the northern Israeli town of Tamra on June 15.Credit: Kate Geraghty

A woman comforts a girl outside an apartment building that was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile in Beersheba on Tuesday.Credit: Kate Geraghty

Beersheba resident Victor Kasabi (left) a veteran of the Yom Kippur War says he wants to see a regime change in Iran. He was sitting outside a destroyed apartment building that was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile in Beersheba on Tuesday.Credit: Kate Geraghty

Martial arts fighter Rafael Aronov looks out of the damaged window of his home that was affected after a nearby apartment building was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile in Beersheba on Tuesday.Credit: Kate Geraghty

A resident of an apartment building that was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile in Beersheba on Tuesday.Credit: Kate Geraghty

A man looks through debris in his apartment that was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile in Beersheba on Tuesday.Credit: Kate Geraghty

Daily life returning to the streets of Tel Aviv following the Iran-Israel ceasefire this week.Credit: Kate Geraghty

In the hours before the Israel-Iran ceasefire a man plays a ukulele on the beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Israel.Credit: Kate Geraghty