From a viewing platform in Israel, observers watch Gaza’s destruction through binoculars

While children starve, tour groups at a viewing point in Sderot pay to view the smoke-filled ruins of the enclave

A man in Sderot, on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip, watches smoke rising following an Israeli airstrike near Beit Hanoun on July 21st. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA
A man in Sderot, on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip, watches smoke rising following an Israeli airstrike near Beit Hanoun on July 21st. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA