AP Month in Pictures: Middle East
February 2024
Israel´s offensive in the Gaza Strip entered its fifth month as the toll on Gaza´s civilians mounted. Israel and the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group continued exchanging of fire over the border.
The United States mounted retaliatory strikes against the Iran-backed rebel Houthis in Yemen and militias in Iraq. Pakistan held heavily contested general elections.
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made by The Associated Press' photographers in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan in February 2024.
It was curated by Oded Balilty, the AP's chief photographer for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, and Dusan Vranic, deputy news director for photography for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Israeli female soldiers pose for a photo on a position on the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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A Palestinian wounded in the Israeli bombardment sits in a hospital In Rafah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at a hospital morgue in Rafah, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Israeli women demand the immediate release of the Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group at a protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Smoke and explosion following Israeli bombardment inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A man checks a destroyed warehouse, destroyed by an Israeli strike, at an industrial district in the southern coastal town of Ghazieh, Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
A woman walks between the bodies of Palestinians killed in the Israeli bombardments of the Gaza Strip, in front of the morgue at Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Police use water cannons to disperse demonstrators during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, and calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Palestinians rescue survivors after an Israelikm strike on Shaheen family house in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Pakistani people receive free food outside the Data Darbar shrine in Lahore, Pakistan, on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
The wife of Israeli reservist Yair Cohen touches his flag-draped casket during his funeral at Kiryat Shaul military cemetery in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Palestinian crowds struggle to buy bread from a bakery in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
An Iranian woman holds a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an election campaign rally ahead of the March 1 parliamentary elections, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iraqis attend the funeral of Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in the U.S. airstrikes at the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Palestinians rescue survivors after an Israeli strike on Shaheen family house in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to Al Najjar hospital in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
A retired army soldier throws back a tear gas canister toward riot police officers during a protest demanding better pay in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A Palestinian mourns a relative killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, outside a morgue in Rafah, southern Gaza, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
A woman rides a scooter past a graffiti calling for the return of the hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel, in Kfar Saba, Israel, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Israeli soldiers drive a tank on the border with the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Amal Atwi, the mother of Hussein Jalal Mohsin, who was killed in an Israeli strike last night, mourns during his funeral procession in Qantara village, south Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Israelis gather at Israel's Nitzana border crossing with Egypt in southern Israel, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, protesting against the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip until all hostages held by Hamas militants are released. Israel inspects international aid bound for Gaza before it is delivered into the territory. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Houthi supporters attend a rally against the U.S.-led strikes on Yemen and Israel's war in Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif listen to the speech of their leader during an election campaign rally in Murree, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Muhammad Yousuf)
