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In Pictures: Funeral of Gazan translator killed by Israeli UXO

Ali Shehada Abu Afash was killed when an unexploded Israeli bomb was detonated during an uneasy truce in Gaza
Men line at the final collective funeral prayer before the body is carried to the cemetery.

Relatives and friends mourn over the body of Ali Shehada Abu Afash, a translator working with The Associated Press, during his funeral in Gaza City on 13 August.

Afash was killed in an ordnance explosion in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, together with Associated Press video-journalist Simone Camilli and three members of the Gaza police. Police said four other people were seriously injured, including AP photographer Hatem Moussa.

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