![People take a look at paintings among wreckage of buildings during an exhibition that held by a group of Palestinian artists, after Israeli forces hit the area with airstrikes at the Art and Craft Village in Gaza City, Gaza on 16 July, 2018 [Hassan Jedi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180716_2_31485142_35708583-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
![Palestinians take part in a protest to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in front of Red cross office in Gaza city on 16 July, 2018 [Bashar Zakri/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/160718_BZ_00-9.jpg?w=415&h=257&ssl=1 "Palestinians take part in a protest to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in front of Red cross office in Gaza city")
Palestinians take part in a protest to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in front of Red cross office in Gaza city on 16 July, 2018 [Bashar Zakri/Apaimages]
![Palestinian children swim at the seaport of Gaza City on July 17, 2018, while the fishing zone enforced by Israel off the Gaza Strip was also reduced from six nautical miles to three. Israel tightened its blockade of the Gaza Strip partly over kites carrying firebombs to set alight Israeli farmland, as concerns mounted over whether the rudimentary devices could spark another war [Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/170718_ASH_00-8-1.jpg?w=415&h=257&ssl=1 "Palestinian children swim at the seaport of Gaza City")
Palestinian children swim at the seaport of Gaza City on July 17, 2018, while the fishing zone enforced by Israel off the Gaza Strip was also reduced from six nautical miles to three. Israel tightened its blockade of the Gaza Strip partly over kites carrying firebombs to set alight Israeli farmland, as concerns mounted over whether the rudimentary devices could spark another war [Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]
![Palestinians attend the Palestine International Festival 2018, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on 17 July, 2018 [Shadi Hatem/Apainages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/170718_SHH_00-3.jpg?w=777&h=518&ssl=1 "Palestinians attend the Palestine International Festival 2018, in the West Bank city of Ramallah")
Palestinians attend the Palestine International Festival 2018, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on 17 July, 2018 [Shadi Hatem/Apainages]
![A drone photo shows the Zil Castle, located on the Cat Valley, in Camlihemsin district of Rize, Turkey on 18 July, 2018 [Hakan Burak Altunöz/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180719_2_31528834_35771797.jpg?w=442&h=249&ssl=1 "Zil Castle in Turkey's Rize")
A drone photo shows the Zil Castle, located on the Cat Valley, in Camlihemsin district of Rize, Turkey on 18 July, 2018 [Hakan Burak Altunöz/Anadolu Agency]
![A man poses for a photo with two paintings among the wreckage of buildings during an exhibition that held by a group of Palestinian artists, after Israeli forces hit the area with airstrikes at the Art and Craft Village in Gaza City, Gaza on 16 July, 2018 [Hassan Jedi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180716_2_31485142_35708581.jpg?w=373&h=249&ssl=1 "Exhibition in Art and Craft Village that hit by Israeli forces")
A man poses for a photo with two paintings among the wreckage of buildings during an exhibition that held by a group of Palestinian artists, after Israeli forces hit the area with airstrikes at the Art and Craft Village in Gaza City, Gaza on 16 July, 2018 [Hassan Jedi/Anadolu Agency]
![People visit the ancient city of Aphrodisias in Turkey's Aydin province, which has been included on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List, on 17 July, 2018 [Mehmet Ali Cintosun/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180717_2_31501774_35731592.jpg?w=373&h=249&ssl=1 "Ancient city of Aphrodisias in Turkey's Aydin")
People visit the ancient city of Aphrodisias in Turkey’s Aydin province, which has been included on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List, on 17 July, 2018 [Mehmet Ali Cintosun/Anadolu Agency]