Israel stepped up air and ground attacks on Hamas in Gaza, killing at least 52 people according to Palestinian medics, on the first anniversary of a war that has left most of the territory in ruins and shattered the lives of its people.

Israel has bombed nearly 85 percent of Gaza’s schools in the past year, killing hundreds of children and displaced Palestinians.

Israel's indiscriminate bombing of Gaza in the past year as well as the use of banned tactics like white phosphorus bombs have triggered