Major sandstorm sweeps across parts of Middle East
A heavy sandstorm swept across parts of the Middle East on Tuesday, killing two people and hospitalising hundreds in Lebanon and disrupting fighting and air strikes in neighbouring Syria.
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A Palestinian boy sleeps on a mattress inside the remains of his family's house, that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war in 2014 summer, during a sandstorm in Gaza. Reuters/Suhaib Salem
Palestinians sit on a beach along the Mediterranean Sea during a sandstorm in the northern Gaza Strip. A heavy sandstorm swept across parts of the Middle East on Tuesday, killing two people and hospitalising hundreds in Lebanon and disrupting fighting and air strikes in neighbouring Syria. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
A Palestinian boy washes a horse in the Mediterranean Sea during a sandstorm in the northern Gaza Strip. Clouds of dust also engulfed Israel, Jordan and Cyprus where aircraft were diverted to Paphos from Larnaca airport as visibility fell to 500 metres. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
U.N peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) wear face masks while they monitor the Lebanese-Israeli border during a sandstorm in Kfar Kila village, in south Lebanon. Reuters/Aziz Taher
Tourists inspect the view at the Amman Citadel, during a sandstorm in downtown Amman, Jordan. Reuters/Muhammad Hamed
Palestinian workers remove the debris of a house, that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war in 2014 summer, during a sandstorm in Gaza. Reuters/Suhaib Salem