Broken, crumbling and splattered with “blood”, these haunting sculptures have been made by an artist in Gaza to show the pain of conflict.

The 50-day war between Israel and Hamas earlier this year left more than 2,200 people dead and razed thousands of homes in the narrow strip to the ground.

Most of the casualties were civilians, including hundreds of children, according to the UN, reflected in artist Iyad Sabbah’s depiction of a family.

The sculptor, who is Palestinian and lives and works in Gaza, created them using mud and waste materials found in bombsites.

In an installation entitled Worn Out, the family of sculptures including a small child and a baby appear to move through debris and rubble and past shelled homes.

Iyad Sabbah working on his 'Worn Out' installation in Gaza (Iyad Sabbah)

“Shuja’iyya neighborhood is one of the places that was completely destroyed, and the idea came to my head to do something about the war, to focus on displacement of the Palestinians,” he told the Cairo Post.

“The displacement scene is very influential, so the sculptures were put amid the wreckage of the destroyed houses in Shuja’iyya to show the suffering of the residents.”

Iyad Sabbah’s 'Worn Out' installation in Gaza (Iyad Sabbah)

They were also placed on a beach to symbolise the refugees fleeing to other countries illegally in a desperate attempt to escape the conflict.

Mr Sabbah, who lived through the most recent conflict in Gaza as well as violence in 2012 and 2008, said he wanted to represent the “psychological impact” of war and commemorate those who died.

Iyad Sabbah’s 'Worn Out' installation in Gaza (Iyad Sabbah)

“There has been a violation of humanity in all of the Gaza community as a result of the aggression,” he told The Independent, adding that the response to his work has been “positive”.

Mr Sabbah holds degrees from Fateh University in Libya, Helwan University in Cairo and lectures at Aqsa University in Gaza.

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