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Smoke billows following an Israeli air strike on a building in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Diplomatic efforts gathered pace for a ceasefire on the 11th day of deadly violence between Israel and armed Palestinian groups in Gaza, as air strikes again hammered the enclave. IMAGES
Smoke billows after an strike on Rafah in the Gaza Strip near the border with Egypt, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas militants. Fighting rages on in Gaza, more than a month after Hamas's shock October 7 attack triggered a furious response from Israel aimed at destroying the Islamist militant group. More than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Israel in the attack, according to Israeli officials. In Gaza, upwards of 10,500 people, also mostly civilians, have been killed in the war, the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory has said. IMAGES
Smoke billows over Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, after an Israeli air strike. IMAGES
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, as the war in Gaza rages a month on from the unprecendented attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7. IMAGES
Smoke billows following Israeli air strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Smoke billows and ambulances rush to the scene after an Israeli strike on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Under relentless Israeli bombardment, thousands of Gazans have died and international agencies warn millions more face dwindling supplies of water, food and fuel -- even before a looming Israeli ground invasion. IMAGES
Smoke billows over the southern Gaza city of Rafah following Israeli strikes. Since the war erupted, the tiny area's population in Rafah has boomed to around 1.5 million with hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their homes elsewhere in the territory seeking shelter there. IMAGES