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Huge clouds of smoke rises over buildings after Israeli air strikes hit Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, where heavy fighting raged between Israeli troops and Hamas fighters. IMAGES
Beit Lahia in northern Gaza lies in ruins, with some homes completely flattened following air strikes, as Israel continues its relentless offensive against Hamas in the besieged Palestinian territory. IMAGES
Air strikes and flares are seen in northern Rafah at night. Israel and Hamas brushed off international calls to renew an expired truce Saturday as air strikes pounded militant targets in Gaza and Palestinian groups launched volleys of rockets. IMAGES
Smoke billows over the northern Gaza Strip after Israeli air strikes. The strikes come ahead of the start of a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas. The Palestinian militant group is set to free at least 50 of the hostages they took in their deadly October 7 attack. In turn, Israel would release at least 150 Palestinian prisoners and allow more humanitarian aid into the coastal territory after more than six weeks of bombardment, heavy fighting and crippling siege. IMAGES
Strikes on the northern Gaza Strip are seen from the Israeli town of Sderot, as the Israeli military vowed to intensify bombardments. The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said on Tuesday that 5,791 people had been killed in the territory since the outbreak of the war with Israel, when Hamas militants stormed into Israel from Gaza on October 7, killing at least 1,400 people and taking more than 220 hostages, according to Israeli officials. IMAGES
Strikes on the northern Gaza Strip are seen from Israel's Sderot as the Israeli military pledged to intensify bombardments. Hamas in its October 7 attack on southern Israel killed more than 1,400 people and took over 200 hostages, Israeli officials say. Retaliatory air and artillery strikes since then have killed over 5,000 in Gaza, according to the Hamas-ruled health ministry. IMAGES