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Rocket sirens sound in Sderot, near the border with the northern Gaza Strip, and an explosion echoes after the Iron Dome intercepts a rocket. IMAGES
A building is hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City as Israel presses on with its deadliest campaign yet in Gaza to destroy Hamas. Israel has sought to crush Hamas militants who staged the deadliest attack in the country's history on October 7, killing more than 1,400 people and taking 240 hostages, according to Israeli officials. IMAGES
Smoke billows over Israeli territory as the rocket alert siren goes off, the sounds of a rocket being launched, the interception and the explosions. US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday in a show of "ironclad" support as Washington tries to prevent the escalating war against Hamas in Gaza from turning into a wider Middle East conflict. IMAGES
Israeli authorities cordon off site of direct rocket impact hit in southern Israel's Ashdod. Israel's army declared on Monday that its forces were in "control of communities" in its southern territory near Gaza, two days after Hamas militants launched a surprise attack there. IMAGES
Forensic experts examine a damaged flat, in which one person was killed after it was hit the previous day by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in the central Israeli city of Rehovot. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.