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Images show rockets being fired towards Israel from the Gaza Strip. Violence has surged across the West Bank for months and intensified further since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, triggered by the Palestinian militant group's unprecedented attack on Israeli soil on October 7. IMAGES
Rockets are launched from Rafah amid ongoing exchange of fire between Israel and Hamas militants. Israel has pounded Gaza targets with thousands of strikes in the past week, leaving at least 2,215 Gazans dead, including 724 children by Saturday, according to the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave. IMAGES
Israeli security forces place the remains of a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in the back of a vehicle after it landed in the southern Israeli town of Netivot amid an ongoing exchange of fire between Gaza militants and Israel. IMAGES
A column of smoke is seen rising behind residential buildings in the east of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, following Israeli bombardment. More than 100,000 people have fled Rafah in recent days, the United Nations said Friday, with the southern Gaza city under threat of a full-scale Israeli ground invasion. IMAGES
Smoke rises after an explosion in the southern Gaza Strip, seen from Israel. Israel hit Gaza with air strikes as world powers grappled with how to broker a ceasefire ahead of a UN Security Council vote that was expected to be blocked by a US veto. 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.