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Rockets are fired from Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, amid an ongoing exchange of fire between Israel and Hamas militants. US President Joe Biden is due to visit Israel on Wednesday, 12 days after Gaza-based Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on 7 October, triggering a full-scale war that has claimed thousands of lives, most of them civilians on both sides. IMAGES
Rockets are launched from Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, amid an ongoing exchange of fire between Israel and Hamas militants. IMAGES
A barrage of rockets is fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, some intercepted by the Iron Dome defence system, on the third day of the worst escalation of violence in months that has killed 26 people in the blockaded Palestinian enclave. IMAGES
Images taken from Israel show fire and smoke billowing in the crowded southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, following an Israeli strike. The United Nations agency supporting Palestinian refugees said that about 80,000 people had fled Rafah in the three days since Israel intensified military operations in the south Gaza city. IMAGES
Israeli tanks seen from a distance in eastern Rafah in Gaza Strip, as Israel continues to strike the crowded southern city. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).