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Added on the 18/10/2023 09:59:53 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show smoke billowing over northern Gaza after an Israeli strike and destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip seen from Sderot. IMAGES
Smoke billowing over the northern Gaza Strip following Israeli air strikes is seen from the Israeli border town of Sderot. Israeli forces were readying for a looming Gaza ground invasion aimed at destroying Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist militant group that unleashed the bloodiest attack in the country's history. IMAGES
A convoy of Israeli tanks deploy on a main road in southern Israel, near the border with the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Israeli M109 Howitzers and soldiers deployed on the border with Gaza, as the territory faces its worst escalation of violence since a war last year. Israel pressed on with its bombardment of positons of Islamic Jihad militants who have retaliated with barrages of rockets. IMAGES
Images show Israeli military vehicles moving along the border with the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas. In war-battered Gaza, there has been mounting concern over Israeli plans to launch an assault on the southern Gazan city of Rafah, where 1.5 million people have sought refuge, many in makeshift encampments. IMAGES