Description
Added on the 09/10/2023 21:01:17 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Skyline of Gaza City on Saturday morning after Israel pounded the strip with air strikes and a Palestinian militant group retaliated with a barrage of rocket fire, in the territory's worst escalation of violence since a war last year. IMAGES
Images taken from the Israeli side of the border show smoke rising in central Gaza following an Israeli strike. Israeli troops are fighting Hamas militants in multiple battles across the Gaza Strip, forcing new waves of Palestinian mass displacement. IMAGES
Israel announced the rescue of two hostages in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where the Hamas-run health ministry said 52 Palestinians including children were killed in heavy overnight air strikes. IMAGES
Footage taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis as Israeli strikes pounded southern Gaza on the 100th day of the war on Hamas which has claimed a surging civilian death toll and ravaged the besieged Palestinian territory. IMAGES
A series of strikes hit the northern Gaza Strip as rockets are intercepted above the Israeli border city of Sderot, on the third day after a seven-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war expired. Israel carries out deadly bombardments in Gaza on Sunday as international calls mounted for greater protection of civilians and the renewal of an expired truce with Palestinian militant group Hamas. 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.