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Added on the 26/10/2023 07:13:46 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Explosions ring out and light up the night sky, flares dropped, and smoke billows over Rafah in the Gaza Strip near the border with Egypt, as Israeli troops battle Hamas militants in the southern Gaza Strip after expanding their offensive deeper into the besieged territory. IMAGES
Images of smoke rising following Israeli strikes on Rafah near the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt as Israel pressed on with its bombing of the Palestinian enclave after saying its campaign to destroy Hamas has left the Palestinian militant group on the "the verge of dissolution". IMAGES
Smoke billows after a strike on Rafah in the Gaza Strip on the border with Egypt, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas militants. IMAGES
Smoke billows after an strike on Rafah in the Gaza Strip near the border with Egypt, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas militants. Fighting rages on in Gaza, more than a month after Hamas's shock October 7 attack triggered a furious response from Israel aimed at destroying the Islamist militant group. More than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Israel in the attack, according to Israeli officials. In Gaza, upwards of 10,500 people, also mostly civilians, have been killed in the war, the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory has said. IMAGES
Smoke billows as strikes hit Rafah in the Gaza Strip near the border with Egypt, amid international pressure on Israel to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas. IMAGES
Smoke billows as trucks leave Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt during an Israeli airstrike. Gaza's border crossing with Egypt, its only one that bypasses Israel, was hit by an air strike for the second time in 24 hours, witnesses and a rights group said. 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 billows following an Israeli strike on the town of Rafah on Gaza's southern border with Egypt. Pressure for a ceasefire has mounted as Israeli forces push towards Rafah, where more than half the besieged territory's population has taken shelter. IMAGES
Smoke rises in the southern Gaza Strip, seen from the Israel-Gaza border, following Israeli strikes. Artillery fire pounded southern Gaza as Israel said it has begun flooding Hamas tunnels and mediators sought a halt to the nearly four-month war. IMAGES