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Plumes of smoke rise over southern Gaza, seen from Israel. Prospects for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire are dimming after the United States signalled it would veto the latest push for a UN Security Council resolution and mediator Qatar acknowledged that separate truce talks have hit an impasse. IMAGES
Smoke rise over southern Gaza, seen from Israel. CIA Director William Burns met with Mossad chief David Barnea in Cairo for a new round of talks on a Qatari-brokered ceasefire proposal, which would temporarily halt fighting in exchange for Hamas freeing hostages. IMAGES
Smoke rise over southern Gaza, seen from Israel, as displaced Gazans braced for an expected Israeli assault on their last refuge of Rafah. IMAGES
Smoke rises into the sky after several strikes in southern Gaza, as the threat of an Israeli incursion into Gaza's southernmost town of Rafah persists. IMAGES
Plumes of smoke rise after strikes in the southern Gaza Strip, seen from Israel. Israel kept up its deadly bombardment of war-torn Gaza as Washington vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that called for a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory. 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 from southern Gaza as the sun sets on the last evening of Ramadan. Israel bombed targets in Gaza on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted the army would destroy Hamas despite ongoing Cairo talks towards a ceasefire and hostage deal. IMAGES
Smoke billows over buildings following strikes on Rafah, in the southern Gaza strip, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas militants. Most of Gaza's population are now sheltering in Rafah which has been regularly bombed ahead of a mooted Israeli ground operation there. IMAGES
Heavy clouds of smoke rise over Khan Yunis, as seen from Rafah, following a strike on the southern Gaza city. The United States has circulated for the first time a draft UN resolution calling for an "immediate" ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, as warnings grow of famine in besieged Gaza. IMAGES
Smoke billows over the southern Gaza city of Rafah following Israeli strikes. Since the war erupted, the tiny area's population in Rafah has boomed to around 1.5 million with hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their homes elsewhere in the territory seeking shelter there. IMAGES
Plumes of smoke rise from the southern Gaza Strip, seen from Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas militants. The Hamas-run health ministry said more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war began nearly five months ago. IMAGES