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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 rises following strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Hamas Ministry of Health has announced that the death toll from Israeli bombardments in the Gaza Strip has passed the 10,000 mark since the start of the war on October 7. IMAGES
Gunfire is heard as a column of black smoke rises over Tal al-Sultan, in the western area of the Gaza Strip's southern city of Rafah. The Israeli army said in a statement that its operations are continuing in central and southern Gaza including Rafah city on the border with Egypt. IMAGES
Smoke rises over central Rafah, seen from Salaheddin street in eastern Khan Yunis, and UN vehicles accompany empty fuel trucks on their way to Kerem Shalom crossing in Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Columns of smoke rise over Rafah in the Gaza Strip near the border with Egypt, as Israeli tanks penetrated the heart of city despite global outrage over a strike that set ablaze a crowded camp in Gaza's far-southern city, killing 45 people according to Palestinian officials. IMAGES