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Smoke billows from the Martyrs' Mosque in central Gaza City as alarm bells ring through the deserted streets, as fighting between Hamas and Israel rages on. The Israeli army is pushing on with their air and ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, determined to destroy the Islamist movement whose gunmen it says killed at least 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took about 240 hostages in the Israel's worst ever attack. IMAGES
Humanitarian aid packages are parachuted into the north of Gaza City. In the west of the city, loud blasts can be heard following Israeli strikes. IMAGES
A plume of smoke rises over Gaza City. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Israel's military offensive on Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, in retaliation for their unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel, has created a "humanitarian hellscape" for civilians trapped in the besieged Palestinian territory. IMAGES
Smoke rises as aid is airdropped over Gaza City. Israel and Iran traded threats after Tehran's first-ever direct attack on its arch-foe sharply heightened tensions in a region already on edge after six months of war in Gaza. IMAGES
A strike hits Gaza City, as the war between Israel and Hamas in the Palestinian territory grinds on. IMAGES