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Added on the 25/10/2022 18:59:37 - Copyright : AFP EN
An Israeli helicopter landing near the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis. Vowing to destroy Hamas and bring back the hostages, Israel launched a massive military offensive against the Palestinian Islamist movement that has left much of the Gaza Strip in ruins. The territory's Hamas government says the war has killed at least 18,800 people, mostly women and children. IMAGES
Military aircrafts parachute food aid into Gaza City, a day after 18 people were killed in stampedes or drowned in the Mediterranean Sea as they were rushing towards aid packages. Hamas has urged an end to the airdrops and called for stepped-up road deliveries instead. The United States said it would keep airdropping humanitarian supplies while also pushing for more overland deliveries. IMAGES
Smoke billows over Gaza City as fighting raged on unabated a day after the UN Security Council passed its first resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire" in the bloodiest ever Gaza war, sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel. IMAGES
A convoy of UN vehicles carrying medical aid for Al-Ahli hospital arrives in Gaza City. IMAGES
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid arrive from the south of the Gaza Strip to the Kuwait roundabout in Gaza City. Trucks are then seen waiting to pass to the northern Gaza Strip in coordination with the Israeli army. IMAGES
Smoke rises near Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City after Israeli shelling, in a residential area in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood, near Al-Shifa hospital. Israeli forces continued operations in and around Gaza's largest hospital complex, Al-Shifa, for a sixth day on Saturday. IMAGES