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Added on the 17/10/2023 16:37:42 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Rockets are being launched from the town of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, towards Israeli territory, with some intercepted by Israel's "Iron Dome" anti-aircraft defence system. Thousands of people have been killed since Hamas' October 7 attack, with most of the dead on both sides civilians. IMAGES
Rockets are launched from Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, amid an ongoing exchange of fire between Israel and Hamas militants. IMAGES
A barrage of rockets is fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, some intercepted by the Iron Dome defence system, on the third day of the worst escalation of violence in months that has killed 26 people in the blockaded Palestinian enclave. IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that an Israeli military offensive in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, would represent an "unbearable escalation". SOUNDBITE
Smoke rises over Rafah after an Israeli strike on the southern Gazan city. Israel has for two months threatened to invade the city in its mission to destroy Hamas. Soon after the war in Gaza began on October 7, Israel told Palestinians living in the north of Gaza to move to "safe zones" in the territory's south such as Rafah. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).