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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
Images taken from Israel show fire and smoke billowing in the crowded southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, following an Israeli strike. The United Nations agency supporting Palestinian refugees said that about 80,000 people had fled Rafah in the three days since Israel intensified military operations in the south Gaza city. IMAGES
A massive cloud of smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Gaza's southern city of Rafah. Defying international objections, Israel sent tanks into the overcrowded border city and seized the nearby crossing into Egypt that is the main conduit for aid into the besieged Palestinian territory. IMAGES
Smoke billows over Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, after an airstrike on the city. 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).