Residents in the Gaza Strip flee their homes to move away from the border with Israel after barrages of rockets were fired from the coastal enclave into Israel on October 7, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP Photo)





People queue outside a bakery in Gaza City on October 7, 2023 amid fears after fighters from the Palestinian enclave infiltrated Israel, a major escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Hundreds of residents in the Gaza Strip fled their homes to move away from the border with Israel after barrages of rockets were fired from the coastal enclave into Israel, an AFP correspondent reported. (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP Photo)





Palestinians search under the rubble of a house destroyed in Israeli strikes in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 8, 2023. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





A Palestinian man reacts next to the ruins of a house destroyed in Israeli strikes in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 8, 2023. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





People gather as Palestinian civil defense crews try to extinguish fire in a house that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday October 8, 2023. (Photo by Yousef Masoud/AP Photo)





People stand outside a mosque destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, October 8, 2023. The Hamas militants broke out of the blockaded Gaza Strip and rampaged through nearby Israeli communities, taking captives, while Israel's retaliation strikes leveled buildings in Gaza. (Photo by Yousef Masoud/AP Photo)





Palestinian militants attend the funeral of Ahmad Awawda, 19, who was killed in clashes with Israeli troops near the city of Nablus the previous day, in the the West Bank city of Jenin, Sunday, October 8, 2023. (Photo by Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo)





Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Israel continued to battle Hamas fighters on October 9 and massed tens of thousands of troops and heavy armour around the Gaza Strip after vowing a massive blow over the Palestinian militants' surprise attack. (Photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP Photo)





Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians from the Shamalkh family, who health officials said were killed in Israeli strikes, in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)





People flee their homes in Khan Younis, amid Israeli strikes in the southern Gaza Strip on October 9, 2023. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





A rescuer reacts as he works with others to remove Palestinian casualties from under the rubble of a house destroyed in Israeli strikes, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 9, 2023. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





People carry the body of a Palestinian killed in Israeli strikes, in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip on October 9, 2023. (Photo by Mahmoud Issa/Reuters)





A woman gestures as people flee their homes amid Israeli strikes in the southern Gaza Strip on October 8, 2023. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





Smoke billows from a boat following Israeli strikes, at the seaport of Gaza City on October 8, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)





Palestinians sit on a debris-strewn street near the Watan Tower, which was destroyed in Israeli strikes, in Gaza City on October 8, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)





A Hamas police officer carries a wounded girl into a hospital in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, Sunday, October 8, 2023. (Photo by Mahmoud Essa/AP Photo)





Relatives pray by the body of a person killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Monday, October 9, 2023. Israel's military battled to drive Hamas fighters out of southern towns and seal its borders Monday as it pounded the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Fatima Shbair/AP Photo)





A Palestinian points to the Ahmed Yassin mosque, which was levelled by Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza City early on October 9, 2023. Israel relentlessly pounded the Gaza Strip overnight and into October 9 as fighting with Hamas continued around the Gaza Strip, as the death toll from the war against the Palestinian militants surged above 1,100. (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP Photo)





Women react as Palestinians attend the funeral of Zakaria Abu Maamar, a member of Hamas' political office, who was killed in an air strike, in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip on October 10, 2023. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





The daughter of Zakaria Abu Maamar, a member of Hamas' political office, is comforted as she cries during her father's funeral, after he was killed in an air strike, in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip on October 10, 2023. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)