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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
Images show smoke rising in Khan Yunis, seen from Rafah, and daily life in Rafah amid the ongoing battles between Hamas and Israel. Israel continued to pounded Gaza nearly 12 weeks into the war, triggered by Hamas's bloody October 7 attacks on Israel, that has devastated much of the besieged Palestinian territory and forced many hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. IMAGES
Smoke rises after a strike in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. Israel is bombing Gaza as a top White House advisor is due to arrive in Jerusalem with a rift growing over US calls for its ally to exercise restraint. IMAGES
Smoke billows after a strike on Rafah in the Gaza Strip on the border with Egypt, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas militants. IMAGES
Smoke rises after airstrikes on Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Israel said it had intensified its assault on nearby Khan Yunis that has become the focus of its war with Hamas. IMAGES
Gunfire is heard as a column of black smoke rises over Tal al-Sultan, in the western area of the Gaza Strip's southern city of Rafah. The Israeli army said in a statement that its operations are continuing in central and southern Gaza including Rafah city on the border with Egypt. IMAGES
Smoke rises over central Rafah, seen from Salaheddin street in eastern Khan Yunis, and UN vehicles accompany empty fuel trucks on their way to Kerem Shalom crossing in Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Smoke billows and gunfire rings out amid destruction in deserted neighbourhoods in Gaza's Rafah, after Israeli evacuation order. IMAGES
A column of smoke is seen rising behind residential buildings in the east of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, following Israeli bombardment. More than 100,000 people have fled Rafah in recent days, the United Nations said Friday, with the southern Gaza city under threat of a full-scale Israeli ground invasion. IMAGES
Smoke rises over Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, following strikes on the city. IMAGES