A boy transports his bird on a bike past a destroyed building in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Monday. (Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images) (AFP via Getty Images)
As Israel’s war against Hamas approaches its one-month mark, the conflict is reaching a new phase of intensity.
Israeli military forces have surrounded northern Gaza — including densely populated Gaza City — as waves of powerful airstrikes continue to bombard the besieged enclave.
That toll is expected to rise in the coming days. Israeli troops are expected to take the fight against Hamas militants to Gaza City’s streets and the vast network of tunnels below.
Israel continues to brush off international calls for a ceasefire, and it has resisted pressure from U.S. officials for a pause in its military operation to allow for humanitarian aid to reach civilians trapped in Gaza.
With the conflict about to enter its second month, photojournalists continue to capture dramatic, often heartbreaking images from the ground in Gaza. Below are some of the latest.
A man reacts as others check the rubble of a building in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Monday. (Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images) (AFP via Getty Images)
People look for survivors amid the rubble of a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Monday. (Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images) (AFP via Getty Images)
A man rushes a wounded child to a hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Sunday. (Fatima Shbair/AP) (AP)
People inspect the damage to a building in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Monday. (Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images) (AFP via Getty Images)
People search through the rubble of a bombed-out building in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Monday. (Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
A man carries a body of a child killed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir Balah, central Gaza, on Monday. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images)
People search for survivors following an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Monday. (Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images) (Anadolu via Getty Images)
Men mourn as they sit on the rubble of a building in Gaza City's Shati refugee camp on Monday. (Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images) (AFP via Getty Images)
People search the rubble of a building in Khan Younis on Monday. (Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images) (AFP via Getty Images)
Ambulances line up to cross the Rafah border into Gaza from the Egyptian side to retrieve injured civilians on Monday. (Mahmoud Khaled/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
A body is recovered from the rubble of a building in Khan Younis on Monday. (Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images) (AFP via Getty Images)
People look through the window of a building destroyed during an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Monday. (Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
Doctors examine wounded children at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, on Monday. (Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images) (Anadolu via Getty Images)
A child sits near bodies of those killed by an Israeli airstrike in Deir Balah, central Gaza, on Monday. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Friends and relatives gathered Monday to mourn the death of Yuval Castleman, the Israeli civilian who responded to a deadly terror attack in Jerusalem and was fatally shot.
Israeli troops battled Hamas militants in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday after expanding their offensive deeper into the besieged territory, with warnings that an "even more hellish scenario" was unfolding for trapped civilians.As Israel's offensive pushes deeper into Gaza, international aid organisations have warned that civilians in the densely populated territory are running out of places to flee to.
Israel Defense Forces is investigating after soldiers were involved in an encounter in which a man in military fatigues shot a mentally disabled Palestinian man near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. The man underwent surgery on his leg, according to his brother.
Turkey rejects plans to establish a post-war buffer zone in Gaza because it would be disrespectful to Palestinians, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Reuters reported last week that Israel had conveyed plans for the buffer zone to several Arab states and Turkey. Speaking to reporters on a flight from Doha, Erdogan said Gaza's governance and future after the war would be decided by Palestinians alone.
Israel said Tuesday that its forces had entered “the heart” of Gaza’s second-largest city as intensified bombardment sent streams of ambulances and cars racing to hospitals with wounded and dead Palestinians. Military officials said they were engaged in the “most intense day” of battles since the ground offensive began more than five weeks ago. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. If the live blog does not appear immediately, please refresh the page.Yesterday's key develo
A video reviewed by CNN Tuesday depicts a man in military fatigues shooting and wounding a mentally disabled Palestinian near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.
The United States said Tuesday it would refuse visas for extremist Israeli settlers behind a wave of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, as it also asked Israel to do more to spare civilians in Gaza.- Wave of violence -
Hamas militants stormed out of Gaza into Israel on October 7, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 240 hostages, according to Israeli officials.
Fifty years after Henry Kissinger drove American foreign policy in Southeast Asia, the region continues to live with the fallout from the bombing and military campaigns backed by the former secretary of state, who died last week.
Saudi Arabia has asked the United States to show restraint in responding to attacks by Yemen's Houthis against ships in the Red Sea, two sources familiar with Saudi thinking said, as Riyadh seeks to contain spillover from the Hamas-Israel war. The Iran-aligned Houthis have waded into the conflict that has spread around the Middle East since war erupted on Oct. 7, attacking vessels in vital shipping lanes and firing drones and missiles at Israel itself. The group which rules much of Yemen says its attacks are a show of support for the Palestinians and has vowed they will continue until Israel stops its offensive on the Gaza Strip - more than 1,000 miles from their seat of power in Sanaa.
