Photos: Israel expands ground assault into Gaza amid escalating airstrikes

Around 117,000 displaced people hoping to stay safe from strikes are staying in hospitals

Published: October 30, 2023 19:18 Compiled by Devadasan K P, Chief Visual Editor

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A Palestinian man covered with dust carries an injured baby girl into the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City following Israeli strikes amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Hamas militants. Israel has now launched what it is calling the second phase of its assault to destroy Hamas in Gaza, a conflict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as his country’s “second war for independence.” Israeli troops are inside the Gaza perimeter — probing, destroying tunnels and learning in close-quarter combat about the Palestinian fighters who shocked the world when they attacked Israel on October 7. Image Credit: AFP

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A Palestinian man carries his injured daughter at the Najjar hospital following an Israeli air strike on a home in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 30, 2023. The United Nations said the ground operations were accompanied by the “most intense Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling” since the start of the war more than three weeks ago. Image Credit: AFP

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Palestinians survey the destruction following an Israeli military raid on the Jenin Palestinian refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied northern West Bank on October 30, 2023. Image Credit: AFP

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A Palestinian boy on his bicycle looks at destroyed buildings following the Israeli bombardment of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Image Credit: AFP

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This image taken from the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows black smoke ascending from the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas militants. Image Credit: AFP

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Palestinians leave their homes following Israeli bombardment on Gaza City. Image Credit: AP

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An injured boy sits as displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses amid Israeli strikes, take shelter at a tent camp at a United Nations-run centre, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Injured Palestinian Baraa al-Saffen, poses for a photograph as he stand along a street in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. Image Credit: AFP

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A man carries a container as displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses amid Israeli strikes, take shelter at a tent camp at a United Nations-run centre, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Image Credit: REUTERS

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An injured Palestinian is assisted at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Image Credit: REUTERS

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A Palestinian woman is assisted at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Palestinians looks for victims from under a collapsed home following an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Image Credit: AFP

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