In Pictures: Hamas attacks on Israel continue

Dozens of people are being held hostage by the militants

Last updated: October 10, 2023 | 06:56

Compiled by Devadasan K P, Chief Visual Editor

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The mother of Israeli Col. Roi Levy cries during her funeral's son at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Col. Roi Levy was killed after Hamas militants stormed into nearby Israeli towns from the blockaded Gaza Strip.

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Destruction made by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip is seen in Ashkelon, Israel.

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An Israeli soldier works on a tank at a staging ground near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.

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Israelis take cover in a shelter as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from the Gaza strip in Ashkelon, Israel.

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A man inspects the damage in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon after a rocket attack from Gaza 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.

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Israeli soldiers take cover in Sderot on October 9, 2023, during a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip.

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Israeli emergency responders cordon off the site of a rocket attack in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod on October 9, 2023.

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Israeli soldiers scan an area while sirens sound as rockets from Gaza are launched towards Israel, near Sderot, southern Israel, October 9, 2023.

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Israeli army soldiers are positioned with their Merkava tanks near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on October 9, 2023.

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Israeli soldiers speak to people leaving a supermarket in the southern city of Sderot, on October 9, 2023.

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