Photos: Israel builds forces near Gaza as it mourns dead

An Israeli army Merkava tank blocks one of the entrances to the northern Israeli kibbutz of Misgav Am near the border with Lebanon on October 10, 2023. Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed three Hezbollah members on October 10 amid surging tensions after Palestinian militants tried to infiltrate Israel from Lebanon, in an escalation on Israel's northern border two days after Hamas militants launched an unprecedented attack on the country's southern flank from the blockaded Gaza Strip.

People douse a car blaze in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon after a rocket attack from Gaza on October 9, 2023.

Israeli army armoured vehicles block part of the junction near the northern Qiryat Shemona city near the border with Lebanon.

A man looks at a car that was damaged following a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip that landed in Ashkelon, southern Israel October 10, 2023.

Israeli border police walk past a burnt out car as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Ashkelon, southern Israel October 10, 2023.

Israeli soldiers check cars in Ashkelon, southern Israel.

Israeli soldiers embrace as they mourn Ili Bar Sade, a soldier who was killed in an attack by Hamas militants, at his funeral in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Israeli troops inspect the ravaged site of the weekend attack on the Supernova desert music Festival by Palestinian militants near Kibbutz Reim in the Negev desert in southern Israel.

Israeli soldiers take up position in Kfar Aza, in the south of Israel, bordering Gaza Strip on October 10, 2023.

Israelis mourn Ili Bar Sade, a soldier who was killed in an attack by Hamas militants, at his funeral in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Destroyed cars are seen at the rave party site near the Kibbutz Re'im, close to the Gaza Strip border fence, on Tuesday, Oct.10, 2023.

Israeli soldiers carry a dead body as they collect bodies following attacks from Gaza at Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel, October 10, 2023.