Israel says it is at war with Hamas after surprise attack
Under cover of a barrage of rockets, dozens of Hamas militants broke out of the blockaded Gaza Strip and into nearby Israeli towns, killing hundreds and abducting others.
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Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 7. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday.3/24
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Fire and smoke rise from an explosion on a Palestinian apartment tower following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 7.4/24
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Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 7.5/24
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Police officers evacuate a woman and a child from a site hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 7.6/24
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Cars burn after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a parking lot and a residential building in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 7.7/24
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Smoke rises from an area near a power plant outside Ashkelon, Israel, on Saturday, Oct. 7.8/24
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Israeli firefighters extinguish fire after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a parking lot in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 7.9/24
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Israeli security forces take cover during rocket attack siren warning as rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 7.10/24
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Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building after it was struck by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 7.11/24
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Palestinians ride on an Israeli military vehicle taken by an army base overrun by Hamas militants near the Gaza Strip fence, in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 7.12/24
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Rockets are launched by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Gaza, Saturday, Oct. 7.13/24
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Palestinian militants drive a captured Israeli military vehicle in Gaza City on Saturday, Oct. 7.14/24
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An Israeli soldier stands by the bodies of Israelis killed by Palestinian armed militants who entered from the Gaza Strip, in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Saturday, Oct. 7.15/24
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A car destroyed in an attack by Palestinian militants is seen in Sderot, Israel, on Saturday, Oct. 7.16/24
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Israeli soldier takes cover on the road near Sderot, Israel, on Saturday, Oct. 7.17/24
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Palestinians celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis southern Saturday, Oct. 7.18/24
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Palestinians wave their national flag and celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis southern Saturday, Oct. 7.19/24
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An Israeli volunteer with Magen David Adom emergency service speaks to a man waiting to donate blood in Jerusalem, following an unprecedented attack by Hamas militants on Israel, Saturday, Oct. 7.20/24
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Israelis wait to donate blood at Magen David Adom emergency service in Jerusalem, following an unprecedented attack by Hamas militants on Israel, Saturday, Oct. 7.21/24
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Israeli soldiers head south near Ashkelon, Israel, on Saturday, Oct. 7.22/24
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Palestinians transport a captured Israeli civilian, center, from Kibbutz Kfar Azza into the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Oct. 7.23/24
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Palestinians walk away from the kibbutz of Kfar Azza, Israel, near the fence with the Gaza strip on Saturday, Oct. 7.24/24
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Palestinian shout slogans during a celebration of the attacks that the militant Hamas group carried out against Israel, at al-Bass Palestinian refugee camp, in southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 7.
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