Israel rebuffs call for ceasefire in war against Hamas
*WARNING: Graphic images* Israeli troops tightened their encirclement of Gaza City, the focus of their campaign to crush the enclave’s ruling Hamas militants
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Israeli soldiers carry the flag draped coffin of Druze Israeli Lieutenant colonel Salman Habaka in the village of Yanuh Jat, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 3. Habaka was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ground forces have been operating in Gaza in recent days as Israel presses ahead with its war against Hamas militants.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mourners gather around the flag draped coffin of Druze Israeli Lieutenant colonel Salman Habaka in the village of Yanuh Jat, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Relatives and friends of people kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, demonstrate during a protest calling for the return of the hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Nov. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An Israeli reservist soldier inspects the damage to his mother's house, a day after the house was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Nov. 3.ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES VIA AP
In this undated photo provided by the Israeli military, Israeli troops are seen during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ground forces have been operating in Gaza in recent days as Israel presses ahead with its war against Hamas militants.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An injured Palestinian boy is carried from the ground following an Israeli airstrike outside the entrance of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Friday, Nov. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dead and injured Palestinians are seen on the ground following an Israeli airstrike outside the entrance of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Friday, Nov. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Palestinians look at the destruction after Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis, Friday, Now. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Palestinian child wounded in Israeli bombardment is treated in a hospital in Deir al Balah, south of the Gaza Strip, Friday, Nov. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Palestinians ride by destruction by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in the Maghazi refugee camp, Friday, Nov. 3.