Gaza City is part of the coastal strip and is particularly crowded.
A man reacts outside a burning collapsed building following Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on October 11.
Atrocities committed by Hamas in Israel last weekend sparked international revulsion and escalated the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
Hamas militants breached the heavily-fortified border in a coordinated assault, indiscriminately killing men, women and children, and taking as many as 150 hostages back to Gaza.
An IDF Artillery solider covers his ears as a shell is fired toward Gaza on October 11, near Netivot, Israel.
Persons:
Jerusalem CNN —, “, Stephane Dujarric, Dujarric, Mohammed Abed, Israel, Christos Christou, Said Khatib, Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt, Israel “, ”, Biden, John Kirby, Jonathan Conricus, Israel Katz, ” Katz, Khan Yunis, paragliders, IDF Artillery solider, Alexi J . Rosenfeld, Antony Blinken, Young, Blinken, unprofessionally ”, CNN Basim Naim, Al, Kfar
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Jerusalem CNN, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, UN, United Nations, Palestinian Health Ministry, UN Relief and Works Agency, Health, World Health Organization, Getty Images, Foreign Affairs, White House National Security, Israel Defense Force, CNN, Palestinian, Getty, IDF Artillery
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Gaza, Jerusalem, Israel, Gaza City, Wadi Gaza, Egypt, AFP, Rafah, Netivot, Israeli, Kfar Aza, Be’eri