This picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke rising from buildings after being hit by Israeli strikes, as battles resume between Israel and Hamas militants, on December 1, 2023.
Israeli war planes and artillery bombarded the south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, hitting mosques, homes and close to a hospital, after the collapse of a truce in the nearly two-month-old war between Israel and Hamas militants.
The conflict broke out on Oct. 7 when Hamas militants crossed into southern Israel and killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in a rampage against kibbutzim and other communities.
More than 200 hostages were taken back into Gaza.
Israel responded with a bombing campaign and ground offensive in the north which has destroyed large areas of Gaza in what has become the bloodiest episode of the decades-long wider Israel-Palestinian conflict.
Persons:
Khan Younis, Robert Mardini, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel
Organizations:
Gaza, Hamas, Residents, Nasser, Cross, Reuters, Crescent, Palestinian
Locations:
Israel, Gaza, Egypt, Khan, Dubai, Rafah, Qatar