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Conflict in Israel and Gaza, in Photos Conflict in Israel and Gaza, in Photos
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A brief respite in the fighting began in Gaza on Friday after seven weeks of devastating war. As part of the truce agreement, Hamas released two dozen hostages it had been holding in the enclave, and Israel released nearly 40 imprisoned Palestinians. It was the most significant diplomatic breakthrough since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel prompted a full-blown war.A brief respite in the fighting began in Gaza on Friday after seven weeks of devastating war. As part of the truce agreement, Hamas released two dozen hostages it had been holding in the enclave, and Israel released nearly 40 imprisoned Palestinians. It was the most significant diplomatic breakthrough since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel prompted a full-blown war.
In all, about 230 people had been taken captive and at least some are believed to be kept in the network of tunnels beneath Gaza City.In all, about 230 people had been taken captive and at least some are believed to be kept in the network of tunnels beneath Gaza City.
As the countdown to the cease-fire began, Israeli airstrikes and ground troops pummeled northern Gaza on Thursday. Numerous clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups were reported in Jabaliya, an area just north of Gaza City that Israeli officials have called a Hamas stronghold.As the countdown to the cease-fire began, Israeli airstrikes and ground troops pummeled northern Gaza on Thursday. Numerous clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups were reported in Jabaliya, an area just north of Gaza City that Israeli officials have called a Hamas stronghold.
In Khan Younis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip where many Palestinians have fled to escape Israeli bombardment of the north, 111 bodies wrapped in bright blue bags arrived on Wednesday in a shipping container on the back of a truck.In Khan Younis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip where many Palestinians have fled to escape Israeli bombardment of the north, 111 bodies wrapped in bright blue bags arrived on Wednesday in a shipping container on the back of a truck.
At the main hospital complex in Gaza City, which has been surrounded by Israeli troops and without power for days, workers at the hospital, Al-Shifa, were digging a mass grave for bodies that have started to decompose, according to the medical authorities in Gaza.
Here are images from Hamas’s attacks and their aftermath, and of Israel’s response.
This gallery contains graphic images.