- Title: TIMELINE: A look back at Israel-Hamas war in 2023 as seventh month nears
- Date: 5th January 2024
- Summary: Sirens warning of incoming rockets sounded for several minutes in southern areas surrounding Gaza and in the greater Tel Aviv area early on Saturday (October 7) before Hamas fired a barrage of rockets enabling their fighters to cross the border. GAZA CITY, GAZA (OCTOBER 7,2023) (REUTERS ) ROCKETS BEING LAUNCHED FROM GAZA TOWARD ISRAEL SEEN OVER GAZA / AUDIO OF EXPLOSIONS Firefighters tried to put out fires in Ashkelon early on Saturday (October 7) after rockets from the Gaza Strip hit parts of southern Israel. ASHKELON, ISRAEL (OCTOBER 7, 2023) (REUTERS ) VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS ATTEMPTING TO PUT OUT FIRES, HEAVY SMOKE Video obtained by Reuters shows Hamas militants driving into Gaza on what is said to be a captured Israeli military vehicle on Saturday (October 7). Meanwhile, Palestinians were seen jumping on and posing for photos with what is claimed to be an Israeli tank they say was captured by the militants. KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (OCTOBER 7, 2023) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS ) HAMAS MILITANTS ON WHAT IS SAID TO BE AN ISRAELI MILITARY VEHICLE DRIVING INTO GAZA/ PEOPLE CHANTING AND RUNNING AFTER VEHICLE SOUTHERN GAZA, GAZA (OCTOBER 7, 2023) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS ) PALESTINIANS JUMPING OVER WHAT IS SAID TO BE AN ISRAELI ARMY TANK CAPTURED BY HAMAS, PEOPLE POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH THE TANK A video obtained by Reuters showed Palestinians removing what appears to be dead body of an Israeli soldier from a tank, while Palestinians cheering on the border between Gaza and Israel. NEAR BORDER WITH GAZA, GAZA (OCTOBER 7,2023) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS ) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT) BODY ON THE GROUND AND GUNMAN AND OTHER AROUND THE BODY SHOUTING AND KICKING BULLDOZER BREAKING FENCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND GAZA / PEOPLE CHANTING AND CROSSING OVER THE BREAK IN THE FENCE
- Embargoed: 19th January 2024 00:06
- Keywords: Gaza Hamas ICCJ Israel Palestinians South Africa
- Location: VARIOUS
- City: VARIOUS
- Country: Various
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001898630122023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: contains graphic images
Israel and Hamas have been at war in Gaza since gunmen from the Palestinian militant group that runs the enclave attacked southern Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people and capturing 253 hostages.
Israel responded with a military campaign in which about 33,000 Palestinians had been killed by early April in six months of warfare, according to medical officials in the enclave.
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