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Lightning strikes as smoke billows following Israeli bombardment of Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Israel imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip on October 9 and cut off the water supply as it kept bombing targets in the crowded Palestinian enclave in response to the Hamas surprise assault it has likened to the 9/11 attacks. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

In pictures: Israelis and Palestinians suffer death and destruction as war rages

Olivia Harris
1 min read·October 10, 2023 - 1:04PM
News Corp Australia Network

Benjamin Netanyahu has declared he will “change the Middle East” as Israel retaliates to one of the deadliest attacks in its history. Gaza is being reduced to rubble as both sides launch thousands of missiles, bringing the death toll to 1500 and rising. Around the world, countries hold protests and vigils as communities feel the shockwaves of war.

A plume of smoke rises in the sky of Gaza City during an Israeli air strike. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP
A plume of smoke rises in the sky of Gaza City during an Israeli air strike. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP

 

Palestinians search for survivors after an Israeli air strike on buildings in the refugee camp of Jabalia in the Gaza Strip. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP
Palestinians search for survivors after an Israeli air strike on buildings in the refugee camp of Jabalia in the Gaza Strip. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP

 

Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli air strike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP
Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli air strike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP

 

Six-month-old Palestinian baby Sama Alwadia is rescued under rubble after an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. Picture: Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Six-month-old Palestinian baby Sama Alwadia is rescued under rubble after an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. Picture: Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

 

Palestinians evacuate a body following an Israeli air strike on the Sousi mosque. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP
Palestinians evacuate a body following an Israeli air strike on the Sousi mosque. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP

 

An armed Palestinian militant leads a man during the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Hamas gunmen killed around 250 people who attended the outdoor event. Picture: AFP
An armed Palestinian militant leads a man during the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Hamas gunmen killed around 250 people who attended the outdoor event. Picture: AFP

 

A woman cries during the gathering in support of Israel in front of Israel's embassy in Brussels. Picture: Laia Ros/Getty Images
A woman cries during the gathering in support of Israel in front of Israel's embassy in Brussels. Picture: Laia Ros/Getty Images

 

A Palestinian protester aims flares at Israeli troops amid clashes in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Picture: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP
A Palestinian protester aims flares at Israeli troops amid clashes in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Picture: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP

 

Supporters taking part in a “Rally For A Free Palestine” protest on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House, lighting flares and fireworks and burning the Israeli flag. Picture: Jeremy Piper/NCA Newswire
Supporters taking part in a “Rally For A Free Palestine” protest on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House, lighting flares and fireworks and burning the Israeli flag. Picture: Jeremy Piper/NCA Newswire

 

People inspect the damage to a building in the southern city of Ashkelon, Israel. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP
People inspect the damage to a building in the southern city of Ashkelon, Israel. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP

 

10-year-old Palestinian girl Tala Huseyin Abu Dakka mourns after losing her parents, three siblings and four other relatives in an Israeli air strike on her home. Picture: Abed Zagout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
10-year-old Palestinian girl Tala Huseyin Abu Dakka mourns after losing her parents, three siblings and four other relatives in an Israeli air strike on her home. Picture: Abed Zagout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

 

Palestinians evacuate their homes after Israeli strikes on Gaza City. Picture: Mohammed Abed/AFP
Palestinians evacuate their homes after Israeli strikes on Gaza City. Picture: Mohammed Abed/AFP

 

Israeli troops take position at the border with Gaza in southern Israel. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP
Israeli troops take position at the border with Gaza in southern Israel. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP

 

A Palestinian man holds the body of his cousin that he pulled from the rubble after Israeli air strikes in Gaza City. Picture: Belal Khaled/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
A Palestinian man holds the body of his cousin that he pulled from the rubble after Israeli air strikes in Gaza City. Picture: Belal Khaled/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

 

Protesters hang a large Palestinian flag on the wall of Sydney Town Hall at the start of a protest rally against Israeli military action in Gaza. Picture: David Gray/AFP
Protesters hang a large Palestinian flag on the wall of Sydney Town Hall at the start of a protest rally against Israeli military action in Gaza. Picture: David Gray/AFP

 

People with Israeli flags watch the Opera House while it is illuminated in blue to show solidarity with Israel in Sydney. Picture: David Gray/AFP
People with Israeli flags watch the Opera House while it is illuminated in blue to show solidarity with Israel in Sydney. Picture: David Gray/AFP

 

A satellite image depicting plumes of smoke in the border area between southern Israel and the coastal Gaza Strip. Picture: Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery/AFP
A satellite image depicting plumes of smoke in the border area between southern Israel and the coastal Gaza Strip. Picture: Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery/AFP

 

Armed Israeli emergency responders take cover during a rocket attack near the border with Gaza. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP
Armed Israeli emergency responders take cover during a rocket attack near the border with Gaza. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP

 

An elderly Palestinian man is injured after Israeli air strikes destroy buildings in Gaza City. Picture: Belal Khaled/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
An elderly Palestinian man is injured after Israeli air strikes destroy buildings in Gaza City. Picture: Belal Khaled/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

 

A medical worker rushes a child to an ambulance for treatment after Israeli air strikes. Picture: Belal Khaled/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
A medical worker rushes a child to an ambulance for treatment after Israeli air strikes. Picture: Belal Khaled/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

 

An Israeli soldier rests his head on an artillery gun barrel of an armoured vehicle as Israeli soldiers take positions near the border with Gaza in southern Israel. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP
An Israeli soldier rests his head on an artillery gun barrel of an armoured vehicle as Israeli soldiers take positions near the border with Gaza in southern Israel. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP

 

Palestinians inspect the destruction in a neighbourhood heavily damaged by Israeli air strikes on Gaza City's Shati refugee camp. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP
Palestinians inspect the destruction in a neighbourhood heavily damaged by Israeli air strikes on Gaza City's Shati refugee camp. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP

 

Israeli evacuees from Kibbutzim near the Gaza border receive clothing donations at a hotel. Picture: Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP
Israeli evacuees from Kibbutzim near the Gaza border receive clothing donations at a hotel. Picture: Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP

 

Students take part in a candlelight vigil in Lalitpur in memory of Nepali citizens who were killed in Kibbutz Alumim, one of the flashpoints of the Hamas assault. Picture: Prakash Methema/AFP
Students take part in a candlelight vigil in Lalitpur in memory of Nepali citizens who were killed in Kibbutz Alumim, one of the flashpoints of the Hamas assault. Picture: Prakash Methema/AFP

 

Israel has imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip and cut off the water supply as it continues to bomb targets in the crowded Palestinian enclave in response to the Hamas surprise assault it has likened to the 9/11 attacks. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP
Israel has imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip and cut off the water supply as it continues to bomb targets in the crowded Palestinian enclave in response to the Hamas surprise assault it has likened to the 9/11 attacks. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP

 

A view of the damage inside a house in the southern city of Ashkelon, Israel. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP
A view of the damage inside a house in the southern city of Ashkelon, Israel. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP

 

The aftermath of an attack on the Supernova music festival by Palestinian militants, near Kibbutz Reim in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Picture: South First Responders/AFP
The aftermath of an attack on the Supernova music festival by Palestinian militants, near Kibbutz Reim in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Picture: South First Responders/AFP

 

An Israeli soldier arranges artillery shells on the border with Gaza in southern Israel. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP
An Israeli soldier arranges artillery shells on the border with Gaza in southern Israel. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP

 

Demonstrators march with the flag of Israel during a rally in support of Israel in Prague. Picture: Michal Cizek/AFP
Demonstrators march with the flag of Israel during a rally in support of Israel in Prague. Picture: Michal Cizek/AFP

 

Pro-Palestine supporters clash with police at Circular Quay Station in Sydney en route to a rally at Town Hall. Picture: David Swift
Pro-Palestine supporters clash with police at Circular Quay Station in Sydney en route to a rally at Town Hall. Picture: David Swift

 

Palestinians mourn their relatives at a hospital after an Israeli air strike on the refugee camp of Jabalia in the Gaza Strip. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP
Palestinians mourn their relatives at a hospital after an Israeli air strike on the refugee camp of Jabalia in the Gaza Strip. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP

 

Family and friends of fallen Israel Defence Force soldier Afik Rozental, who died in a battle with Hamas militants, attend his funeral. Picture: Amir Levy/Getty Images
Family and friends of fallen Israel Defence Force soldier Afik Rozental, who died in a battle with Hamas militants, attend his funeral. Picture: Amir Levy/Getty Images

 

Palestinians celebrate on an Israeli tank near the fence of the Gaza-Israel border. Picture: Yasser Qudih/Xinhua via Getty Images
Palestinians celebrate on an Israeli tank near the fence of the Gaza-Israel border. Picture: Yasser Qudih/Xinhua via Getty Images

 

Israeli army soldiers check their Merkava tanks near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP
Israeli army soldiers check their Merkava tanks near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP

 

Palestinians transport a reportedly captured Israeli person, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture: AFP
Palestinians transport a reportedly captured Israeli person, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture: AFP

 

A cluster bomb sent by Israeli forces in Gaza City. Picture: Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
A cluster bomb sent by Israeli forces in Gaza City. Picture: Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

 

People take part in a demonstration in support of Palestine at the Israeli Embassy in London, England. Protesters are demanding that Israel puts an end to its cycle of violence against the Palestinian people. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images
People take part in a demonstration in support of Palestine at the Israeli Embassy in London, England. Protesters are demanding that Israel puts an end to its cycle of violence against the Palestinian people. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images

 

Palestinians fleeing Israeli air strikes take refuge in a school run by the United Nations in Gaza City. Picture: Mohammed Abed/AFP
Palestinians fleeing Israeli air strikes take refuge in a school run by the United Nations in Gaza City. Picture: Mohammed Abed/AFP

 

Bodies of victims killed in Israeli air strikes are piled up in a corridor in al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Picture: Mohammed Abed/AFP
Bodies of victims killed in Israeli air strikes are piled up in a corridor in al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Picture: Mohammed Abed/AFP

 

A Palestinian carries a wounded boy rescued from the rubble after an Israeli air strike on Gaza City. Picture: Sameh Rahmi/NurPhoto via Getty Images
A Palestinian carries a wounded boy rescued from the rubble after an Israeli air strike on Gaza City. Picture: Sameh Rahmi/NurPhoto via Getty Images

 

Palestinian militants move towards the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture: Said Khatib/AFP
Palestinian militants move towards the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture: Said Khatib/AFP

 

Palestinians mourn the death of their relatives following an Israeli air strike on the refugee camp of Jabalia in the Gaza Strip. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP
Palestinians mourn the death of their relatives following an Israeli air strike on the refugee camp of Jabalia in the Gaza Strip. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP

 

Police officers check suspects at a check point in Israel, searching for Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip. Picture: Amir Levy/Getty Images
Police officers check suspects at a check point in Israel, searching for Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip. Picture: Amir Levy/Getty Images

 

A blindfolded Palestinian prisoner speaks to a member of the Israeli security forces on the border with Gaza. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP
A blindfolded Palestinian prisoner speaks to a member of the Israeli security forces on the border with Gaza. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP

 

Rockets fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza City are intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome defence missile system. Picture: Eyad Baba/AFP
Rockets fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza City are intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome defence missile system. Picture: Eyad Baba/AFP

 

Lightning strikes as smoke billows following Israeli bombardment of Gaza City. Picture: Mohammed Abed/AFP
Lightning strikes as smoke billows following Israeli bombardment of Gaza City. Picture: Mohammed Abed/AFP

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