Israel responds to barrage of rockets sent by Hamas with airstrikes

An Israeli soldier plays a violin on a tank in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 18, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

An injured man bids farewell to the body of his son as they lie in a hospital, in the aftermath of overnight Israeli bombardment, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 19, 2023 amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

A woman carries bread in her destroyed house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 18, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

A man inspects the damage in a room following Israeli bombardment at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 17, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

A man carries wood in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 18, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

An Israeli soldier playing violon on a tank in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 18, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

A man carrying a child, injured following Israeli bombardment, arrives to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 17, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

People mourn as they collect the bodies of Palestinians killed in an airstrike on Dec. 18, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The United Kingdom, France and Germany are the latest countries to call on Israel to reach a "sustainable truce" after more than two months of war in Gaza, which was sparked by the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas that left 1,200 dead and around 240 taken hostage. In Israel's retaliatory air and ground offensive, nearly 20,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza health officials. The Israeli prime minister has resisted calls for a ceasefire, saying last week that "military pressure is necessary both for the return of the hostages and for victory."

Relatives and friends, including the father Avi (2nd-R), mourn as they gather for the funeral of Alon Shamriz, mistakenly killed by Israeli forces in Gaza earlier in the week after being held by Hamas since the October 7 attack, in kibbutz Shefayim near Tel Aviv on December 17, 2023. The three hostages killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza were shot even as they carried a white flag and cried for help in Hebrew, an army official said.

A man checks the ruins of a house after an Israeli air raid in Majdal Zoun on December 17, 2023, amid increasing cross-border tensions as fighting continues with Hamas militants in the southern Gaza Strip.

Smoke billows from Israeli bombardment over Khan Yunis from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 16, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

An Israeli soldier arranges shells next to a self-propelled artillery howitzer near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 16, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

An Israeli military helicopter flies over the fighting area east of the city of Khan Yunis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Dec. 16, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

An Israeli soldier sits in the turret of a tank in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 16, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Palestinians check a half destroyed building following Israeli bombardment on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Dec. 15, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

A Palestinian boy carries pillows as a tractor clears debris of buildings destroyed in Israeli bombardments on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Dec. 15, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

A man carries a child injured during Israeli bombardment in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 14, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

A reservist jumps off a Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) at a staging point near the Gaza border on December 14, 2023 in Southern Israel. It has been more than two months since the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas that prompted Israel's retaliatory air and ground campaign in the Gaza Strip.

A reservist jumps off a Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) at a staging point near the Gaza border on December 14, 2023 in Southern Israel. It has been more than two months since the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas that prompted Israel's retaliatory air and ground campaign in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians salvage their belongings after an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.

Israeli soldiers prepare to go to the Gaza Strip, near the border area in southern Israel on Dec. 13, 2023 amid ongoing battles with the Palestinian Hamas movement. Israel was facing mounting international pressure on Dec. 13 over its war in Gaza, with even key backer the United States criticizing the "indiscriminate" bombing.

Palestinians carry people killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.

Tami Cohen (L) and her daughter Hadas react during a funeral for their husband and father, Maj. (res.) Eviatar Cohen on Dec. 12, 2023 in Kfar Saba, Israel. Maj. (res.) Eviatar Cohen, 42, served in the 5th Brigade's 8111st Battalion, and was from Kfar Saba. The Israel Defense Forces announced yesterday that he was killed fighting in southern Gaza, where Israel has expanded its ground campaign in recent weeks.

A Palestinian boy looks inside a destroyed car in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 13, 2023, as battles continue between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

A Palestinian man prepares food for his family outside his tent at a camp for displaced people in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip where most civilians have taken refuge, on Dec. 13, 2023, as battles continue between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Israel came under pressure on December 13 from its allies over its war in Gaza, with key backer the United States criticising its bombing in response to the October 7 attacks as "indiscriminate."

Palestinians check the destruction following Israeli bombardment in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on December 12, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Israeli forces shell the Gaza Strip from the border area in southern Israel on December 12, 2023 amid ongoing battles with the Palestinian Hamas movement. Israel pressed on with its bombing of Gaza on December 12 after saying its campaign to destroy Hamas has left the Palestinian militant group on the "the verge of dissolution."

Hani Abu Jamea, a Palestinian from Khan Yunis, follows his father who is carrying the wrapped body of his daughter Sidal who died overnight while sleeping in a tent from a shrapnel fragment that hit her in the head following Israeli bombardment on a nearby position, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 12, 2023.

Palestinians injured following Israeli strikes on al-Maghazi refugee camp receive care at Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Balah in the central Gaza Strip on December 11, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.

Palestinians mourn relatives killed in an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, outside a morgue in Kahn Younis on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023.

Israeli soldiers take positions near the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel.

Israeli soldiers stand by a truck packed with bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainees, in Gaza, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. Israeli forces have been rounding up Palestinians in northern Gaza for interrogation as they search for Hamas fighters.

Israeli troops are seen near the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023.

A ball of fire rises above a building during an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 9, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza on Dec. 9 after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid to call for a ceasefire in the two-month war.

Firefights battle flames in a building hit by an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 9, 2023. Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza on Dec. 9 after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid to call for a ceasefire in the two-month war.

People gather in front of a burning building after it was hit by an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 9, 2023. Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza on Dec. 9 after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid to call for a ceasefire in the two-month war.

Women sit next to shrouded bodies of relatives killed following Israeli strikes at Khan Yunis's Nasser hospital in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 9, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza on Dec. 9 after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid to call for a ceasefire in the two-month war.

A picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 9, 2023, shows an Israeli military helicopter firing a rocket during a strike in Gaza amid continuing battles with the militant group Hamas in the Palestinian territory.

A picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 9, 2023, shows Israeli flares in the Gaza sky amid ongoing battles with the Palestinian Hamas militant group.

A picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 9, 2023, shows smoke rising during an Israeli strike in Gaza amid ongoing battles with the Palestinian Hamas militant group.

Israeli soldiers patrol near the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.

An Israeli army self-propelled artillery howitzer fires rounds from a position near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Dec. 7, 2023, amid battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Members of the Israeli army's infantry 6th brigade take part in an assault coordination exercise near Moshav Kidmat Tsvi in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights on Dec. 7, 2023, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues with Hamas militants in the southern Gaza Strip.

A picture taken in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 8, 2023, shows smoke billowing during Israeli bombardment on northern Gaza, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

A picture taken in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 8, 2023, shows an Israeli army tank rolling in a field amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

This picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 8, 2023, shows an Israeli drone above northern Gaza amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

A picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 8, 2023, shows an Israeli army helicopter firing on a target in northern Gaza amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

An injured Palestinian man is carried into a hospital following Israeli bombardment on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 8, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.

Palestinians injured in an Israeli airstrike arrive at Nasser Medical Hospital on Dec. 8, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Israel has stepped up military operations in Gaza after a sustained truce with Hamas did not hold further than a week despite diplomatic talks and captives released.

Palestinians injured in an Israeli airstrike arrive at Nasser Medical Hospital on Dec. 8, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Israel has stepped up military operations in Gaza after a sustained truce with Hamas did not hold further than a week despite diplomatic talks and captives released.

Israeli navy soldiers prepare ammunition and ships before setting out to the Mediterranean sea waters around the Gaza Strip at the Israeli naval base in Ashdod on Dec. 7, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

An Israeli army self-propelled artillery howitzer fires rounds from a position near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Dec. 7, 2023, amid battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli army self-propelled artillery howitzer fires rounds from a position near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Dec. 7, 2023, amid battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

A picture taken in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 7, 2023, shows smoke billowing during Israeli bombardment on Gaza amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

A picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing above buildings during Israeli bombardment on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 7, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Israeli troops battled Hamas militants on December 7 in the heart of southern Gaza's main city of Khan Yunis, where a suspected mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks is believed to be hiding while pressing their offensive across the besieged territory.

Palestinians try to rescue a woman stuck under the rubble of a destroyed building following Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.

Palestinians evacuate a wounded woman following Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.

People mourn as they collect the bodies of Palestinians killed in an airstrike on Dec. 7, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Israel stepped up its military operations in Gaza after a sustained truce between Hamas and Israel did not hold further than a week despite diplomatic talks and captives released.

People mourn as they collect the bodies of Palestinians killed in an airstrike on Dec. 7, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Israel stepped up its military operations in Gaza after a sustained truce between Hamas and Israel did not hold further than a week despite diplomatic talks and captives released.

A Palestinians child, injured in an Israeli airstrike, arrives at Nasser Medical Hospital on Dec. 7, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Israel has stepped up military operations in Gaza after a sustained truce with Hamas did not hold further than a week despite diplomatic talks and captives released.

A woman hangs a photo of a hostage held in Gaza as people update a photo wall of hostages on Dec. 6, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

An Israeli artillery unit is pictured near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 5, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Israel pressed on with its expanded ground operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, following the expiry of a seven-day truce on Friday, after which fighting resumed. Hamas militants from Gaza launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on October 7, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 240 hostages, according to Israeli officials.

Palestinians lie on the floor as they wait to be taken care of after being wounded in an Israeli army bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in the hospital in Khan Younis, Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023.

A woman mourns her child and her husband killed in an Israeli army bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in the hospital in Khan Younis, Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023.

Young children injured in Israeli airstrikes arrive at Nasser Medical Hospital on December 3, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Israel has stepped up military operations in Gaza after a sustained truce between Hamas and Israel did not hold further than a week despite diplomatic talks and captives released.

A woman injured in an Israeli strike sits amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 3, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Israel carried out deadly bombardments in Gaza on December 3 as international calls mounted for greater protection of civilians and the renewal of an expired truce with Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Israeli troops stand on the top of tanks and military vehicles at sunset near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 2, 2023, after battles resumed between Israel and Hamas militants. Israel brushed off international calls to renew an expired truce on December 2 and pushed on with its devastating bombing campaign against Hamas militants in densely-inhabited Gaza.

Palestinian citizens inspect the effects of the destruction caused by air strikes on their homes on Nov. 29, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. A temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been held since Friday, offering Gaza residents respite from constant bombardment. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says that over 14,500 people in Gaza have been killed since Oct. 7, when Israel launched a military offensive in retaliation for Hamas's deadly cross-border attacks.

Palestinian Yassin Ahmed Al-Qara, 47 years old, sits with his family under the rubble of his house, which was destroyed by air strikes in the Khuza’a area on Nov. 28, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. A temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has held since Friday, offering Gaza residents respite from constant bombardment. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says that over 14,500 people in Gaza have been killed since Oct. 7, when Israel launched a military offensive in retaliation for Hamas's deadly cross-border attacks.

An aerial view shows the destruction caused by Israeli strikes in Wadi Gaza, in the central Gaza Stri, Nov. 28, 2023, amid a truce in battles between Israel and Hamas. Israel and Hamas embarked on a two-day extension on Nov. 28, to a truce that has allowed Israeli hostages to be freed from Gaza in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners.

Israelis embrace next to photos of people killed and taken captive by Hamas militants during their violent rampage through the Nova music festival in southern Israel, which are displayed at the site of the event, as Israeli DJs spun music, to commemorate the October 7 massacre, near kibbutz Re'im, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023.

Palestinians check the destruction caused by Israeli strikes in the village of Khuzaa, east of Khan Yunis near the border fence between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 27, 2023, amid a truce in battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The Israeli government said today it had put Hamas "on notice" that an "option for an extension" of the truce in the Gaza Strip was open.

An Israeli soldier looks at Palestinians fleeing south at Salah al-Din road in central Gaza Strip on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, on the third day of a temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel.

An Israeli soldier rests near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. Hamas was preparing to release more than a dozen hostages Saturday for several dozen Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, part of an exchange on the second day of a cease-fire.

A Palestinian youth sits next to his bicycle amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City on the northern Gaza strip following weeks of Israeli bombardment, as a four-day ceasefire took effect on November 24, 2023. The truce in the Israel-Hamas war began on November 24 and appeared to be holding, under a deal that will see hostages released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

Israeli soldiers who have recently exited the Gaza Strip walk with their equipment on November 24, 2023 in near the Gaza border in Israel. A total of 50 hostages currently held by Hamas are to be released during a four-day truce with Israel, the first such pause in fighting since Oct. 7, when Hamas launched its surprise attack and Israel responded with a vast military offensive to destroy the militant group that governs Gaza. Under the deal, 150 Palestinian prisoners are also to be released from Israel, and more humanitarian aid will be admitted at the Gaza-Egypt border crossing.

A girl carrying a bird cage reacts as people flee following an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, on Nov. 23, 2023.

Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces during a raid at the Balata camp for Palestinian refugees, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on November 23, 2023.

A Palestinian man carries an injured man as people flee following an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 23, 2023.

This picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing after an Israeli strike on northern Gaza on November 23, 2023.

Ali, son of Abbas Mohammed Raad, the son of the head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, Mohammed Raad, who was killed by an Israeli strike, sits on top of his father's coffin during his funeral procession in the southern town of Jbaa, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. The militant Hezbollah group fired more than 50 rockets at military posts in northern Israel on Thursday, a day after an Israeli airstrike on a home in southern Lebanon killed five of the group's senior fighters.

Palestinians bury bodies in a mass grave in Khan Yunis cemetery, in the southern Gaza Strip on November 22, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.

A young man looks at the rubble of a house after an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on November 22, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.

A soldier gestures as an Israeli artillery unit in Upper Galilee in northern Israel fires toward southern Lebanon on November 22, 2023,amid increasing cross-border tensions as fighting continues with Hamas militants in the southern Gaza Strip.

An injured Palestinian man gestures after in an Israeli strike on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 20, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

Israel soldiers transfer detained Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip on November 21, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.

A man carries a child injured in an Israeli strike on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 20, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Palestinian medics prepare premature babies, evacuated from Gaza City's Al Shifa hospital, for transfer from a hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip to Egypt, on Nov. 20, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Twenty-nine premature babies arrived in Egypt on Nov. 20, Egyptian media said, after their evacuation from Gaza's largest hospital which has become a focal point of Israel's war with Hamas.

A Palestinian woman sits by houses destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023.

Israeli soldiers detain blindfolded Palestinian men in a military truck while watching Palestinians (not pictured) fleeing the fighting in war-torn Gaza walk by on a road in the Zeitoun district of the southern part of the Gaza Strip on November 19, 2023, as battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue.

Jamil al-Agha and his wife react as the injured man holds the body of one of the couple's 2 children killed in Israeli bombardment, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on November 19, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

People search buildings destroyed during airstrikes on Nov. 18, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Heavy fighting rages in the northern Gaza Strip as Israel encircles the area despite increasingly pressing calls for a ceasefire. Due to a lack of fuel needed to operate the generators, hospitals are deprived of electricity. Between 15,000 and 20,000 people took shelter in hospital facilities, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. The WHO considers "the situation disastrous and perilous".

People search buildings destroyed during airstrikes on Nov. 18, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Heavy fighting rages in the northern Gaza Strip as Israel encircles the area despite increasingly pressing calls for a ceasefire. Due to a lack of fuel needed to operate the generators, hospitals are deprived of electricity. Between 15,000 and 20,000 people took shelter in hospital facilities, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. The WHO considers "the situation disastrous and perilous."

People search buildings destroyed during airstrikes on Nov. 18, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Heavy fighting rages in the northern Gaza Strip as Israel encircles the area despite increasingly pressing calls for a ceasefire. Due to a lack of fuel needed to operate the generators, hospitals are deprived of electricity. Between 15,000 and 20,000 people took shelter in hospital facilities, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. The WHO considers "the situation disastrous and perilous."

Mourners grieve for peace activist Vivian Silver, 74, who was killed during the October 7th Hamas attack on kibbutz Be’eri, during a memorial service on November 16, 2023 in Tel Gezer, Israel. Silver, a Canadian-Israeli activist, was killed during Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Be'eri. She was initially assumed to have been abducted but her death was confirmed earlier this week.

Smoke rises during an Israeli military bombardment of the northern Gaza Strip on Nov. 15, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since Oct. 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack, triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza.

An injured Palestinian woman covered in dust and blood hugs an injured girl child at the hospital following the Israeli bombardment of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 15, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. More than 11,000 people have been killed in the relentless Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, since the war erupted after Palestinian militants raided southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing at least 1200 people, according to official Israeli figures.

Thirty-five-year-old Palestinian Ali Abu Jazar, injured during the Israeli bombardment of the Rafah refugee camp, sits on the rubble of his home the morning after, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 15, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. More than 10,000 people have been killed in the relentless Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, since the war erupted after Palestinian militants raided southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing at least 1200 people, according to official Israeli figures.

An Israeli armored personnel carrier (APC) patrols near the border with Gaza on Nov. 14, 2023, in Southern Israel. More than a month after Hamas's Oct. 7 attacks, the country's military has continued its sustained bombardment of the Gaza Strip and launched a ground invasion to defeat the militant group that governs the Palestinian territory.

Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in the hospital in Khan Younis, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023.

A man prepares traditional unleavened bread on an open fire at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 14, 2023, where internally displaced Palestinians have taken refuge amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

A wounded Palestinian woman from the Baraka family is surrounded by her children upon their arrival at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip following Israeli air strikes on November 13, 2023.

Palestinians line up for food during the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Monday, November 13, 2023.

People salvage some belongings from a damaged building following Israeli bombing on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 11, 2023, as battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement continue.

A child and woman wait for help as they remain trapped inside a building destroyed during the Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 11, 2023, as battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement continue.

Children sit amid the rubble of a building in the aftermath of an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 10, 2023, during ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

Palestinians pray near the bodies of people killed in Israeli strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip before their burial on Nov. 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

Families of the hostages participate in a special ‘Kabalat Shabbat,’ (welcoming the Shabbat) prayer service with performances from Israeli artists on Nov. 10, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. A month after Hamas's Oct. 7 attacks that left 1,400 dead and over 240 held hostage, Israel has maintained a relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip and launched a ground invasion to vanquish the militant group that governs the Palestinian territory. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said that over 10,000 people have died in Gaza during the war, while the IDF has reported the deaths of several dozen Israeli soldiers.

Palestinians families fleeing Gaza City and other parts of northern Gaza towards the southern areas, walk along a road on Nov. 10, 2023 amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Thousands of Palestinians have been fleeing heavy combat between Hamas militants and the Israeli military in Gaza City a month after Hamas, based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel on October 7, in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza.

A woman lights a yarzeit memorial candle at the newly installed light up "Bring Them Home" sign above mannequins and near the existing Empty Beds Installation, both of which contain over 230 pieces representing the hostages kidnapped at Habima on Nov. 09, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Palestinian rush an injured man to a waiting ambulance following an Israeli strike on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on November 9, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Since October 7, the Israeli military has been bombarding Gaza in retaliation for the Hamas attack that killed more than 1,400 people in Israel, most of them civilians, according to Israeli authorities. The Hamas-run health ministry says the death toll in Gaza has surpassed 10,500 people, mainly civilians and thousands of them children.

A Palestinian civil defense member pokes his head through a hole carved in the concrete surface of a building while searching for survivors and the bodies of victims in the aftermath of Israeli bombardment in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 8, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

Palestinians queue to receive a portion of food at a make-shift charity kitchen in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 8, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

A wounded Palestinian receives treatment at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Nov. 7, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.

Palestinian firefighters extinguish fire caused by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.

People carry a young victim after Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 7, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Heavy fighting rages in the northern Gaza Strip as Israel encircles the area, despite increasingly pressing calls for a humanitarian truce. The leaders of the main UN agencies issued a rare joint statement to express their indignation. More than 40 percent of the dead in Gaza after nearly four weeks of war are children.

A woman looks at photos of people kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas bloody cross-border attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. The Islamic militant group killed 1,400 people and kidnapped 240 others in an unprecedented cross-border attack on Oct. 7, triggering a war that has raged for the past month.

A Palestinian man checks a destroyed house after an Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 7, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Palestinians evacuate a wounded youth following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.

Nov. 06: An Israeli artillery unit fires from the Israeli side of the border towards the Gaza Strip on Nov. 6, 2023 in southern Israel. Nearly one month into Israel's response to Hamas's Oct 7 attacks that left 1,400 dead and over 240 kidnapped according to Israeli authorities, the country has intensified its aerial attacks on the Gaza Strip and launched a ground invasion to vanquish the militant group that governs the Palestinian territory. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says that more than 10,000 people have died there during Israel's offensive.

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks outside the walls of the old city of Jerusalem, on which are projected pictures of the hostages abducted by Palestinian militants on the October 7 attack and currently held in the Gaza Strip, on Nov. 6, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

Palestinians look for survivors under the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 6, 2023.

Israeli forces are deployed on the border with Gaza in southern Israel on November 5, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

People check the damage caused by an Israeli strike on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Deir Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on November 5, 2023. The Hamas-run health ministry said, Israeli bombing of Al-Maghazi refugee camp killed 45 people, with an eyewitness reporting children dead and homes smashed.

Israeli soldiers carry the flag-draped coffin of Druze Israeli Lieutenant colonel Salman Habaka in the village of Yanuh Jat, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Habaka was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ground forces have been operating in Gaza in recent days as Israel presses ahead with its war against Hamas militants.

Palestinians injured in Israeli air raids arrive at Nasser Medical Hospital on Nov. 3, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

Families of the kidnapped hostages and their supporters block the road and protest, calling for their safe return outside of The Kirya ahead of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken‘s meeting with the military and government‘s cabinet on Nov. 3, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Residents of Kibbutz Kfar Azza bind their hands and wear blindfolds during a demonstration in solidarity with friends and relatives held hostage in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. The small farming community was overrun by Hamas militants during a bloody cross-border raid from Gaza on Oct. 7. Eighteen residents were kidnapped and taken to Gaza, among them seven children, the youngest 3 years old.

People mourn as they collect the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli air raids on November 2, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Approaching the fourth week of the conflict, the Israeli army has expanded its military assault.

Citizens with foreign passports wait to travel through the Rafah crossing on November 2, 2023 in Rafah, Gaza. For the first time since the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas on October 7, the crossing here at the Gaza-Egyptian border opened this week to allow a small number of foreign passport holders and seriously wounded to enter Egypt. The wounded have been taken to nearby hospitals, while Egypt is also preparing a field hospital in the area.

A man sits on the rubble as others wander among the debris of buildings that were targeted by Israeli airstrikes in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023.

A Palestinian man reacts while holding the body of a relative killed following Israeli bombardment, during a funeral service in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Oct. 31, 2023.

A girl looks on as she stands by the rubble outside a building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 31, 2023 amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.

Kibbutz Nir Oz resident Hadas Kalderon, who's children have been taken hostage, and mother and niece killed breaks down in tears while looking through the burnt out home of her late mother Rina Sutzkever on October 30, 2023 in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel.

A Palestinian man cradles a injured child at the Najjar hospital following an Israeli air strike on a home in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 30 , 2023.

People hold placards during a 'United With Israel - Bring Them Home' protest on October 29, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched the largest surprise attack from Gaza in a generation, sending thousands of missiles and an unknown number of fighters by land, who shot and kidnapped Israelis in communities near the Gaza border. The attack prompted retaliatory strikes on Gaza and a declaration of war by the Israeli prime minister.

An overview of a destroyed building following Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in the Palestinian town of Khan Yunis in the south Gaza on Oct. 27, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

A woman protects her son as they take cover during a rocket attack from the Palestinian Gaza Strip on the city of Tel Aviv on Oct. 27, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

An Israeli army M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer is deployed at a position along the border with the Gaza Strip near Sderot in southern Israel on Oct. 27, 2023 amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.

An injured man sits in front of a smouldering building in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on Gaza City on Oct, 26, 2023, as battles continue between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group.

Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes on the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

Palestinians evacuate two wounded boys out of the destruction following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023.

Injured Palestinians are evacuated following Israeli airstrikes on town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

Palestinians rescue a survivor of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Nusseirat refugee camp, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023.

Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of David Carroll who was killed by Palestinian Hamas militants on October 7, in Kibbutz Beeri, during his funeral in Revivim in southern Israel on October 22, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants entered Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip enclave on October 8.

In this picture taken during a media tour organized by the Israeli military on October 22, 2023, Israeli soldiers take a defensive position in Kibbutz Beeri along the border with the Gaza Strip, in the aftermath of a Palestinian militant attack on October 7.

A woman cries while lighting a memorial candle outside Habima on Oct. 20, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. As Israel prepares to invade the Gaza Strip in its campaign to vanquish Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that launched a deadly attack in southern Israel on October 7th, worries are growing of a wider war with multiple fronts, including at the country's northern border with Lebanon.

Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, Israel, Thursday, Oct.19, 2023.

Families and supporters of Israelis held captive in Gaza call for their release during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. The Israeli army says some 200 people were kidnapped and taken to Gaza in Hamas' cross-border attack on Israel on Oct. 7.

A woman reacts as people light candles in memory of the victims of an attack by Hamas militants on Israel on October 7 at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18, 2023.

A Palestinian woman reacts as others rush to look for victims in the rubble of a building following an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 17, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

Mourners gather around the five coffins of the Kotz family during their funeral in Gan Yavne, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. The family was killed by Hamas militants on October 7 at their house in Kibbutz Kfar Azza near the border with the Gaza Strip, More than 1,400 people were killed and some 200 captured in an unprecedented, multi-front attack by the militant group that rules Gaza.

A Palestinian woman covered in dust, reacts following an Israeli airstrike on buildings in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 17, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. R

Israeli soldiers patrol in armoured personnel carriers at an undisclosed position in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on October 15, 2023. Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel exchanged deadly border fire on October 15, with the Iran-backed group claiming responsibility for strikes that Israel said killed a civilian, further raising cross-border tensions during Israel's war with Gaza-based militants.

Palestinians react after remove a dead body from the rubble of a building after an Israeli airstrike in Jebaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.

People examine the ruins of a mosque destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, on October 8, 2023. Fighting between Israeli forces and the Palestinian militant group Hamas raged on October 8, with hundreds killed on both sides after a surprise attack on Israel prompted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to warn they were "embarking on a long and difficult war".

An Israeli soldier prays standing in front of a Merkava tank on the outskirts of the northern town of Kiryat Shmona near the border with Lebanon on October 8, 2023. Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel said they traded cross-border fire on October 8, as Israel fought the Shiite movement's ally Hamas on its southern flank a day after militants from the Palestinian group stormed its Gaza frontier.