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In photos: Israel-Gaza war and reaction

The death toll in the Gaza Strip has passed 5,000, Palestinian health authorities said Monday, after Israel said it launched hundreds of strikes on the enclave overnight. The assault came after Israeli officials warned that attacks on Gaza would increase.

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Oct. 23 | Israel

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel.

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Ariel Schalit/AP

Oct. 23 | Gaza City

Palestinians flee following an Israeli airstrike.

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Oct. 23 | Gaza City

Palestinians carry a wounded man after Israeli airstrikes.

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Oct. 23 | Gaza City

Palestinians survey the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

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Oct. 23 | Rafah, Gaza Strip

Women react as they look at rubble after Israeli strikes.

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Oct. 23 | Gaza City

A man tries to start his car, damaged in an airstrike in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

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Oct. 23 | Deir Al-Balah, Gaza

Relatives of Palestinians mourn their lost ones as bodies are transported for burial from the morgue at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

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Oct. 23 | Israel

Israeli soldiers prepare for the scenario of ground maneuvers at an undisclosed location near the border with Gaza.

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Hannibal Hanschke/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Oct. 23 | Israel

An Israeli soldier stands in an armored vehicle stationed at an undisclosed area in northern Israel near the Lebanon border.

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Oct. 23 | Sderot, Israel

Israeli soldiers practice firing their rifles in a field.

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Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images

Oct. 23 | Kibbutz Shefayim, Israel

Israeli soldiers carry the coffins of Sgt. Yam Goldstein and her father, Nadav, during their funeral. Yam and her father were killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 at their house in Kibbutz Kfar Azza.

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Ariel Schalit/AP

Oct. 23 | Yehud, Israel

Mourners attend the funeral of Erik Kraunik, the chief of security of Kibbutz Be'eri, at Yehud cemetery.

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Petros Giannakouris/AP

Oct. 23 | Ashkelon, Israel

A man locks the door inside a public bomb shelter, where he and his family have lived since Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

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Abir Sultan/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Oct. 23 | Rafah, Gaza Strip

Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, gather to get charity food offered by volunteers at a school run by the UN.

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Oct. 22 | Kibbutz Revivim, Israel

Mourners comfort each other during the funeral of David Carroll, who was killed in Kibbutz Be'eri following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen.

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Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters

Oct. 22 | Kibbutz Revivim, Israel

A mourner grieves during the funeral of Toni Levy, who was killed by Palestinian Hamas militants in Kibbutz Be'eri.

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Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Oct. 22 | Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel

Members of Army rescue and ZAKA crews search for bodies and body parts after the Hamas and Palestinians militants attack.

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Amir Levy/Getty Images

Oct. 22 | Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel

An Israeli flag flutters in front of the remains of a building, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip.

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Amir Cohen/Reuters

Oct. 22 | Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel

A search and rescue representative of the Home Front Command of Israel's military inspects the remains of a destroyed building, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen.

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Amir Cohen/Reuters

Oct. 22 | Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel

Teddy bears are placed on the bed in a safe room that is also used as a children's room. The area is covered in soot following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen.

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Amir Cohen/Reuters

Oct. 22 | Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel

A view shows a hole in the wall of the bathroom of a kindergarten following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen.

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Amir Cohen/Reuters

Oct. 22 | Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel

A damaged and bloodstained kindergarten.

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Amir Cohen/Reuters

Oct. 22 | Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel

A rifle magazine and stains of blood can be seen on the floor in the bathroom of a house.

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Amir Cohen/Reuters

Oct. 22 | Sderot, Israel

Smoke billowing during an Israeli strike on Gaza.

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Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images

Oct. 22 | Gaza City

Palestinians survey the damage caused by an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat camp.

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Oct. 22 | Deir al-Balah, Gaza

Relatives mourn people killed in a strike as their bodies are prepared for burial from the morgue of al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

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Oct. 22 | Deir al-Balah, Gaza

Relatives mourn people killed in a strike as their bodies are prepared for burial from the morgue of al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

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Oct. 22 | Deir al-Balah, Gaza

Relatives mourn people killed in a strike as their bodies are prepared for burial from the morgue of al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

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Oct. 21 | Tel Aviv

Family members hold posters that show the names and photos of their relatives held hostage in Gaza during a protest.

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Heidi Levine for The Washington Post

Oct. 21 | Ashkelon, Israel

Israel's Iron Dome antimissile system intercepts a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip.

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Amir Cohen/Reuters

Oct. 21 | Tel Aviv

Israelis take cover in a bomb shelter as sirens sound for an incoming rocket launched from the Gaza Strip.

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Gideon Markowicz/Reuters

Oct. 21 | Gaza City

The results of incoming Israeli military strikes.

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Leon Neal/Getty Images

Oct. 21 | Gaza

Men help two wounded young girls leave the area following an Israeli airstrike.

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Mohammed Saber/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Oct. 21 | Gaza

Foreign citizens with dual nationalities wait at the Rafah border crossing, hoping to evacuate.

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Oct. 21 | Khan Younis, Gaza

A crowd watches as rescue workers look through the rubble of a house that was hit in a strike.

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Oct. 21 | Khan Younis, Gaza

People assess the damage at an UNRWA school after a nearby house was hit in a strike.

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Oct. 21 | Ashkelon, Israel

A woman looks at a damaged site following a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip the night before.

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Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters

Oct. 21 | Gaza Strip

A truck with humanitarian aid travels through the Rafah border crossing.

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Oct. 20 | Gaza City

The Greek Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius in the Gaza Strip was damaged in an overnight airstrike. At least 18 people were killed, according to Palestinian authorities.

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Oct. 20 | Gaza City

Palestinians inspect the damage around the Church of St. Porphyrius.

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Mohammed Saber/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Oct. 20 | Rafah, Egypt

Demonstrators gather while United Nations Secretary General António Guterres visits the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.

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Oct. 20 | Rafah, Egypt

António Guterres visits the Rafah border crossing.

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Sima Diab for The Washington Post

Oct. 20 | Khan Younis, Gaza

Tents for displaced Gaza families set up by UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.

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Oct. 20 | Khan Younis, Gaza

A man prepares tea on firewood amid a lack of cooking gas at the camp.

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Loay Ayyoub for The Washington Post

Oct. 20 | Arish, Egypt

Aid from Pakistan waits at El Arish International Airport in Egypt as the Rafah border crossing remains closed.

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Sima Diab for The Washington Post

Oct. 20 | Israel

Israeli armored vehicles gather at an undisclosed location near the border with Gaza.

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Hannibal Hanschke/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Oct. 20 | Jerusalem

Israeli security personnel look on as Muslim worshipers make their way to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound for Friday noon prayer.

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Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

Oct. 20 | Kfar Harif, Israel

Friends and family mourn Smadar Edan and Roy Edan, who were killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

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Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters

Oct. 20 | Gaza Strip

Palestinians bid farewell to a number of young men killed after a strike on a chicken farm.

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Loay Ayyoub for The Washington Post

Oct. 20 | Gaza Strip

A father cries over the loss of his son, who was killed after an airstrike on a chicken farm.

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Loay Ayyoub for The Washington Post

Oct. 20 | Tulkarm, West Bank

Palestinian militiamen during the funeral of 13 people killed during an Israeli raid at the Nur Shams refugee camp.

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Oct. 20 | Tulkarm, West Bank

The aftermath from an Israeli security forces raid at the Nur Shams refugee camp.

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Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Washington Post

Oct. 20 | Khan Younis, Gaza

A man searches his home for what can be salvaged following a downtown airstrike.

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Loay Ayyoub for The Washington Post

Oct. 20 | Tel Aviv

Relatives of people kidnapped by Hamas militants pray next to a table surrounded by 203 empty chairs. Relatives and supporters organized a mass Sabbath dinner calling for the return of the more than 200 hostages.

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Petros Giannakouris/AP

Oct. 20 | Ashkelon, Israel

Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip.

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Amir Cohen/Reuters

Oct. 20 | Ashkelon, Israel

An Israeli soldier walks next to a burned car following a rocket attack from Gaza.

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Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters

Oct. 19 | Khan Younis, Gaza

Palestinians inspect the damage caused by an Israeli strike on a house.

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Oct. 19 | Khan Younis, Gaza

An Israeli strike leaves a mountain of rubble on the street.

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Oct. 19 | Khan Younis, Gaza

A man cries over the loss of family members in an Israeli bombing of a house.

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Loay Ayyoub for The Washington Post

Oct. 19 | Khan Younis, Gaza

A father carries the body of his child, who was killed during a bombing.

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Loay Ayyoub for The Washington Post

Oct. 19 | Gaza City

Qassam rockets, deployed by Hamas, fly over buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes.

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Mohammed Dahman/AP

Oct. 19 | Israel

Israeli soldiers patrol an area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip.

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Amir Cohen/Reuters

Oct. 19 | Nir ‘Oz, Israel

A man stands inside a burned house in the Nir Oz kibbutz along the border with the Gaza Strip.

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Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

Oct. 19 | Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel

The provisional burial of seven civilian victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack at the Revimvi Kibbutz cemetery.

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Oct. 19 | Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel

Mourners attend the provisional burial of seven civilian victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

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Manuel De Almeida/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Oct. 19 | Algiers

People demonstrate in Algeria in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

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Ramzi Boudina/Reuters

Oct. 19 | North Sinai, Egypt

Volunteers and NGO staff camp in front of the Rafah border as they wait to deliver aid supplies to Gaza.

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Mahmoud Khaled/Getty Images

Oct. 19 | Dubai

Humanitarian aid provided by the United Nations is loaded onto a United Arab Emirates air force aircraft in Dubai before departure for Cairo.

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Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images

Oct. 19 | Ashkelon, Israel

Israel's Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept a rocket from the Gaza Strip.

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Tsafrir Abayov/AP

Oct. 18 | Tel Aviv

President Biden is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport.

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Evan Vucci/AP

Oct. 18 | Kfar Azza, Israel

Israeli soldiers patrol next to houses damaged by Hamas militants.

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Ariel Schalit/AP

Oct. 18 | Kfar Azza, Israel

Debris was scattered in the wake of Hamas's deadly attack.

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Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters

Oct. 18 | Kfar Azza, Israel

A wall of a house is badly damaged in the Hamas attack.

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Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters

Oct. 18 | Kfar Azza, Israel

A weapon magazine on the floor of a house damaged in the Hamas attack.

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Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters

Oct. 18 | Israel

A soldier cries during a funeral for the head of the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council, Ofir Lipstein, who was killed by Hamas militants.

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Petros Giannakouris/AP

Oct. 18 | Israel

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel.

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Francisco Seco/AP

Oct. 18 | Khan Younis, Gaza Strip

Residents search for survivors in the Abu Sahaq family home.

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Oct. 18 | Awkar, Lebanon

People clash with security forces during a protest near the U.S. Embassy after reports of hundreds of Palestinians killed in a blast at al-Ahli Hospital in the Gaza Strip.

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Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

Oct. 18 | Gaza City

The scene at al-Ahli Hospital after the blast.

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Oct. 18 | Gaza City

The scene on the ground of al-Ahli Hospital after the blast.

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Mohammed Saber/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Oct. 17 | Gaza City

The hospital blast left a trail of devastation.

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Mohammed Saber/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Oct. 17 | Rishon LeZion, Israel

Attendees take cover after sirens sound during the funeral for the Zohar family, whose members were killed by Hamas militants.

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Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg News

Oct. 17 | Beirut

Demonstrators clash with the Lebanese army and riot police as they try to enter the French Embassy during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

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Bilal Hussein/AP

Oct. 17 | Awkar, Lebanon

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators clash with Lebanese security forces outside the U.S. Embassy.

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Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images

Oct. 17 | Awkar, Lebanon

Clashes erupt between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and security forces outside the U.S. Embassy.

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Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images

Oct. 17 | Gaza City

Wounded Palestinians wait in al-Shifa Hospital after arriving from al-Ahli Hospital in the wake of a blast there.

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Abed Khaled/AP

Oct. 17 | Gaza City

Wounded Palestinians lie on the floor in al-Shifa Hospital.

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Abed Khaled/AP

Oct. 17 | Gaza City

A doctor at the devastated al-Ahli Hospital in the wake of the deadly blast there.

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