Death toll rises in Israel and Gaza as fighting continues: What to know

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Hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians have been killed in the latest fighting.

A member of Israeli security forces walks past an Israeli police station in Sderot after it was damaged during fighting with Hamas militants who were stationed inside, on Oct. 8, 2023. Photo: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Imagesin the most serious incursion against the country in decades. The Israeli military retaliated with heavy bombardment against the besieged Gaza Strip.

More than 20,000 people were seeking shelter in dozens of schools in densely populated Gaza where movement is highly restricted,between Israel and Saudi Arabia are jeopardized by the fighting. The normalization of relations between the two countries has been aHamas militants then broke through the border barrier between Gaza and Israel around 7:30am local time.

Netanyahu told Palestinian residents to leave areas where militants are located, saying Israel will "turn all Hamas hiding places into rubble." Israeli soldiers respond after Hamas militants invade the city. Photo: Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Imagesthat the militant group wants "the international community to stop atrocities in Gaza, against Palestinian people, our holy sites like Al-Aqsa."More than 2 million Palestinians live in Gaza — an area roughly twice the size of Washington, DC that has been under a strict blockade by Israel, backed by Egypt, for 16 years.

 

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