Israel-Hamas War: Palestine Races Against Time For Rescue & Relief Ops As Gaza Deals With Israeli Fightback

Israel bombarded Gaza early Friday, hitting areas in the south where Palestinians had been told to seek safety, and it began evacuating a sizable Israeli town in the north near the Lebanese border. (Photo: Getty)

People are seen at the view of destruction after an Israeli attack on the Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza City, Gaza on October 20, 2023. (Photo: Getty)

A member of the rescue team extinguishes the fire on the buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes. (Photo: Getty)

The rescue team and local residents work together to recover a deceased body from beneath the rubble in buildings that were demolished by Israeli airstrikes. (Photo: Getty)

Gazans are evacuating to the south as advised by the Israeli government, ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive. (Photo: Getty)

Palestinian emergency services and local citizens carry a victim of Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo: Getty)

The surprise attack from Hamas prompted a declaration of war by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the announcement of an emergency wartime government. (Photo: Getty)

Palestinian emergency services and local citizens search for victims in buildings destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo: Getty)

Israel has sealed off Gaza, leaving the entire population without fuel, water or aid, and launched sustained retaliatory air strikes, which have killed more than 2,000 people and some 400,000 displaced, after a large-scale attack by Hamas. (Photo: Getty)