Israel Escalates Ground Operations And Aerial Attacks In Campaign To Defeat Hamas

SDEROT, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 31: Smoke rises from inside Northern Gaza on October 31, 2023 as seen from Sderot, Israel. As Israel's response to Hamas's Oct 7 attacks entered its fourth week, the Israeli PM said the current war would be a long one and would amount to a "second war of independence." In the wake Hamas's attacks that left an estimated 1,400 dead and 230 kidnapped, Israel launched a sustained bombardment of the Gaza Strip and began a ground invasion to vanquish the militant group that governs the Palestinian territory. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)