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Families hold out hope for Israeli hostages as war escalates

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Families are desperate to find their relatives taken hostage by the Hamas militant group. It is believed to be holding around 150 hostages in Gaza.

300,000 Israeli reserve troops headed to possible land war in Gaza

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300,000 Israeli reserve troops are being drafted in the fight against Hamas, which could see a ground offensive in Gaza, an urban zone with 2 million inhabitants.

 

Gaza journalist walks through the wreckage of his home after Israel strikes

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Video journalist Yasser Abu Wazna showed Insider what's left of his home after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City's residential al-Karama neighborhood.

Safe rooms in Israel are everywhere, with steel doors and sparse furnishings. Here's what they're like inside.

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People in Israel rush to a bomb shelter during a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip.
People in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon rush to a bomb shelter during a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on October 10, 2023.

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A US Navy carrier strike group is now in place to stop anyone from making the Israel-Hamas war any worse than it already is

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Navy aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford
USS Gerald R. Ford in the Atlantic Ocean on March 19, 2023.

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Israel's military is vastly more powerful than Hamas, but invading Gaza to root it out would still be a nasty fight

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An Israeli tank drives toward the Israeli southern border with the Gaza Strip on October 9, 2023 near Sderot, Israel.
An Israeli tank drives toward the Israeli southern border with the Gaza Strip on October 9, 2023 near Sderot, Israel.

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Tech bosses and workers are joining up to fight in Israel and say it's their 'duty to protect our country'

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Israeli soldiers gather on and around tanks at the Israeli side of the Gaza border, October 9, 2023.
Israeli soldiers gather on and around tanks at the Israeli side of the Gaza border, October 9, 2023.

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A CNN correspondent choked up on air describing the bloodstained walls and floors of a bunker where people were shot 'in calculated, cold blood' by Hamas militants

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Palestinians entering Israel after taking down the fence on the Israel-Gaza border on October 7.
Palestinians entering Israel after taking down the fence on the Israel-Gaza border on October 7.

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A volunteer in Israel says the Gaza region looks like the set of a horror movie now, with 'burnt-out cars' and 'bodies strewn all across the road'

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The rubble of destroyed buildings and mosque after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on October 9.
The rubble of destroyed buildings and mosque after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on October 9.

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My 51-year-old dad disappeared trying to rescue my sister after Hamas launched its attacks on Israel. We traced his phone — but his whereabouts, and his fate, are a mystery.

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Gilad and Mark Peretz
Gilad Peretz, left, is searching for his father Mark, who vanished after Hamas fighters launched an attack on Israel on Saturday.

Courtesy of Jessica Cohen and Gilad Peretz

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