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Photos: 100 days of the Israel-Hamas war

By NPR Staff
Published January 14, 2024 at 6:18 AM EST
Palestinians evacuate wounded in Israeli aerial bombing on Jabaliya, near Gaza City, Oct. 11, 2023.
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Palestinians evacuate wounded in Israeli aerial bombing on Jabaliya, near Gaza City, Oct. 11, 2023.

It's been 100 days since the deadly Hamas attack on Israel, which prompted Israel's ongoing bombardment of Gaza.

Israel says it aims to destroy Hamas. By Palestinian officials' tally, more than 23,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, and about one in every 40 people there have been wounded in just three months. Hamas' Oct. 7 attack killed some 1,200 people in Israel.

We take a look at what has happened over the past 100 days.

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Israeli police officers evacuate a woman and a child from a site hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023.
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Israeli police officers evacuate a woman and a child from a site hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023.
Israeli soldiers take up positions near the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023.
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Israeli soldiers take up positions near the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023.
Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes on the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.
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Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes on the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.
Hanna Tams (left) leads a dance class in his studio in East Jerusalem. Since October 7th, Tams says that he's been able to use dance to express himself amidst the oppression he feels as a Palestinian in Jerusalem. 'It's not easy," he says, "but I believe that it is really an important time to use dance.
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Hanna Tams (left) leads a dance class in his studio in East Jerusalem. Since October 7th, Tams says that he's been able to use dance to express himself amidst the oppression he feels as a Palestinian in Jerusalem. 'It's not easy," he says, "but I believe that it is really an important time to use dance.
A house destroyed by Hamas in the Kfar Aza kibbutz in West Jerusalem, Israel.
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A house destroyed by Hamas in the Kfar Aza kibbutz in West Jerusalem, Israel.
Rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel over destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.
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Rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel over destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.
Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023.
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Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023.
The family of Bilal Muhammed Saleh, an olive farmer who was killed by Israeli settlers, outside their home in As-Sawiya, occupied West Bank on Oct. 31, 2023.
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The family of Bilal Muhammed Saleh, an olive farmer who was killed by Israeli settlers, outside their home in As-Sawiya, occupied West Bank on Oct. 31, 2023.
An Israeli firefighter kneels to compose himself after he and his colleagues extinguished cars set on fire by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, Israel, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.
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An Israeli firefighter kneels to compose himself after he and his colleagues extinguished cars set on fire by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, Israel, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.
Family of hostage Liri Albag protest outside the ministry of defense base on November 04, 2023 in Tel Aviv Israel.
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Family of hostage Liri Albag protest outside the ministry of defense base on November 04, 2023 in Tel Aviv Israel.
A Red Cross vehicle carrying Israeli hostages drives by at the Gaza Strip crossing into Egypt in Rafah on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023.
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A Red Cross vehicle carrying Israeli hostages drives by at the Gaza Strip crossing into Egypt in Rafah on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023.
At Mohammed Yousef al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, Palestinians mourned children and relatives from four different families killed in Rafah as Israel resumed its bombing campaign Friday morning in the Gaza Strip.
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At Mohammed Yousef al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, Palestinians mourned children and relatives from four different families killed in Rafah as Israel resumed its bombing campaign Friday morning in the Gaza Strip.
In Beutunia, West Bank, released prisoners are greeted by chanting jubilant Palestinian crowds on Nov. 24, 2023.
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In Beutunia, West Bank, released prisoners are greeted by chanting jubilant Palestinian crowds on Nov. 24, 2023.
Israelis holding their national flag watch as a helicopter, which transported newly released hostages that had been held in Gaza since the October 7 Hamas attacks, leaves Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, on November 28, 2023.
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Israelis holding their national flag watch as a helicopter, which transported newly released hostages that had been held in Gaza since the October 7 Hamas attacks, leaves Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, on November 28, 2023.
Palestinians pray over bodies of people killed in the Israeli bombardment who were brought from the Shifa hospital before burying them in a mass grave in the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023.
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Palestinians pray over bodies of people killed in the Israeli bombardment who were brought from the Shifa hospital before burying them in a mass grave in the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023.
Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip on Salah al-Din Street in Bureij, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.
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Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip on Salah al-Din Street in Bureij, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.
A young man sits by the fresh graves of the two teenagers and one twenty year old Killed in the recent Israeli drone strike in Jenin, occupied West Bank.
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A young man sits by the fresh graves of the two teenagers and one twenty year old Killed in the recent Israeli drone strike in Jenin, occupied West Bank.
Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to a hospital in Rafah, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023.
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Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to a hospital in Rafah, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023.
The casket bearing the body of Sgt. Amit Hod Ziv, 19, who was killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack near the border with Lebanon in northern Israel, is carried at his funeral in Rosh HaAyin, Israel, on December 24, 2023.
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The casket bearing the body of Sgt. Amit Hod Ziv, 19, who was killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack near the border with Lebanon in northern Israel, is carried at his funeral in Rosh HaAyin, Israel, on December 24, 2023.
The Bethlehem Lutheran church's nativity scene. This year, it portrays a baby Christ born under rubble and wrapped up in a Palestinian keffieyeh. A feeling of sadness and solidarity has fallen upon Palestinian Christians this year. Last month, Bethlehem's Christian patriarchs, citing the devastating war in Gaza, announced the cancellation of public celebrations.
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The Bethlehem Lutheran church's nativity scene. This year, it portrays a baby Christ born under rubble and wrapped up in a Palestinian keffieyeh. A feeling of sadness and solidarity has fallen upon Palestinian Christians this year. Last month, Bethlehem's Christian patriarchs, citing the devastating war in Gaza, announced the cancellation of public celebrations.
Israeli soldiers work on artillery after coming out of Gaza on the Gaza border in Israel on Friday, Dec. 28, 2023.
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Israeli soldiers work on artillery after coming out of Gaza on the Gaza border in Israel on Friday, Dec. 28, 2023.
More than 20,000 people have now been killed in Gaza since the start of the war, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health. Above, a home in Rafah is shown in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike.
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More than 20,000 people have now been killed in Gaza since the start of the war, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health. Above, a home in Rafah is shown in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike.
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