The last week has seen new developments on the ground in the Gaza Strip as Israeli attacks continued amid fears of an expansion of the conflict to Lebanon. This weekly roundup of photographs captures key moments and news highlights of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive in the Gaza Strip walk past sewage flowing into the streets of the southern town of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, July 4, 2024. /CFP
A Palestinian youth who works with his father at a morgue stands next to the bodies of unidentified people killed amid the continuing conflict between Israel and Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip, at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, July 5, 2024. /CFP
Relatives of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza call for efforts to save their family members, in Tel Aviv, July 5, 2024. /CFP
Plumes of smoke rise from an area targeted by Israeli bombardment in the eastern Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City on July 4, 2024. /CFP
The Jewish settlement of Elon Moreh, east of the city of Nablus in the West Bank. The Israeli occupation government agreed to build 186 new settlement units, which is considered the largest settlement expansion since the Oslo Accords signed between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority, July 4, 2024. /CFP
A firefighter douses a fire that broke out after a rocket strike fired from Lebanon, in northern Israel, July 4, 2024. Hezbollah claimed it fired 200 rockets and 20 drones at Israel after a senior officer was killed. /CFP
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Gaza following an evacuation order by the Israeli army to leave the eastern part of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, July 1, 2024. /CFP