Israeli soldiers work to secure residential areas following a mass-infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, southern Israel, October 7. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Israeli soldiers and police gather following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, southern Israel, October 8. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Israeli soldiers scan an area while sirens sound as rockets from Gaza are launched towards Israel, near Sderot, southern Israel, October 9. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Israeli soldiers arrive at Sderot, a town close to the Gaza Strip, Oct.11, 2023. Ohad Zwigenberg/AP
Israeli soldiers take position next to a road in Kfar Aza, south of Israel bordering the Gaza Strip, on October 10, 2023 [Thomas Coex/AFP]
Israeli soldiers takes position on a main road near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, October 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi speaks to troops in southern Israel on October 15, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
Israeli soldiers stand next to a burning field near the border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
IDF Southern Command chief, Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman (center), is seen in the Gaza Strip, October 30, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)