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Israelis waiting to hear about the release of the second group of hostages by Hamas in the Hostages Square outside Tel Aviv Museum
Israeli soldiers work in an artillery unit near the gaza border on Thursday, November 2, 2023. Avishag Shar-Yashuv for The New York Times
מיצג באזור המסיבה ברעים עם תמונות של משתתפי המסיבה NOVA שנרצחו ונחטפו לעזה
Israeli soldiers during the funeral of the soldier, David Sassoon. March 7, 2024. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for Haaretz
An Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from Sderot on Sunday, October 29, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
Israeli soldier standing in palestinian house. photographed during an escorted tour by the military for international journalists in the central Gaza Stip on Monday January 8, 2024. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for the New York Times.
Soldiers are serving in the IDF's all-female tank unit climbing on a tank. Near Nitzana on Friday, October 1, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
Israeli Soldiers from the mixed Gender unit are preparing for military operation in military Outpos in the Northern Gaza Strip on Monday night, December, 25, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
Israeli soldiers walking near a place the Idf found a shaft, photographed during an escorted tour by the military for international journalists in the central Gaza Strip on Monday January 8, 2024. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for the New York Times.
Israeli soldiers lights a cigarette in an artillery unit near the Gaza border on Thursday, November 2, 2023. Avishag Shar-Yashuv for The New York Times
Orange balloons for the first birthday of Kfir Bibas, the youngest hostage in Gaza. The baby was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir oz alongside his parents, Yarden and Shiri and his brother, Ariel.
Burnet vehicles that were collected from the Nova music festival area, near Kibbutz Reim, after the Hamas attack on October 7 and placed in an special area outside Netivot. on Thursday, December 14, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
Israelis embrace next to photos of people killed and taken captive by Hamas from the Nova music festival near Re'im.
Family and friends mourn during a funeral for Alon Shamriz on Sunday, December 17, 2023 in Shefayim. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times. Shamriz had been kidnapped from Kfar Aza to Gaza on October 7 and killed on Friday, December 15 when th
Yair Avital walking with his son, Nahar, 9 and in the background is the house where the terrorists shot at Yair on October 7 in Kibbutz Beeri. on Thursday, December 14, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
An inscription on a wall "Human remains on the sofa" at the entrance to one of the houses where people were murdered during the terrorist attack on October 7 in the youth neighborhood of Kibbutz Kfar azza. Thursday, December 14, 2023. Avishag Shaar-
House that was attacked on October 7 in the youth neighborhood of Kibbutz Kfar Aza. Thursday, December 14, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
A wall inside of a house that was attacked on October 7 in the youth neighborhood of Kibbutz Kfar Aza. Thursday, December 14, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from Sderot on Sunday, October 29, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
Avida Bachar, 50, on his first visit at his family house where he was injured and where his wife and his son were murdered on October 7 in Kibbutz Be'eri. Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
The funeral of Yuval Zilber, an Israeli soldier killed during the operation in the Gaza Strip. in Neta'im on Friday, November 3, 2023.. Avishag Shar-Yashuv for The New York Times
The funeral of Yuval Zilber, an Israeli soldier killed during the operation in the Gaza Strip. in Neta'im on Friday, November 3, 2023.. Avishag Shar-Yashuv for The New York Times
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The kitchen of Bachar family house was damaged in Kibbutz Be'eri during the Hamas attack on October 7th. Kibbutz Be'eri on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
An Israeli soldier walking near a house was damaged in Kibbutz Be'eri on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
Pictures of people who have been kidnapped by Hamas are displayed on a wall near the Israeli Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on Friday, November 3, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times.
The bodies of Israelis murdered in the Hamas attack are gathered for identification at an IDF base in Ramle on Friday, 13 October, 2023. Photo by Avishag Shaar-Yashuv.
A house that was destroyed during the Hamas attack on Kfar Aza on October 7th. in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Thursday, November 2, 2023. Avishag Shar-Yashuv for The New York Times
Military forces in a cotton field in Israel on Monday, October 9, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for the New York Times
Soldiers walking in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Thursday, November 2, 2023. Avishag Shar-Yashuv for The New York Times
An Israeli Tanks near the Gaza Strip, as seen from Sderot on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
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Archaeologists and IDF soldiers searching for human remains, among hundreds of burned cars from the Hamas attack, collected from the areas surrounding the Gaza border in Israel, in order to identify missing persons on Wednesday, November 1, 2023. ne
Mourners and Idf soldiers gather around the five coffins of the Kutz family during their funeral in Gan Yavne on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv For the New York Times .
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Residents of Kibbutz Kfar Aza who were evacuated from their homes to hotel after Hamas terrorists broke into the Kibbutz. Shefayim Hotel in Kibbutz Shefayim on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for the New York Times.
Funeral of British-Israelis Lianne Sharabi and her two daughters, Noiya,16, and Yahel,13, in Kfar Harif on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times. Sharabi family were murdered and kidnapped in a Hamas attack on Oc
IDF reserve soldiers patrolling Kibbutz Mishmar HaNegevon Sunday evening, October 8, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for the New York Times.
Volunteers at the "Achim" ( brothers) restaurant, preparing food for the residents of the Gaza Strip and IDF soldiers, in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, October 12, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for the New York Times.
A management station to update shortages in equipment and food donations in the underground parking lot that was converted into a volunteer complex for residents of the Gaza Strip and IDF soldiers in Tel Aviv, WednesdayOctober 12, 2023. Avishag Shaa
Funeral of British-Israelis Lianne Sharabi and her two daughters, Noiya,16, and Yahel,13, in Kfar Harif on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times. Sharabi family were murdered and kidnapped on Hamas attack on Octo
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People lighting candles in memory of the war victims, and for the return and freeing of the Israeli hostages in Gaza. at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv on Thursday night, October 12, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for the New York&nbsp
People lighting candles in memory of the war victims and for the return and freeing of the Israeli hostages in Gaza. At Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv on Thursday night, October 12, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for the New York 
The bodies of Israelis murdered in the Hamas attack are gathered for identification at an IDF base in Ramle on Friday, 13 October, 2023. Photo by Avishag Shaar-Yashuv.
The girlfriend (right) of the soldier Yuval Zilber, who was killed during an operation in the Gaza Strip. Neta'im on Friday, November 3, 2023. Avishag Shar-Yashuv for The New York Times
a child holding picture of Agam Goldstein who have been kidnapped by Hamas near the protest in Tel Aviv on Friday, November 3, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times.
NYTGAZA Mourners and Idf soldiers gather around the five coffins of the Kutz family during their funeral in Gan Yavne on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv For the New York Times. Hamas terrorists murdered the family on October 7 in the
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Mourners and Idf soldiers gather around the five coffins of the Kutz family during their funeral in Gan Yavne on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv For the New York Times. Hamas terrorists murdered the family on October 7 in their home
An Israeli soldier searches for human remains in a house where a family was murdered in Kibbutz Be'eri on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
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