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Week in photos: Israel-Hamas war

NPR | By Michael Zamora

Published November 5, 2023 at 3:43 PM EST

A man waves a Palestinian flag from atop Neptune Fountain during a "Freedom for Palestine" protest at Alexanderplatz on Saturday in Berlin, Germany.

Nearly a month after Hamas militants launched a deadly attack Oct. 7, Israel continues to step up its war against Hamas.

About 1,400 people were killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and more than 240 people were kidnapped. In the four weeks since, almost 10,000 people have been killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza.

The week ended with demonstrations across the globe, calling for a cease-fire and a humanitarian end to the violence.

Here is a look at scenes from the past week.

A poster showing the kidnapped Israeli Agam Goldstein-Almog is held up as people gather outside the Qatari Embassy in London on October 29 to demand the release of the estimated 230 hostages held in Gaza by Hamas after the attacks inside Israel on October 7.

A Palestinian man cradles a injued child at the Najjar hospital following an Israeli air strike on a home in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 30. — A Palestinian man cradles an injured child at the Najjar hospital following an Israeli airstrike on a home in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 30.

Friends from the army unit carry the coffin of soldier, Adi Leon, killed in a ground opreation in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday in Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel. On October 31, the Israeli government reported the deaths of 13 soldiers who it said were killed during ground operations in the Gaza Strip, as part of its fight against Hamas.

Israeli soldiers and relatives attend the funeral of a soldier on Wednesday in a military cemetery in Jerusalem amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

A teddy bear is seen left on the ground near the bomb shelter of a kibbutz home attacked by Hamas on Oct 7th, near the border with Gaza, on Wednesday in Holit, Israel. — A teddy bear is seen left on the ground near the bomb shelter of a kibbutz home attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7, near the border with Gaza, on Wednesday in Holit, Israel.

This aerial view shows some of the hundreds of burnt vehicles that were destroyed in the October 7 attack carried out by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, after they have been collected from that area and transported outside the city of Netivot in southern Israel on Wednesday. — This aerial view shows some of the hundreds of burned vehicles that were destroyed in the Oct. 7 attack carried out by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, after they have been collected from that area and transported outside the city of Netivot in southern Israel on Wednesday.

Children play in a charred car as people queue for bread in front of a bakery that was partially destroyed in an Israeli strike, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on Thursday as battles continue between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.

A relatives bids farewell during the funeral of Palestine TV journalist Mohamed Abu Hatab and eleven family members the day after they were killed when their home was hit in the Israeli bombardment of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. — A relative bids farewell during the funeral of Palestine TV journalist Mohamed Abu Hatab and 11 family members the day after they were killed when their home was hit in the Israeli bombardment of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

Protestors cover their faces to protect from the tear gas fired by Turkish anti-riot police during a Pro-Palestinian demonstration against US secretary of state's visit to Turkey near the Incirlik Air Base, housing US forces, in Adana, southern Turkey, on Sunday.

A couple holds a sign that reads "Jews say stop the genocide of Palestinians" Saturday in front of the White House in Washington, D.C.

A Pro-Palestianian demonstrator wears the colors of the Palestinian flag on her face Saturday as thousands march in Washington, D.C., calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

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