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Mourners brave heavy rain at funeral for Israeli soldier killed in Gaza

(1 Nov 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Jerusalem - 1 November 2023 1. Man holding an Israeli flag during funeral of Lavi Lipshitz, an Israeli soldier killed inside Gaza during fighting there on Oct. 31, 2023 2. Wide of a crowd of mourners 3. Mourners standing in heavy rain 4. Mourners 5. Various of mourners standing in heavy rain 6. Various of tombs 7. Mourners standing in rain 8. Flow of rainwater around mourners' shoes 9. Various of mourners standing in the rain STORYLINE: Hundreds of Israelis stood in a heavy downpour in Jerusalem on Wednesday to pay respects to an Israeli soldier killed inside Gaza on Tuesday. Lavi Lipshitz, 20, was killed alongside another soldier from the Givati Brigade. Over the past five days, Israeli ground troops have pushed deeper and deeper into Gaza in their war against Hamas, launched in response to a bloody Oct. 7 cross-border raid by Hamas militants. A growing array of units, including naval, air and ground forces, have joined the effort. The army says it has killed scores of militants and damaged Hamas’ strategic tunnel network. Soldiers have taken over abandoned Palestinian homes to stake out positions. Yet even as the operation expands each day, the army refuses to call it an invasion. While the army has given few specifics about the operations, it has acknowledged that tanks, artillery, infantry, bulldozers and special forces have taken part, all backed by aerial support. The Israel-Hamas war, in its 26th day Wednesday, started after Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip blew through Israel’s highly fortified separation wall on October 7, and attacked an open-air music festival and Israeli border communities. They killed scores of people and abducted men, women, and children - including elderly and disabled. Israel launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and sealed it off from food, fuel and other supplies in retaliation for a bloody incursion, vowing to destroy the militant group. The Palestinian death toll in the war has surpassed 8,500, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza. In the occupied West Bank, more than 120 Palestinians have been killed. More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, most of them civilians slain in the initial Hamas rampage. AP Video shot by: by Sam McNeil =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: info@aparchive.com. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...