In pictures: Surprise attack from Gaza on Israel

A Palestinian man weeps next to a body at the mortuary of a hospital in Gaza City on 7 October  2023 (AFP)

Emergency personnel work to extinguish fires in the Israeli city of Ashkelon after rockets were launched from Gaza on 7 October 2023 (Reuters).

An aerial view shows vehicles on fire as rockets are launched from Gaza on Ashkelon, southern Israel on 7 October 2023 (Reuters).

Palestinians inspect an ambulance hit by an Israeli attack in southern Gaza on 7 October 2023 (Reuters).

Smoke rises above the skyline following Israeli strikes in Gaza on 7 October 2023 (Reuters).

Palestinians take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Younis in southern Gaza on 7 October 2023 (AFP).

An Israeli army helicopter flies south of Tel Aviv on its way to a military base in southern Israel on 7 October 2023 (AFP).

A blanket covers a body in a bullet-riddled car after a Palestinian attack in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on 7 October 2023 (AFP).

Residents queue to board a coach to take them to a hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 7 October 2023, after rockets were fired from Gaza (AFP)

Rockets are fired from Gaza City towards Israel on 7 October 2023 (AFP).

Palestinians transport a captured Israeli in Khan Yunis on 7 October 2023 (AFP).

Smoke billows from residential buildings following Israeli air strikes on Gaza City on 7 October 2023 (AFP).

A young Palestinian girl seeks shelter in a school in Gaza on 7 October 2023, as Israel launches attacks in response to an earlier attack from Hamas (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar).

Members of the Israeli armed forces take cover in Ashkelon as rockets are fired from Gaza into Israel on 7 October 2023 (AFP).