Israel Poised To Invade Gaza As Worries Of Regional Escalation Grow

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 20: Families of the hostages participate in a special ‘Kabalat Shabbat,’ (welcoming the Shabbat) prayer service next to a "Shabbat Dinner" table set up in the Tel Aviv museum plaza, with 200 empty seats, representing the hostages and missing people on October 20, 2023 in Tel Aviv Israel. As Israel prepares to invade the Gaza Strip in its campaign to vanquish Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that launched a deadly attack in southern Israel on October 7th, worries are growing of a wider war with multiple fronts, including at the country's northern border with Lebanon. Countries have scrambled to evacuate their citizens from Israel, and Israel has begun relocating residents some communities on its northern border. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of residents of northern Gaza have fled to the southern part of the territory, following Israel's vow to launch a ground invasion. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)