Israel Poised To Invade Gaza As Worries Of Regional Escalation Grow

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 22: Medical staff treat civilian patients in a ward created in the car park, four floors below ground level, beneath the Sammy Ofer Heart Building at Ichilov Hospital on October 22, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Designed to allow medical facilities to be moved to a more secure area in the underground parking area, the facility can house around half of the patients that can be cared for above ground. Currently treating regular patients, the facility has been brought into service in case of increased wartime requirements and security. 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 Leon Neal/Getty Images)