Israelis, some of them ultra-Orthodox Jews, gather on a hill in the southern city of Sderot, and watch as Israeli forces bombard the northern Gaza Strip on January 5, 2025, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas militants. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on January 5 that 88 people were killed in the Palestinian territory in the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll of the war to 45,805. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)