Countless Palestinian families have fled the length of Gaza and back, forced to move every few months to dodge successive Israeli offensives, since the war erupted on October 7, 2023.

Many have been displaced multiple times, moving between apartments and makeshift tent camps as they try to survive.

Squalid tent cities now sprawl across much of Gaza’s central and south.

Displacements have separated families. Heavy bombardment has left thousands buried under the rubble.

Troops round up and detain men, from dozens to several hundreds at a time, searching for any they suspect of Hamas ties. The result is families split apart.

Israel’s military has gained control of the majority of Gaza, pushing most of the Palestinian population to a small zone along the southern coast.

Under Israeli control, Gaza’s land has been transformed. Forces have flattened or bulldozed entire neighborhoods of Gaza City and small agricultural towns dotting the border, carved new roads across the territory and built up new military posts.

Bombardment has carpeted the Gaza Strip in a blanket of rubble roughly 12 times the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Using imagery of Gaza from space, the U.N.’s Satellite Center says that at least 102,067 buildings have been destroyed.

In the wreckage lie the ruins of grade schools and universities, medical clinics and mosques, greenhouses and family homes.

The war began when Hamas militants launched a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mainly civilians, and taking 251 hostages to Gaza.

Since then, over 67,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to the Gaza's Health Ministry that does not differentiate between civilians and combatants but said that about half are women and children.

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