(WFRV) - It's been two years since Hamas launched a surprise attack in Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 250 hostage, fanning flames in a centuries-long conflict that has left much of Gaza in ruins.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli retaliation has killed over 66,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry; however, it does not distinguish between civilians or combatants, but that around half of the dead are women and children.

The United Nations has called Israeli actions a genocide, which U.S. officials and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have denied.

David Coury, a professor of Humanistic and Global Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, told Local 5 that the latest updates included the peace plan discussed a week ago by U.S. President Donald

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