Two years have passed since Israel responded to the deadly Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, by launching a military campaign in Gaza that left 251 people taken hostage. In the days that followed, Israel imposed a siege on the territory, cutting off electricity, food, and fuel, and ordered nearly half of Gaza’s 2 million residents in the north to evacuate their homes. Throughout the conflict, Israel has tightly regulated the flow of supplies into Gaza, imposing a full blockade from March to May 2025 over concerns that Hamas was redirecting aid to support its military activities. While some restrictions were later relaxed following international criticism, parts of Gaza were declared to be experiencing famine by August. The UN reported last year that the war’s impact has set back de
Two years of war in Gaza: 67,000 dead, millions displaced — how Israeli strikes reduced city to rubble

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