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(WLNS) -- Two years ago, on October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a coordinated attack from Gaza into Israel — breaching barriers, firing rockets and striking towns and a music festival. More than 1,200 people were killed and hundreds taken hostage.

Israel declared war and imposed a siege on Gaza. In late October, ground operations began alongside heavy bombardment. Cities were leveled, hospitals and schools were hit, and mass displacement followed. Early mediation by Egypt and Qatar produced a brief truce in November 2023, with limited hostage-prisoner exchanges. A broader, three-phase deal in early 2025 freed dozens of hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, but collapsed by March amid

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