One year after Hamas gunmen broke out of Gaza to carry out the deadliest attack in Israel's history, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed, Gaza lies in ruins and regional conflict has engulfed the Middle East. The ongoing conflict in Gaza has claimed over 41,700 lives in the past year, including more than 16,000 children. Nearly 100,000 others have been wounded, with over 10,000 missing and presumed dead beneath the rubble, according to health authorities in the enclave.
Approximately 1.9 million people—90% of the population—have been forcibly displaced from their homes, many on multiple occasions. Nearly half a million are facing severe food insecurity, while Gaza's essential infrastructure, housing, economy, farmland and fishing fleets have been devastated.
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