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Israel’s war on Gaza in 10 explainers

A woman holds her three-year-old son, Ekrem Salih Abu Shemale, who died after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Gaza on October 26, 2023 [Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images]

As Israel’s war on Gaza continues into its fourth week, it can be difficult to keep pace of events, grappling with the multiple dimensions of a rapidly escalating conflict that has already caused so much devastation.

Since Hamas launched its lightning attack on southern Israel on October 7, killing 1,405 people and taking at least 200 hostages, Israel unleashed the full force of its firepower on besieged Palestinians in the Gaza Strip – more than 7,000 people have now been killed and the death toll rises almost every hour.

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