Nearly 42,000 Palestinians killed, more than half of them women and children, as the besieged enclave marks a year of Israel’s genocidal war
Today marks one year since the outbreak of the Gaza War, a conflict that drew global attention and left deep scars on the region. The violence that erupted on October 7, 2023, brought a surge of devastation to the lives of countless civilians, leading to widespread destruction and a humanitarian crisis that lingers to this day. As we look back, this anniversary serves as a reminder of the enduring struggles faced by those affected and the ongoing complexities of peace in the Middle East.
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In the early hours of 7 Oct, Israeli bombing targeted citizens’ homes in the Nuseirat and Bureij camps in the central Gaza Strip (PIC: WAFA Agency)
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Palestinians break into the Israeli side of Israel-Gaza border fence after gunmen infiltrated areas of southern Israel, October 7, 2023. REUTERS
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Palestinian fighters ride an Israeli military vehicle that was seized by gunmen who infiltrated areas of southern Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023. REUTERS
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An aerial view shows damage caused following a mass infiltration by Hamas from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel, October 11, 2023. REUTERS
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In one year of war, agricultural lands in the northern Gaza Strip have turned into barren land. Pic: Quds Net
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Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from the city of Ashkelon, Israel, October 9, 2023. REUTERS
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Abdul Rahman, 10 months, is the first case of polio in Gaza in 25 years (UN), as the region faces enormous difficulties in obtaining clean, potable water.
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A woman holding a child flees Israeli airstrikes that hit a neighbourhood in Gaza City on 23 October.
I have captured countless images of people being pulled from beneath the rubble, but one moment will never leave my mind. I saw this woman when she jumped from a bombed house, running with her child in her arms, trying to shield her from danger.I can’t comprehend where she found such strength – how she managed to flee while protecting her daughter.
This war taught me that mothers truly possess a kind of superhuman resilience.
No mother on this Earth should ever have to endure the terror of running for her life to save her child.
(The Gaza-based Anadolu Agency photographer Ali Jadallah)
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Palestinians in the Gaza Strip feel like ‘dead people’ left to fend for themselves – UN Humanitarian Chief Muhannad Chief (Pic: UN)
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Israeli warplanes bombed a house in the Saftawi area northwest of Gaza City (Pic: WAFA News Agency)
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Smoke billows following Israeli strikes in Gaza City, October 11, 2023. REUTERS
Israel has also displaced nearly all of the enclave’s 2.3 million people, caused a hunger crisis and led to genocide allegations at the World Court that Israel denies.
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Israeli occupation forces seized a Palestinian building near the entrance to the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of Salfit, and turned it into a military barracks (Pic: WAFA)
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A dove flies over the debris of houses destroyed in Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 11, 2023. REUTERS
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A woman embraces the body of a Palestinian child killed in Israeli strikes, at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023. REUTERS
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Palestinians carry a wounded girl after being rescued from under the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli air raids in the Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza, on November 1, 2023. [Abed Khaled/AP Photo]
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Palestinians mourn their relatives killed by Israeli bombardment, outside a morgue in Rafah, southern Gaza, on January 10, 2024. [Fatima Shbair/AP Photo]
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Israeli soldiers pose for a photo with the Gaza destruction in the background, on a position on the Gaza Strip fence, in southern Israel, on February 19, 2024. [Tsafrir Abayov/AP Photo]
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Palestinians wait to receive food during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 13, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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Palestinians collect their belongings from the rubble of a residential building after an Israeli air raid in the al-Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza, on March 29, 2024. [Ismael Abu Dayyah/AP Photo]
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Palestinians walk through the destruction in the wake of an Israeli air and ground offensive in Khan Younis, on April 8, 2024. [Fatima Shbair/AP Photo]
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Palestinian medics treat a baby wounded by Israeli bombardment, at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, on May 11, 2024. [Saher Alghorra/AP Photo]
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Palestinians look at the aftermath of an Israeli strike on a UN-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians that killed dozens of people in the Nuseirat refugee camp, on June 6, 2024. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
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Smoke rises following Israeli bombardments in Khan Younis, on July 22, 2024. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
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Palestinians bury more than 80 bodies returned by Israel in a cemetery in Khan Younis, on August 5, 2024. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
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Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli air attack on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in al-Mawasi, on September 10, 2024. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
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Al-Shati camp in ruins after Israeli strikes
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Palestinian Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza Strip in ruins following Israeli strikes
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Thousands look for food and groceries in Deir al-Balah market amid rising prices (Pic: Quds Net)
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Palestinian artist paints the sufferings of war from the ruins of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip (Pic: Quds Net)