{"id":57102,"date":"2025-10-06T04:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T04:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/57102\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T04:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T04:59:18","slug":"photos-from-2-years-of-war-between-israel-and-hamas-bear-witness-to-its-horrors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/57102\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos from 2 years of war between Israel and Hamas bear witness to its horrors"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been two years since Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel, plunging the region into war<\/a>. Photos taken by Associated Press journalists have charted the turmoil and devastation.<\/p>\n

The first images were of bodies in the streets in southern Israel, scorched homes and triumphant Palestinian fighters parading hostages and captured military vehicles into Gaza. Then came the Israeli airstrikes lighting up the skies and toppling high-rises. Troops and tanks moved in weeks later.<\/p>\n

In Gaza, there have been funerals nearly every day, with Palestinians holding tearful Muslim prayers in hospital courtyards over rows of white shrouds \u2014 often holding the remains of children<\/a>. Israelis have wept over the flag-draped caskets of fallen soldiers and the remains of hostages<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Fire<\/p>\n

Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

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\"Israelis<\/p>\n

Israelis killed by Hamas militants lie on the road near Sderot, Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

Israelis killed by Hamas militants lie on the road near Sderot, Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

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Palestinian militants drive a captured Israeli military vehicle in Gaza City on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (AP Photo\/Hatem Moussa)<\/p>\n

Palestinian militants drive a captured Israeli military vehicle in Gaza City on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (AP Photo\/Hatem Moussa)<\/p>\n

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\"People<\/p>\n

People take cover from incoming rocket fire from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo\/Leo Correa)<\/p>\n

People take cover from incoming rocket fire from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo\/Leo Correa)<\/p>\n

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\"People<\/p>\n

People evacuate the wounded from a building destroyed in an Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

People evacuate the wounded from a building destroyed in an Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

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\"People<\/p>\n

People take cover as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from the Gaza Strip in Rehovot, Israel, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo\/Dor Kedmi)<\/p>\n

People take cover as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from the Gaza Strip in Rehovot, Israel, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo\/Dor Kedmi)<\/p>\n

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EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT – People stand around the bodies of children killed in Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in a morgue in Khan Younis, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT – People stand around the bodies of children killed in Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in a morgue in Khan Younis, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

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A photo hangs on a refrigerator next to bullet holes in a house at Kibbutz Kissufim in southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, after the kibbutz was overrun by Hamas militants from the nearby Gaza Strip on Oct. 7. (AP Photo\/Francisco Seco)<\/p>\n

A photo hangs on a refrigerator next to bullet holes in a house at Kibbutz Kissufim in southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, after the kibbutz was overrun by Hamas militants from the nearby Gaza Strip on Oct. 7. (AP Photo\/Francisco Seco)<\/p>\n

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A girl reacts as a child is carried from the rubble of a building after an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

A girl reacts as a child is carried from the rubble of a building after an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

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\"Doron<\/p>\n

Doron and Tami, parents of Israeli reserve soldier captain Omri Yosef David mourn during his funeral in Carmiel, northern Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. David, 27, was killed during a military ground operation in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo\/Ariel Schalit)<\/p>\n

Doron and Tami, parents of Israeli reserve soldier captain Omri Yosef David mourn during his funeral in Carmiel, northern Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. David, 27, was killed during a military ground operation in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo\/Ariel Schalit)<\/p>\n

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\"People<\/p>\n

People flee to the southern Gaza Strip on Salah al-Din Street in Bureij, Gaza Strip, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

People flee to the southern Gaza Strip on Salah al-Din Street in Bureij, Gaza Strip, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

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\"People<\/p>\n

People celebrate as a helicopter carrying hostages released from the Gaza Strip lands at the Schneider Children\u2019s Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel, Sunday Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo\/Leo Correa)<\/p>\n

People celebrate as a helicopter carrying hostages released from the Gaza Strip lands at the Schneider Children\u2019s Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel, Sunday Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo\/Leo Correa)<\/p>\n

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\"Israeli<\/p>\n

Israeli soldiers stand by a truck packed with bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainees, in Gaza, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (Moti Milrod\/Haaretz via AP)<\/p>\n

Israeli soldiers stand by a truck packed with bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainees, in Gaza, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (Moti Milrod\/Haaretz via AP)<\/p>\n

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Israeli troops walk through the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

Israeli troops walk through the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

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Israeli soldiers ride in armored personnel carriers (APC) near the Israeli-Gaza border as smoke rises in the Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. (AP Photo\/Leo Correa)<\/p>\n

Israeli soldiers ride in armored personnel carriers (APC) near the Israeli-Gaza border as smoke rises in the Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. (AP Photo\/Leo Correa)<\/p>\n

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\"Israeli<\/p>\n

Israeli soldiers carry the flag-draped casket of reservist Elkana Vizel during his funeral at Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Vizel, 35, was killed during Israel\u2019s ground operation in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

Israeli soldiers carry the flag-draped casket of reservist Elkana Vizel during his funeral at Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Vizel, 35, was killed during Israel\u2019s ground operation in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

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\"Palestinians<\/p>\n

Palestinians bury the bodies of people who were killed in fighting with Israel and returned to Gaza by the Israeli military, during a mass funeral in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

Palestinians bury the bodies of people who were killed in fighting with Israel and returned to Gaza by the Israeli military, during a mass funeral in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

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\"People<\/p>\n

People look at their neighbor\u2019s damaged house following an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

People look at their neighbor\u2019s damaged house following an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

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\"Israelis<\/p>\n

Israelis embrace each other at the house of Maayan and Yuval Bar killed by Hamas, as Israel marks the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, at the Kibbutz Be\u2019eri, an Israeli communal farm on the Gaza border, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

Israelis embrace each other at the house of Maayan and Yuval Bar killed by Hamas, as Israel marks the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, at the Kibbutz Be\u2019eri, an Israeli communal farm on the Gaza border, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

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Israeli Lt. Col. Ido, whose last name was redacted by the military, walks inside a tunnel underneath the UNRWA compound, where the military discovered tunnels in the main headquarters of the U.N. agency that the military says Hamas militants used to attack its forces during a ground operation in Gaza, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo\/Ariel Schalit)<\/p>\n

Israeli Lt. Col. Ido, whose last name was redacted by the military, walks inside a tunnel underneath the UNRWA compound, where the military discovered tunnels in the main headquarters of the U.N. agency that the military says Hamas militants used to attack its forces during a ground operation in Gaza, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo\/Ariel Schalit)<\/p>\n

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\"People<\/p>\n

People look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on residential buildings and a mosque in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

People look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on residential buildings and a mosque in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/p>\n

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\"Eliya,<\/p>\n

Eliya, holds a photo of her grandfather, Alex Dancyg, who according to the Israeli military died after being kidnapped by the Hamas militant group, during a rally calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. (AP Photo\/Leo Correa)<\/p>\n

Eliya, holds a photo of her grandfather, Alex Dancyg, who according to the Israeli military died after being kidnapped by the Hamas militant group, during a rally calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. (AP Photo\/Leo Correa)<\/p>\n

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\"Faten<\/p>\n

Faten Mreish holds her son\u2019s body at a hospital morgue in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Aug. 28, 2024, after he and others were killed in an Israeli bombardment. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/p>\n

Faten Mreish holds her son\u2019s body at a hospital morgue in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Aug. 28, 2024, after he and others were killed in an Israeli bombardment. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/p>\n

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Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo\/Ariel Schalit)<\/p>\n

Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo\/Ariel Schalit)<\/p>\n

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\"People<\/p>\n

People visit the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted by Hamas and taken into Gaza, on the one-year anniversary of the attack, near Kibbutz Reim, southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

People visit the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted by Hamas and taken into Gaza, on the one-year anniversary of the attack, near Kibbutz Reim, southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

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\"Balloons<\/p>\n

Balloons are released to mark the second birthday of hostage Kfir Bibas as demonstrators hold portraits of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip during a protest calling for their immediate release in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

Balloons are released to mark the second birthday of hostage Kfir Bibas as demonstrators hold portraits of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip during a protest calling for their immediate release in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

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\"Displaced<\/p>\n

Displaced people return to Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, a day after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n

Displaced people return to Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, a day after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n

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\"Israeli<\/p>\n

Israeli captive Arbel Yehoud, 29, who has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, is escorted by Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters as she is handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/p>\n

Israeli captive Arbel Yehoud, 29, who has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, is escorted by Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters as she is handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/p>\n

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\"Israeli<\/p>\n

Israeli captive Eli Sharabi who has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, stands on a stage escorted by Hamas fighters before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/p>\n

Israeli captive Eli Sharabi who has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, stands on a stage escorted by Hamas fighters before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/p>\n

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\"People<\/p>\n

People struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/p>\n

People struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/p>\n

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\"Destroyed<\/p>\n

Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip are seen beyond a sunflower field on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip are seen beyond a sunflower field on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

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\"Flames<\/p>\n

Flames and thick smoke erupt from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n

Flames and thick smoke erupt from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n

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\"A<\/p>\n

A woman holds a sign as peace activists march to call for an end to the war and starvation of civilians and the release of all hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo\/Leo Correa)<\/p>\n

A woman holds a sign as peace activists march to call for an end to the war and starvation of civilians and the release of all hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo\/Leo Correa)<\/p>\n

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\"People<\/p>\n

People carry sacks and boxes of food and humanitarian aid that was unloaded from a World Food Program convoy that had been heading to Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n

People carry sacks and boxes of food and humanitarian aid that was unloaded from a World Food Program convoy that had been heading to Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n

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A mother carries her child into a patient treatment tent set up in the yard of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n

A mother carries her child into a patient treatment tent set up in the yard of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n

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\"Hossam<\/p>\n

Hossam Azzam holds the body of his child, Amir, who was killed in an Israeli military airstrike on Gaza, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n

Hossam Azzam holds the body of his child, Amir, who was killed in an Israeli military airstrike on Gaza, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n

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\"Naima<\/p>\n

Naima Abu Ful sits for a photo with her 2-year-old malnourished child, Yazan, at their home in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n

Naima Abu Ful sits for a photo with her 2-year-old malnourished child, Yazan, at their home in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n

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\"Israeli<\/p>\n

Israeli right-wing activists watch the northern Gaza Strip during a rally calling for the re-establishment of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, near the border in southern Israel, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

Israeli right-wing activists watch the northern Gaza Strip during a rally calling for the re-establishment of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, near the border in southern Israel, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

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A Palestinian carries the body of a man killed while trying to receive aid near a distribution center operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in Netzarim, in the Gaza Strip, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/p>\n

A Palestinian carries the body of a man killed while trying to receive aid near a distribution center operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in Netzarim, in the Gaza Strip, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/p>\n

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The body of 5-year-old Jamal al-Najjar is placed on a pedestal of bricks before a funeral prayer after he died at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. The head of Nasser\u2019s pediatrics unit said Jamal, who was born with rickets, died from severe malnutrition. (AP Photo\/Mariam Dagga)<\/p>\n

The body of 5-year-old Jamal al-Najjar is placed on a pedestal of bricks before a funeral prayer after he died at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. The head of Nasser\u2019s pediatrics unit said Jamal, who was born with rickets, died from severe malnutrition. (AP Photo\/Mariam Dagga)<\/p>\n

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\"People<\/p>\n

People struggle to collect humanitarian aid airdropped into Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n

People struggle to collect humanitarian aid airdropped into Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n

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\"People<\/p>\n

People run for cover during an Israeli airstrike on a high-rise building in Gaza City, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, after the Israeli army issued a warning. (AP Photo\/Yousef Al Zanoun)<\/p>\n

People run for cover during an Israeli airstrike on a high-rise building in Gaza City, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, after the Israeli army issued a warning. (AP Photo\/Yousef Al Zanoun)<\/p>\n

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\"Displaced<\/p>\n

Displaced people flee northern Gaza along the coastal road toward the south, after Israel\u2019s military says its expanded operation in Gaza City has begun and warning residents to leave, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/p>\n

Displaced people flee northern Gaza along the coastal road toward the south, after Israel\u2019s military says its expanded operation in Gaza City has begun and warning residents to leave, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/p>\n

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Around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack and 251 others were abducted. Forty-eight remain in Gaza, around 20 of them believed to be alive<\/a>, after most of the rest were released in ceasefires or other deals.<\/p>\n

More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry. It does not say how many were civilians or combatants but says women and children make up around half the dead.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled from one end of the blockaded territory to the other and back again<\/a>, some in trucks stacked high with mattresses, others on foot carrying their children. People returning to their homes have often found their entire neighborhood blasted to rubble.<\/a><\/p>\n

There have been brief flashes of joy: Israelis cheering the release of hostages, and Palestinians celebrating ceasefire deals \u2014 sometimes prematurely.<\/p>\n

In recent months, AP photographers have documented starvation in Gaza, where experts say parts of the territory have been driven to famine<\/a> by Israel\u2019s offensive and blockade.<\/p>\n

Mariam Dagga, a freelance visual journalist who had reported on malnourished children, was among 22 people, including five journalists, killed in Israeli strikes on a hospital<\/a> in August. It was a devastating reminder of the perils of covering the deadliest war for journalists<\/a> in recent memory.<\/p>\n

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