On October 7, 2023, Hamas militants launched an attack inside Israel, leaving 1,200 people dead and taking 251 people as hostages. In response, the Israeli military launched an assault on Gaza that has so far killed more than 41,500 people, wounded 96,000, and displaced approximately 1.9 million people. Violence has since surged in the West Bank, in Lebanon, and across the region. Above, Palestinians break into the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border fence after gunmen infiltrate areas of southern Israel.
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