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Today marks one year since Hamas's attack on Israel's southern border with Gaza. The attacks, and the Israeli military operation that has followed, can be “best described as a global tragedy,” writes senior correspondent Zach Beauchamp. “The scale of the immediate suffering is staggering. From the 1,200 Israelis killed by Hamas on October 7 to the over 40,000 Palestinians killed by Israel in the war since, the human toll of the conflict is terrible and growing higher. Though the past year should have discredited the idea that there can be any stability without a solution that satisfies both Israeli and Palestinian national aspirations, a negotiated settlement seems further away than ever.”
Vox has continued to cover the story of the Israel-Hamas war as it has developed. This week, we’ve published four new stories on the conflict, its impact, and the region’s uncertain future.
—Elbert Ventura, executive editor
