As Gaza war hits 5 months, humanitarian crisis rages as bombardment continues
Five months after a stunningly brutal attack on Israel prompted the devastating siege of Gaza, the numbers of displaced are growing as videos showing the expanding destruction emerge almost daily from the embattled enclave. More than 1,500 Hamas-led militants stormed across the fortified border Oct. 7, killing almost 1,200 people in Israel before retreating back into Gaza with more than 240 hostages in tow. Within hours of the attack, Israel unleashed an aerial bombardment on Gaza, and on Oct. 27 the ground invasion began − resulting in a staggering humanitarian crisis over the following months that grows increasingly dire by the day. Today more than 30,000 Palestinians are dead, tens of thousands more are wounded, hundreds of thousands are struggling to avoid starvation, and 1.7 million have been displaced from their homes. Talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire have been unsuccessful, and the Israeli military continues bombardment on the enclave. Images of the suffering have been se...