Unable to ignore Palestinians any longer, Israel began bombing them into silence.
For Palestinians under Hamas, there was no quiet before Oct. 7, 2023.
Palestinian communities in the West Bank faced regular army raids as their land was taken by Israeli settlers.
A man walks amid the rubble from an overnight Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs this October.AFP/Getty Images
The mounting carnage would not have been possible without billions of dollars of U.S. military support and diplomatic cover.
Gunfire erupted from the town as Israeli security forces and Palestinian gunmen battled for control around the police station.
Regardless of politics, he says that these atrocities touched every Jewish Israeli.
Did I think it would explode in that kind of brutality?
I think [Israels] message is that we dont have any limits anymore.
Outside the compound, Israeli bombs turned the surrounding neighborhoods into slabs of concrete and twisted rebar.
They were eating hay!
The further Israel pressed into Gaza, the worse things got for Rajab and his family.
Its like a never-ending nightmare, he says.
AS MISERY AND DEATH drag on in Gaza, Sderot and southern Israel have returned to life.
Residents who fled and evacuated have returned.
The streets are busy and shopping-mall parking lots are full.
The city is at the end of the rail line on Israels southern Mediterranean coast.
It was very scary.
I dont think we should have a cease-fire if we need to leave Gaza.
Heading north, however, Tel Avivs sense of detached tranquility intensifies as the train pulls into HaHagana station.
However, thats starting to change with new state-of-emergency restrictions and public attention shifting to the conflict in Lebanon.
This failure has reignited mass anti-government protests that had divided Israeli society before the war.
LEAVING CENTRAL ISRAEL, the signs of expanding war return.
Haifa, Israels third-largest city, feels deserted midday during the workweek.
In the wake of Oct. 7, Palestinian-Israelis have been attacked in the streets by nationalist Israelis.
People cannot speak their mind, Hazzan says.
I have one specific [concern], to see to it my wife and boys can live here.
Since the war started, West Bank Palestinians have experienced the expansion of a 21st-century Nakba.
Isolated Palestinian communities are forced from their homes under constant settler attack.
More than 700have been killed, and over 10,000 have been arrested.
THE SHARED TAXI RIDE from Ramallah to Jenin starts slowly.
Gunfire and explosions constantly ring out from the refugee camp while drones and war planes fly overhead.
I wouldnt mind joining the resistance, he says.
If it was an effective resistance.
