Israel is at war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, and more than 1,200 people have been killed in the days since the group’s surprise attack on Saturday signaled a major escalation of the conflict between the two sides and engulfed the region in chaos.
As images and videos of the devastation come out of Israel, many are also watching the violence unfolding on the Gaza Strip, one of the world’s most densely populated and impoverished strips of land. Israel ordered a siege of the Gaza Strip on Monday, with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant saying there would be “no electricity, no food, no fuel” for the more than 2 million Palestinians living there.
