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The renewed conflict was sparked by a Hamas attack on Israel and followed by reprisal Israeli attacks </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the world watches with heavy hearts and growing concern, the enduring strife in Gaza stands as a stark reminder of the urgent need for lasting solutions.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1904421\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/london-1-inset.jpg\" alt=\"israel gaza\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>A vigil for the victims of the Al-Ahli Hospital explosion is held in London opposite Downing Street on 18 October 2023. (Photo: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)</em></p>\r\n<h4><b>The Al-Ahli Hospital tragedy – 17 October 2023</b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 17 October 2023, a deadly explosion occurred at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City. Initial reports said the blast killed </span><a href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/18/what-do-we-know-about-the-strike-on-the-hospital-in-gaza\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hundreds of people</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, casting a shadow of grief over the region and the world.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1904412\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/doctors-hospital-INSET-e1697741431657.jpg\" alt=\"israel gaza\" width=\"720\" height=\"450\" /> <em>Medical staff at the Al-Ahli Hospital soon after the explosion in Gaza on 17 October 2023. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Mohamed Saber)</em></p>\r\n<h4><b>International protests and calls for ceasefire</b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The impact of the blast at the Al-Ahli Hospital reverberated across the globe. In the United States, hundreds of Jewish activists stormed the Capitol, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police began</span><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/world/middleeast/protest-israel-hamas-ceasefire-congress.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arresting protesters</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including about two dozen rabbis who led a prayer service inside the halls of Congress.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1904431\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/usa-INSET.jpg\" alt=\"israel gaza\" width=\"720\" height=\"476\" /> <em>Protesters hold a demonstration in support of a ceasefire in Gaza in the Cannon House Office Building on 18 October 2023 in Washington, DC. Members of the Jewish Voice for Peace and the IfNotNow movement staged a rally to call for a ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war. (Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International communities, activists and citizens have mourned the loss of innocent lives in ways ranging from candlelight vigils in major cities to online campaigns advocating for peace.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1904409\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/athens-INSET.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>Protesters embrace during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece, on Wednesday, 18 October 2023. (Photo: Nick Paleologos / Bloomberg via Getty Images)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1904417\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/jordan-inset.jpg\" alt=\"israel gaza\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>Jordanian riot police clash with angry protesters as tens of thousands arrive at the Israeli embassy on 18 October 2023 in Amman, Jordan to protest against the Gaza hospital explosion. The explosion has provoked demonstrations in the streets of major cities in the region. (Photo: Jordan Pix / Getty Images)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1904422\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/london-2inset.jpg\" alt=\"israel gaza\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators protest outside the Israeli Embassy in London on 9 October 2023. 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(Photo: EPA-EFE / Miriam Alster / Pool)</em>[/caption]\r\n<h4><b>European Union’s response</b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 19 October, European Union interior ministers convened to discuss how to manage the impact on the EU of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. </span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1904416\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1904416\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/european-unions-inset.jpg\" alt=\"israel gaza\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, attends a debate on ‘Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel and the humanitarian situation in Gaza’ at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on 18 October 2023. The EU Parliament’s session runs from 16 to 19 October. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Julien Warnand)</em>[/caption]\r\n<h4><b>Humanitarian aid efforts</b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Efforts to provide humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip are ongoing. Workers loaded </span><a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uae-sends-medical-aid-egypt-intended-gaza-agency-2023-10-13/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">relief goods</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on to an aircraft at Dubai International Airport, destined for Egypt and then onward to Gaza. The international community, including the United Nations, is actively involved in providing support to those affected by the conflict.</span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1904414\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1904414\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/dubai-support-inset.jpg\" alt=\"israel gaza\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>Workers load an aircraft heading to Egypt with humanitarian aid and relief goods for Gaza at Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates, 19 October 2023. The Israeli government said on 18 October it would not prevent humanitarian aid from entering Gaza from Egypt. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Ali Haider)</em>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1904415\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1904415\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/egypt-inset.jpg\" alt=\"israel gaza\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>Volunteers and NGO staff camp in front of the Rafah border as they wait to deliver aid supplies to Gaza on 19 October 2023 in North Sinai, Egypt. The aid convoy, organised by a group of Egyptian NGOs, set off on Saturday, 14 October from Cairo for the Gaza-Egypt border crossing at Rafah. (Photo: Mahmoud Khaled / Getty Images)</em>[/caption]\r\n<h4><b>Humanitarian crisis in Gaza</b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conflict is having a profound impact on Gaza’s residents. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency camp was actively assisting displaced Palestinians in western Khan Younis.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The crisis had led to a significant humanitarian challenge, emphasising the urgency of the situation.</span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1904429\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1904429\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/un-support-inset.jpg\" alt=\"israel gaza\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>A United Nations flag flies in western Khan Younis, Gaza, on Tuesday, 17 October 2023 at a camp operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for displaced Palestinians. (Photo: Ahmad Salem / Bloomberg via Getty Images)</em>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict in October 2023 saw international leaders getting involved, protests erupting worldwide and a deepening humanitarian crisis.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the situation continues to evolve, the international community faces the challenge of finding a peaceful resolution to this seemingly interminable and devastating conflict.</span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1904411\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1904411\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Australia-inset.jpg\" alt=\"israel gaza\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>People participate in a ‘Free Palestine’ demonstration in Coburg, Melbourne, Australia, on 19 October 2023. Several pro-Palestinian marches have been planned around Australia. 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A vigil for the victims of the Al-Ahli Hospital explosion is held in London opposite Downing Street on 18 October 2023. (Photo: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)
Medical staff at the Al-Ahli Hospital soon after the explosion in Gaza on 17 October 2023. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Mohamed Saber)
Protesters hold a demonstration in support of a ceasefire in Gaza in the Cannon House Office Building on 18 October 2023 in Washington, DC. Members of the Jewish Voice for Peace and the IfNotNow movement staged a rally to call for a ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war. (Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images)
Protesters embrace during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece, on Wednesday, 18 October 2023. (Photo: Nick Paleologos / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Jordanian riot police clash with angry protesters as tens of thousands arrive at the Israeli embassy on 18 October 2023 in Amman, Jordan to protest against the Gaza hospital explosion. The explosion has provoked demonstrations in the streets of major cities in the region. (Photo: Jordan Pix / Getty Images)
Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators protest outside the Israeli Embassy in London on 9 October 2023. (Photo: Gallo Images / Leila Dougan)
US President Joe Biden (left) during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 18 October 2023. President Biden pledged US support for Israel and said the deadly explosion on a hospital in the Gaza strip ‘appears’ to have been caused ‘by the other team’. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Miriam Alster / Pool)
Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, attends a debate on ‘Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel and the humanitarian situation in Gaza’ at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on 18 October 2023. The EU Parliament’s session runs from 16 to 19 October. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Julien Warnand)
Workers load an aircraft heading to Egypt with humanitarian aid and relief goods for Gaza at Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates, 19 October 2023. The Israeli government said on 18 October it would not prevent humanitarian aid from entering Gaza from Egypt. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Ali Haider)
Volunteers and NGO staff camp in front of the Rafah border as they wait to deliver aid supplies to Gaza on 19 October 2023 in North Sinai, Egypt. The aid convoy, organised by a group of Egyptian NGOs, set off on Saturday, 14 October from Cairo for the Gaza-Egypt border crossing at Rafah. (Photo: Mahmoud Khaled / Getty Images)
A United Nations flag flies in western Khan Younis, Gaza, on Tuesday, 17 October 2023 at a camp operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for displaced Palestinians. (Photo: Ahmad Salem / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
People participate in a ‘Free Palestine’ demonstration in Coburg, Melbourne, Australia, on 19 October 2023. Several pro-Palestinian marches have been planned around Australia. (Photo: EPA-EFE / James Ross)