In pictures: What Gaza looks like after 3 years of destruction wrought by Israel
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Three years after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack and Israel's ensuing military campaign, Gaza remains heavily damaged, with homes, hospitals, schools, and neighborhoods destroyed. Palestinians face displacement and severe disruption to daily life despite a fragile ceasefire, while Israeli strikes reportedly continue.
Three years after Hamas’s Oct 7, 2023 attack on Israel triggered a devastating onslaught, much of Gaza still lies in ruins. Deadly Israeli strikes continue despite a fragile ceasefire that has largely held for almost a year. Homes, hospitals, schools and entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed or severely damaged, while millions of Palestinians have been displaced. Here is a look at the scale of destruction and what life — rather, what remains of it — is like in Gaza today. A view of the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians is pictured along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP A view of the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians are pictured along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP Children of displaced Palestinians play outside their temporary tent in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP Children of displaced Palestinians, play on a destroyed building in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP A Palestinian sits in the ruins of a building destroyed during the war, in Gaza City, on Oct 7, 2026. — Reuters A view of the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians is pictured along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP A view of the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians is pictured along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP A view of the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians is pictured along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP A boy displays fish while riding a jeep along the street lined with destroyed buildings and temporary tents of displaced Palestinians, in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP A Palestinian walks in the ruins of a building destroyed during the war, in Gaza City, on Oct 7, 2026. — Reuters A Palestinian scrapdealer arranges products at his roadside stall in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP Children of displaced Palestinians carry water containers outside their temporary tents in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP A view of the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians is pictured along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP A displaced Palestinian boy plays amid stacked damaged cars against the backdrop of destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP A displaced Palestinian woman hangs her clothes for drying, in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP Children of displaced Palestinians, carry water containers to their temporary tents in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP A girl looks at the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP A view of the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians is pictured along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP A Palestinian sits in the ruins of a building destroyed during the war, in Gaza City, on Oct 7, 2026. — Reuters A Palestinian flag amid the ruins of buildings destroyed during the war, in Gaza City, on Oct 7, 2026. — Reuters Header image: Displaced Palestinians walk amid their temporary tents near destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP