The chaos of Hamas’s invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023 is still being felt a year later, as the wider region grapples with a conflict that shows no signs of letting up.

The Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas caught Israel by surprise, killing about 1,200 people and kidnapping hundreds, including American citizens. Israel retaliated and started a war against Hamas in Gaza, but the war did not end after a year, but instead spread throughout the Middle East, drawing in other bad actors such as Hezbollah and Iran. (Related: Exclusive: Republican Sen slams Biden-Harris administration for ‘disastrous’ Middle East policy one year after Oct. 7)

“We are still stuck on October 7, 2023, an endless day of fear, horror, anger and despair,” said Yuval Baron, an Israeli national whose father-in-law is being held by Hamas in Gaza. speak , said Reuters.

Israeli forces have occupied large parts of Gaza, killed thousands of Hamas operatives, and significantly reduced the terrorist organization’s capabilities despite inflicting heavy humanitarian costs on the enclave. According to to Reuters. The conflict has displaced millions of Palestinians and caused chaos across Gaza, leaving many areas uninhabitable, Bloomberg reported. reported.

According to Bloomberg, efforts to build Gaza after the fighting ends, whenever that may be, are an incredibly expensive undertaking that could take years and require joint cooperation between multiple Arab countries. It is said that there is a high possibility that it will become. Millions of tons of debris will need to be removed from the enclave while buildings are repaired or replaced.

“I thought it would take about two months. [of fighting] “At best, at best,” said Mohamed Shakib Hassan, a Palestinian civil servant who fled his home after Israeli forces entered Gaza last year. said New York Times. “Twelve months have passed before our eyes.”

Israel, with US support, has offered a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip conditioned on the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas and the surrender of the terrorist group, but these proposals have been repeatedly rejected. . U.S. intelligence agencies believe Hamas leader Yayha Sinwar, who is hiding underground in the Gaza Strip, has no intention of surviving the war and has no intention of reaching a cease-fire agreement with Israel at this point in the conflict. Reportedly not at all. reviewed According to the New York Times.

The Biden-Harris administration has spent months trying to broker negotiations between Israel and Hamas and work with regional mediators to reach an agreement, but those efforts have been largely futile. President Biden has predicted several times in the past that a ceasefire could be reached soon, but his officials are currently trying to reach an agreement between now and the end of Biden’s term in January. I privately believe that it will be almost impossible to enact it.

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – SEPTEMBER 13: Families and supporters of hostages held in the Gaza Strip block major roads and light smoke bombs during a rally calling for a hostage deal in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 13, 2024. A shot was fired. (Photo by Amir Levi/Getty Images)

“They probably won’t be able to get it before the election, or even before January. But that in itself is not their fault. It speaks to the difficulty of how far away it is. [Israel and Hamas] ,” former State Department official Gabriel Noronha told the Daily Caller News Foundation in September. (Related article: ‘I don’t trust anyone anymore’: Iranian officials reportedly in paranoia after Hezbollah leader assassination)

There were various obstacles to closing the deal. Specifically, Israel wants to leave troops along the Gaza-Egypt border, claiming it will stop Hamas’ arms trafficking, a term Hamas rejects.

Although prospects for an agreement are low at this point, the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has largely come to an end, as the terrorist organization’s capabilities have been significantly reduced.

“Hamas remains a vestige of its former self. Israel will continue to try to eradicate them, but it’s a kind of guerrilla operation. Hamas is starving and on fire. At the moment it’s more figurative than literal. I think we’re going to see Hamas go somewhat underground,” Noronha told DCNF last month.

Instead, Israel moved much of its military and shifted its focus from Gaza to Lebanon, where the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah is based. Hezbollah, Iran’s largest terrorist organization in the Middle East, has been engaged in a gunfight with Israel since October last year in support of Hamas, displacing thousands of civilians near the Israeli-Lebanese border. According to Go to NPR.

Top Shot – Smoke rises over Beirut’s southern suburbs during an Israeli military offensive on September 27, 2024. A source close to Hezbollah said six buildings were destroyed in a major Israeli attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs. (Photo credit: AFP) (Photo credit: -/AFP via Getty Images)

Hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah have reached a boiling point in recent weeks, as Israel launched an all-out air campaign against the terrorist group in southern Lebanon, killing the group’s leader in an airstrike in late September. According to In the Washington Post. Israeli forces have launched ground air strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, which could be a precursor to a larger ground invasion.

The Biden-Harris administration, along with other allies, forward Separate ceasefire proposals against Israel and Hezbollah were submitted on September 26, but both parties seemingly ignored them.

“It’s clear that Israel is determined to remove Hezbollah from Lebanon,” Simone Ledeen, a senior fellow at the Strauss Center and a former Pentagon official, told DCNF. “They need Hezbollah to lay down their weapons and force the Israelis to surrender.” [are] I really focused on achieving that goal. ”

The multifaceted conflicts in the Middle East extend to Iran. Despite organizing and financing various terrorist attacks against Israel, Iran took an unprecedented action in April and launched a full-scale missile attack against Israel directly from within Iranian borders. According to To the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Iran launched a similar attack against Israel last week with about 180 missiles, most of which were intercepted by U.S. and Israeli forces. (Related: Biden-Harris officials reportedly think Israel is doing the right thing against Hezbollah — even though the administration says otherwise)

Israel is expected to respond with a direct attack on Iran, although the timing and nature of its actions are not publicly known. The Biden-Harris administration is helping coordinate strikes with Israel, but wants Israel to avoid attacks on its own nuclear facilities.

“Iran’s launch of more than 180 ballistic missiles requires a decisive response to prevent future attacks,” Israeli intelligence officer Abi Melamed said in a statement on Monday. “Currently, Israel appears to be finalizing its operational plans while the United States prepares munitions to counter a possible Iranian counterattack.”

Top Shot – October 1, 2024, in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, after Iran fires missiles at Israel in response to the killing of Lebanese Hezbollah leader Nasrallah and other Iranian-backed militants. Palestinian youth inspect a fallen projectile. (Photo by ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

The conflict further spread to Iraq. Syria And Yemen is a hotspot for various other Iranian-backed terrorist groups that have attacked American and Israeli forces in the region since October last year. According to To Axios. The Israeli military has also launched a series of military operations in these areas in recent months.

Until the current Middle East conflict ends, the possibility of regional peace may remain too far away, even though it remains a goal for other major Arab states and the West. Iran’s “Axis of Resistance” has suffered a severe blow since October last year. According to To Axios.

But Israeli forces are straddling multiple fronts in a conflict with no clear end in sight, and Israelis appear increasingly weary of the conflict. A recent poll cited by Axios found that 23% of Israelis had considered deportation within the last year.

“This war is not going to end because no one is going to blink,” Thomas Nides, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, told the Times. “In the meantime, everyone is losing: hostages and their families, innocent Palestinians, evacuated Israelis from northern Israel, Lebanese civilians. And it’s truly tragic.”

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