US EditionThe Two Years of Fighting Since Oct. 7 Have Transformed the Middle East - BusinessWorld Online
Memorials mark two years of conflict that displaced nearly 2 million and caused over 66,000 deaths amid ongoing calls by the UN to address alleged genocide in Gaza.
- Penn State Students for Justice in Palestine filled the HUB Lawn on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025 with 18,600 small flags representing Palestinians killed, organisers said each flag represents many more.
- Hamas and allied militants launched the October 7, 2023 attack, killing about 1,200 people and abducting more than 250, prompting Israel to declare war and target Gaza's 2 million residents.
- Almost 20,000 children have been killed, including 300 newborns and nearly 1,000 under one, amid more than 67,000 Palestinian deaths reflecting the war's civilian toll.
- Calls are growing for states to avoid complicity after the UN Commission of Inquiry found Israel's actions amount to genocide, while European governments face pressure to suspend trade and pass the Dail Occupied Territories Bill.
- Two years after October 7, Gaza's landscape is a moonscape of 50 million tons of rubble with over 53,000 Palestinian civilians dead, shaping ongoing negotiations in Cairo.
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The two years of fighting since Oct. 7 have transformed the Middle East - BusinessWorld Online
The morning of Oct. 7, 2023, set in process a series of events which have profoundly changed the Middle East. At the beginning of that month, the region looked very different to today. Saudi Arabia appeared ready to normalize with Israel, having recently set aside longstanding differences with Iran. With the normalization of relations between the region’s two preeminent military powers would come the possibility of curbing Iran’s influence. This…
Palestinians in Gaza mark two years of conflict and loss
Two years after Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel, Palestinians in Gaza say the conflict has felt far longer than its duration, as relentless airstrikes, famine and displacement have reshaped their lives.
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Two years after 7 October, the Middle East feels like riding around in the desert in a Humvee with a grenade with the pin half-pulled, grinding from Gaza to the Red Sea while diplomats in Cairo try to keep the spoon down and stop hostages, rockets, and headlines from detonating at once. #IsraelHamasWar #Oct7 #GazaWar #HostageCrisis #CairoTalks #RedSeaSecurity #Hezbollah #IranIsraelTensions #Rafah #MiddleEastBrief
The social acceptance of the ignominy committed in Gaza is only a new proof of the propensity of the varnish of civilization and humanity to crack in times of war. But it resonates all the more in a country based on the memory of genocide.
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