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Gaza's pain should awaken and unite the world against global injustice

Displaced Palestinians move with their belongings southwards on a road in the Nuseirat refugee camp area in the central Gaza Strip on September 23, 2025. [AFP]

The Israeli government, under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, recently embarked on a controversial plan for the military takeover-and indefinite, full control-of the Palestinian territory of Gaza, administered by the militant group, Hamas, since 2007. What began as retaliation shortly after Hamas operatives attacked Israel on October 7, 2023-killing an estimated 1,400 people-soon spawned what could possibly be the worst humanitarian crisis of this decade.

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