How three years of Israel’s genocidal war have changed Gaza

What the report says

Al Jazeera reports that three years after Israel launched its war on Gaza following the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, the enclave has been devastated across nearly every part of daily life. The article says homes, neighborhoods and infrastructure have been heavily damaged, while repeated displacement has forced many Palestinians into tents or other temporary shelters. It cites Gaza’s Health Ministry in saying more than 74,245 Palestinians have been killed since the war began, and notes that violence has continued even after an October 2025 ceasefire announcement.

The report describes a near-collapse of basic services. Water, electricity, transport, communications and sanitation are described as unreliable or severely limited, making ordinary tasks such as cooking, washing and moving around far harder. Al Jazeera also says Gaza’s economy has been shattered, with widespread damage to businesses and industry, high unemployment, steep price increases and heavy reliance on aid and informal work. The piece adds that restricted movement of goods has worsened shortages and economic strain.

Education and healthcare are among the worst-hit sectors. The article says nearly all schools have been damaged or destroyed, leaving hundreds of thousands of children without regular in-person schooling for years. It also reports that all of Gaza’s hospitals have been damaged and only some remain partly functional, with major shortages of medicines, fuel and equipment. More broadly, the story argues that Gaza’s territory itself has been reshaped by Israeli military control and access restrictions, leaving Palestinians concentrated in a smaller area and cut off from homes, farmland and essential facilities.