Three years of death and devastation: Israel's war on Gaza in pictures

Submitted by Mohammed al-Hajjar on Wed, 10/07/2026 - 10:45

Homes, hospitals, schools and entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed during three years of war. These photos capture the scale of the devastation and the lives behind it

In the three years since Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza, at least 74,000 Palestinians have been killed, including more than 21,500 children.

According to Palestinian health officials, the death toll is likely to be far higher with thousands of people believed to buried under the rubble, or in areas inaccessible to medical teams.

The conflict erupted after the 7 October 2023 attacks, which, according to Israeli officials, killed 1,139 people and saw around 250 people taken captive.

Here, displaced Palestinians can be seen in a car loaded with their belongings as they search for safety amid Israeli air strikes (Mohammed al-Hajjar/MEE)

A Palestinian first responder can be seen trying extinguish a blaze after an Israeli air strike on a car in Gaza (Mohammed al-Hajjar/MEE)

Overcrowded wards, scarce medicines and broken equipment have put Gaza's children at risk of life-changing injuries and severe mental trauma (Mohammed al-Hajjar/MEE)

In this photo, a Palestinian woman attempts to clean a bload soaked floor after several people were killed in Israeli air strikes (Mohammed al-Hajjar/MEE)

A Palestinian family can be seen mourning their loved one who was killed in an Israeli strike (Mohammed al-Hajjar/MEE)

A section of the Basha Palace Museum in Gaza City, which dates to the 13th century, can be seen here in ruins after Israeli bombing on 12 January 2024 (Mohammed al-Hajjar/MEE)

People walk past the rubble of collapsed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip. In Gaza City, entire neighbourhoods have been rendered uninhabitable by bombardment (Mohammed al-Hajjar/MEE)

With little water, electricity or shade, residents face rising health risks inside makeshift shelters in the besieged enclave (Mohammed al-Hajjar/MEE)

Palestinian children can be seen finding moments of joy while playing with sacks among the rubble left by more than three years of war (Mohammed al-Hajjar/MEE)

A displaced Palestinian woman bathes her child in a bucket inside a tent sheltering her family in the central Gaza Strip (Mohammed al-Hajjar/MEE)

A Palestinian teacher can be seen educating children in a makeshift tent classroom after their schools were either damaged, destroyed, or converted into shelters during the war (Mohammed al-Hajjar/MEE)

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