The second year of genocide was different | Israel-Palestine conflict

When Israel started its attack on October 7, 2023, nearly all of us in Gaza had the sense that this was going to be brutal.

Yet, no one thought it would continue for two long years. No one thought that the world would allow this to happen for so long.

I was 16 years old when Israel launched the 2014 attack on Gaza. The aggression lasted 51 days, and it felt like a lifetime then. Now, the 2014 assault feels like a blink of an eye.

I don’t remember at what point I felt like there was no escape…