Displaced Gazan resident Sabrine Kuhail told news reporters in October 2026 that three years of war, siege, and hunger have left residents exhausted following World Food Programme aid cuts.

An ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Hamas that escalated on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a large-scale assault on southern Israel, killing over 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Israel's subsequent military campaign in Gaza has triggered a severe humanitarian crisis with mass casualties and widespread displacement.