Three years after Hamas’s Oct 7, 2023 attack on Israel triggered a devastating onslaught, much of Gaza still lies in ruins.
Deadly Israeli strikes continue despite a fragile ceasefire that has largely held for almost a year.
Homes, hospitals, schools and entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed or severely damaged, while millions of Palestinians have been displaced.
Here is a look at the scale of destruction and what life — rather, what remains of it — is like in Gaza today.
A view of the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians is pictured along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
A view of the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians are pictured along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
Children of displaced Palestinians play outside their temporary tent in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
Children of displaced Palestinians, play on a destroyed building in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
A Palestinian sits in the ruins of a building destroyed during the war, in Gaza City, on Oct 7, 2026. — Reuters
A view of the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians is pictured along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
A view of the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians is pictured along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
A view of the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians is pictured along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
A boy displays fish while riding a jeep along the street lined with destroyed buildings and temporary tents of displaced Palestinians, in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
A Palestinian walks in the ruins of a building destroyed during the war, in Gaza City, on Oct 7, 2026. — Reuters
A Palestinian scrapdealer arranges products at his roadside stall in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
Children of displaced Palestinians carry water containers outside their temporary tents in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
A view of the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians is pictured along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
A displaced Palestinian boy plays amid stacked damaged cars against the backdrop of destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
A displaced Palestinian woman hangs her clothes for drying, in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
Children of displaced Palestinians, carry water containers to their temporary tents in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
A girl looks at the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
A view of the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians is pictured along destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
A Palestinian sits in the ruins of a building destroyed during the war, in Gaza City, on Oct 7, 2026. — Reuters
A Palestinian flag amid the ruins of buildings destroyed during the war, in Gaza City, on Oct 7, 2026. — Reuters
Header image: Displaced Palestinians walk amid their temporary tents near destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Oct 7, 2026. — AFP
