Three years since the October 7 attacks on Hamas: many questions still and the Israeli genocide in Gaza

Tomorrow marks three years since the October 7 attacks by Hamas, which killed 1,200 people and kidnapped some 250, and since then the Israeli army's offensive has killed at least 74,230 people and injured 175,200 people in the Gaza Strip, according to data released by the Hamas-controlled Gaza Ministry of Health.

The impact of the attacks of 7 October 2023 continues to be felt not only in Israel but also in the Palestinian territories. 

In the wake of the Hamas attacks in Israel, uncertainty about security spread throughout the country, and three years later, Israeli society demands transparency from its political and military leaders.

Three out of four Israelis are calling for the establishment of an independent commission on the October 7 attacks, according to a survey by the National Security Research Institute in Srael in September, which Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has repeatedly rejected.

Meanwhile, the offensive launched by the Israeli army continues unabated in the Gaza Strip. Moreover, a UN committee of independent experts, Amnesty International and the Israeli NGO B'Tselem have denounced that what Israel is doing in Gaza is genocide. 

Moreover, the Israeli army has damaged 82% of the infrastructure in Gaza and about two million people, 94% of the population of Gaza, still need shelters and basic goods, according to the UN and the Norwegian Refugee Council.

Since October 7th, not only in Gaza, nothing is the same as the West Bank, which has granted more licences and more aid than ever to build settlements of Israeli settlers in the occupied Palestinian territories.

From January to August 2026, Netanyahu's government approved 12,360 new homes in the occupied West Bank, and in March alone authorized 34 settlements.

Moreover, persecution and attacks on Palestinians have increased in the West Bank in recent times. alestina persecution has worsened in the West Bank in recent weeks.  Settlers have set fire to several houses, attacked Palestinians and killed their cattle in order to expel them from their land.

At least 1,105 Palestinians — 242 minors — have been killed by the Israeli army and settlers in the West Bank since 7 October 2023, according to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in March.

The peace committee for Gaza, led by US President Donald Trump, has made no significant progress, and the situation in Gaza and Palestine has been overshadowed by the war in Iran.

The countries that were going to put money into the Peace Commission for Gaza (especially the Gulf) have not put the money they promised, and on the other hand Israel has promised to continue to occupy Gaza (more than 60%) until Hamas hands over the weapons. Hamas, for its part, has demanded the withdrawal of Israeli soldiers as a prerequisite for the surrender of arms.