The World After Oct. 7

Exactly two years ago, on Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas crossed into Israel and killed around 1,200 people. It was an awful, inhumane attack. But that day also triggered a chain reaction of awful things over a long and bloody 24 months. Between airstrikes and ground incursions, more than 65,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed. A United Nations' commission of inquiry said that Israel is committing a genocide—an assessment that the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem concurs with. More than 90 percent of homes in Gaza are estimated to be damaged or destroyed. U.N. food security experts have said that…