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Plestia Alaqad, who is a journalist from Gaza, has been sharing video diaries of the war for months and has expressed her fears about the trauma being faced by children caught up in the conflict.
"I just think what future these children will have," the 22-year-old has tells BBC from Melbourne, Australia. Today marks exactly six months since the deadly 7 October Hamas attacks against Israel, in which about 1,200 Israelis were killed and more than 250 others were taken hostage.
"We have uncried tears," she says of the Palestinians. "For me, I am so afraid of the aftermath," Plestia adds. The attacks led to an Israeli military campaign in Gaza, which has killed more than 33,000 Palestinians, mainly women and children, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.
"I am actually terrified of what will happen when there is a ceasefire. What will happen to the 1.7 million displaced Palestinians? What about the health system or the education system?" If you are just joining us, here are the latest updates on the conflict as the grim half-year milestone is reached.
The future is so scary for the Palestinian people." The Israel Defense Forces says the number of its forces in southern Gaza has "declined" as it regroups for the war's next stage
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is "one step away from victory" but insists there will be no ceasefire without the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas
The World Food Programme has repeated its warning that famine is imminent in northern Gaza, and says children are dying of hunger
Israel has launched air strikes on the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek, targeting what it says are Hezbollah infrastructure sites
Tens of thousands of Israelis have been protesting against Netanyahu, calling for a Gaza hostage deal and for elections now
Families have gathered at the memorial site for victims
killed during the Nova music festival in the 7 October Hamas attacks, near the
border with Gaza, in southern Israel
In a statement marking the anniversary, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he supports Israel’s right to defend itself but adds the UK has been “shocked” by the bloodshed of the war and the deaths of British aid workers
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