.ON OCTOBER 7TH Hamas, the militant group that operates the Gaza Strip, struck Israel, eliminating 1,300 people as well as taking loads of prisoners. Israel has reacted along with force: strikes on Gaza had actually gotten rid of around 1,400 Palestinians by Oct 12th. Locals of the strip, a 360-square-kilometre block of property wedged between Egypt, Israel and the Mediterranean, are no strangers to catastrophe. Due to the fact that 2007 they have experienced a repressing blockade and a series of battles. Just how has the record of Gaza molded its own individuals?