.ON OCT 7TH Hamas, the militant group that manages the Gaza Strip, attacked Israel, eliminating 1,300 individuals as well as taking dozens of prisoners. Israel has actually answered with force: strikes on Gaza had killed around 1,400 Palestinians through October 12th. Residents of the strip, a 360-square-kilometre block of land wedged in between Egypt, Israel and the Mediterranean, are familiar with disaster.
Since 2007 they have suffered a contraining clog and a collection of wars. Just how has the past history of Gaza shaped its people?