epaselect epa12127854 Internally displaced Palestinians run for cover following an Israeli airstrike west of Gaza City, in Gaza Strip, 23 May 2025. More than 53,700 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, since Israel launched a military campaign in the strip in response to a cross-border attack led by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on 07 October 2023, in which about 1,200 Israelis were killed and more than 250 taken hostage.  EPA/MOHAMMED SABER