The Gaza conflict didn’t start on October 7, 2023. It’s been a mess since at least 1948, when Israel was established, displacing Palestinians in what they call the Nakba. The 1967 Six-Day War saw Israel take Gaza, the West Bank, and more, fueling decades of tension. Hamas’s attack on October 7 was a brutal escalation—1,195 Israelis killed—but it was sparked by years of blockade, settlements, and clashes, like at Al-Aqsa. History here is a long, bloody cycle, not a single day.