The Middle Eastern crisis is a series of interrelated wars, conflicts, and heightened instability in the Middle East that began in 2023 after the October 7 attacks, in which Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people in Israel and took about 250 more hostage, and the ensuing Gaza war, in which Israel's blockade, bombardment, and invasion of the Gaza Strip has killed over 57,000 Palestinians. From Wikipedia
