The war in Gaza seems to have augured a greater loss of life beyond the region. When will the war stop? Or will it ever? What happens after the war stops? Outlook explores the end and the beyond of the war because difficult, political, and what-if questions cannot be ignored for long.
From under the rubble of buildings, in the embattled and besieged territory of Gaza, lies the hope to find bracelets or tiny colorful strings around children’s arms. For families, these strings have become the only way to identify their children from beneath the rubble of war that has continued for the past three weeks now.
As you read this, one more child must have died and one more home was brought down to its knees in Gaza. The war in the Middle East has been the deadliest in the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict with people pleading for a ceasefire. Despite heavy casualties, airstrikes by Israel do not seem to stop.
At the same time, hundreds of families live with diminishing hopes in Israel and beyond whose dear ones remain in captivity in Gaza. The details of the October 7-8 attacks by Hamas in Israel that continue to emerge add to the war's horrors.
The war in Gaza seems to have augured a greater loss of life beyond the region. When will the war stop? Or will it ever? What happens after the war stops? Outlook explores the end and the beyond of the war because difficult, political, and what-if questions cannot be ignored for long.