Longest and deadliest Gaza war enters 100 days, fighting shows no signs of ending

As the war entered its 100th day, the families of abductees rallied after they saw a replica of the tunnels in the besieged Palestinian territory where their loved ones are believed to have been held since their abduction on October 7. The crowds carried a massive banner that read: "And the world remains silent," and chanted that the hostages must be released "Now, now, now". (AFP Photo)

Tomorrow marks 100 days that Israel and Hamas have been at war. The war already is the longest and deadliest between Israel and the Palestinians since Israel’s establishment in 1948, and the fighting shows no signs of ending. (Image credit: AP)

At least 23,843 people, mostly women and children, have been killed and more than 60,005 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The war began when Hamas launched an unprecedented attack, which resulted in about 1,140 deaths in Israel, mostly civilians. (Reuters photo)​

All internet and telecommunications services in Gaza were cut Friday as a result of Israeli bombardment, the main operator Paltel said. "Gaza is blacked out again," it said in a post on social media platform X. (AP Photo)

UN aid agency OCHA's head for the occupied Palestinian territories told AFP that Israel was constantly blocking humanitarian aid convoys into northern Gaza. "They have been very systematic in not allowing us to support hospitals, which is something that is reaching a point of a level of inhumanity that for me is beyond comprehension," Andrea De Domenico said. (AP photo)

PM Benjamin Netanyahu's office said a deal had been negotiated with Qatar to get medicine to hostages still being held in Gaza. The deal "will allow the entry of medicines for the hostages held by the Hamas terrorist organisation in Gaza", the office said in a statement. (AP photo)

According to AP, the ongoing war will impact both countries, physically, mentally, and politically. In Israel, despite the continuous coverage of war on TV and posters of kidnapped people on the streets, there is a sharp drop in Netanyahu's public approval ratings. While in Palestine, the experts believed that the war had killed one-third of the population and damaged half of Gaza’s buildings which will take years to rebuild. (AP Photo)

Israel criticised the UN human rights office for not reiterating its calls for the release of the hostages. "A call for a ceasefire, without demanding the release of our hostages and the disarming of Hamas, is a call for terrorism to win," its office in Geneva said. (AP Photo)

As the war drags on and the death toll mounts, there is no clear path for when the fighting will end or what will follow. Israel says Hamas can play no part in Gaza’s future. Hamas says that’s an illusion, as per AP. (AP photo)