![A view of the destruction caused by Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, as seen from Israel on July 02, 2026. [Mostafa Alkharouf - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/AA-20260702-41851752-41851740-DESTRUCTION_IN_GAZA_AFTER_YEARS_OF_ISRAELI_ATTACKS-1.jpg)
July 3 marks one thousand days since the beginning of the genocidal war in Gaza. It also compels us to acknowledge an undeniable reality: despite overwhelming military superiority, “Israel” has failed to achieve its principal political objective. The destruction has been immense. The humanitarian catastrophe has reached unprecedented levels, and tens of thousands of lives have been lost. Yet the Palestinian question remains alive, the Resistance continues to operate, and Palestine occupies an even more prominent place on the international agenda than it did before the war began. Since 1948, successive Israeli governments have sought to resolve the conflict through military force. In Gaza, the strategy once again relied on the assumption that overwhelming military superiority would eliminate the Resistance […]