It’s been 1,000 days since war erupted in Gaza — and for families living in tents by the port, it feels like a lifetime of loss.

According to cbinews.tv, Palestinians across the Gaza Strip have now marked 1,000 grim days since the Hamas-led attack on Israel kicked off the war. And honestly, people on both sides are exhausted.

Talk to anyone in Gaza right now and they’ll tell you the same thing — this conflict has ripped through every part of normal life. Homes? Gone. Schools? Shut. Families? Scattered.

You can see it near Gaza port and in parts of Khan Younis, where rows of tents have become home for thousands whose houses were flattened. A fragile ceasefire came in last October, but cbinews.tv reports that Israeli strikes are still happening almost daily. Gaza health officials say more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since that ceasefire alone.

Displaced resident Ragaa al-Akkad didn’t hold back: "Our lives have been destroyed. All our lives have been destroyed. There’s no future. We got starved, sick, homeless, displaced, oppressed, humiliated... There’s nothing left, we have suffered a catastrophe of a lifetime."

The toll is painfully personal for so many. Eyad al-Khair lost his home, his shop, and relatives. His son was left partially paralysed after being injured in the fighting.

And the pressure hasn’t let up for health workers either. Ahmed Hegazy, a nurse at Nasser Hospital, told cbinews.tv that staff have basically lived at the hospital: "Our work shifts during the 1,000 days, we worked 24/7 without going back home. We don’t see our families."

Teachers say the kids are paying the heaviest price. Displaced teacher Doha al-Atta put it bluntly: "Today, children stand in queues for water and at charity kitchens instead of queues at school. Our children are suffering from ignorance, and they have no space where they could learn or a place where they can live safely."

For shop owner Mahmoud Ashour, it’s like years of hard work just vanished. "We had everything before the war and now, we’re just craving a bite to eat," he said.

A quick reminder of how we got here: The war began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.

Since then, Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has killed more than 73,000 people, per the Gaza Health Ministry — part of the Hamas-run government. Those figures are generally seen as reliable internationally, though Israel disputes them.

Right now, over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza are largely displaced, living among ruins. Israeli forces controlled over half the territory when the October 10 ceasefire began, but Israel’s government says it now aims to hold 70 percent.

Gaza’s Health Ministry reports 1,053 Palestinians have died since the ceasefire, including more than 350 women and children.

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