'Hell on earth': Israel unrest spotlights dire conditions in Gaza
Gaza is among the poorest places in the world, a United Nations report found. Israel's Military mounted a total siege of the Gaza Strip on Monday, cutting off the entry of food and other supplies for more than two million people. The move came in response to an attack from militant group Hamas on Saturday that has left at least 700 people dead and more than 2,300 injured in Israel. "It is an unprecedented attack and it will be followed by an unprecedented Israeli response," Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces, told ABC News Live. At least 560 people have died and another 2,900 have been injured by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip since Saturday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The military escalation and siege are expected to worsen conditions in a 141-square-mile stretch of territory that human rights advocates have called "an open-air prison." In 2021, António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Na...