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8 Oct 2025

Two years on from the war in Gaza 

From Nights, 9:25 pm on 8 October 2025

We've just passed the second anniversary of October Seventh, 2023, the date Hamas militants attacked Israel, and the instigation of what we now know and follow as the war in Gaza.

Two years and thousands of deaths later, and all eyes are on Egypt, where Israel and Hamas stand on the brink of a ceasefire agreement, facilitated by US President Donald Trump.

Doctor Martin Kear is from the University of Sydney's Department of Governmental and International Relations. He is an expert in Middle East politics and joins Emile Donovan.

This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke rising from the Palestinian territory on 24 April, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Photo: JACK GUEZ / AFP