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epa11171635 Activists clash with Lebanese riot police during a protest demanding the opening of Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, outside of the Egyptian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, 22 February 2024. Thousands of Israelis and Palestinians have been killed since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October 2023, and the Israeli strikes on the Palestinian enclave which followed it. According to the United Nations, up to 1.9 million people, more than 85 percent of the Gaza Strip population, have been internally displaced, some more than once. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH