October 7 Became Eternal

TEHRAN (Iran News) The background to this is that since 2007, Gaza has been under severe military and economic blockade by Israel and even by Egypt, which made living conditions for the two million residents of that narrow strip extremely difficult. Prior to October, clashes in the West Bank had already intensified, and the number of Palestinian martyrs had reached an unprecedented level. Palestinian resistance groups, including Hamas, sought to break this deadlock and change the security equations against Israeli oppression and killings.

On that day, Palestinian resistance groups led by Hamas, in the early hours of a holiday morning, launched thousands of rockets and crossed the borders to attack Israeli military bases and settlements around Gaza. According to figures released by Israeli news sources, about 240 people, including both civilians and soldiers, were taken to Gaza.

In this attack, according to unverified Israeli figures, about 1,200 people were killed, most of them civilians. The Zionist regime initially fell into deep shock and was accused of total incompetence, but after recovering from the shock, it immediately responded with relentless airstrikes followed by a ground offensive on Gaza. After the first day of its attack on Gaza, Israel declared the complete destruction of Hamas and the liberation of the hostages as its main objectives.

According to the Gaza Ministry of Health (affiliated with Hamas), as of “October 7, 2025,” that is, 730 days after the start of the events, more than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed, 130,000 injured, and nearly 10,000 missing — the vast majority of them women, children, and the elderly. More than 90% of Gaza’s homes, hospitals, schools, and infrastructure have been reduced to rubble. Gaza’s residents are facing famine, severe shortages of drinking water, fuel, medicine, and medical equipment.

The tensions have spread to other fronts, including the Israeli-Lebanese border (involving Hezbollah), the Red Sea (with attacks from Yemen), and the involvement of Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi.

Although Western governments have mostly supported Israel by sending weapons, a massive wave of public protests — especially after the entry of the “Caravan of Steadfastness” and the arrest and seizure of aid ships — has erupted worldwide in condemnation of the war and in support of Palestine, accusing the Zionist regime of committing genocide and demanding urgent action to protect civilians. This has also halted the normalization process between Israel and Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia.

In general, October 7, 2023, was not a beginning but an explosion born out of a long history of occupation, blockade, and repression. This event shook the existence of Israel on what had been one of its safest days on the calendar, and of course inflicted the most horrific catastrophe on Palestinians since the beginning of the occupation in 1948.

It has brought the region to the brink of a large-scale war, deeply wounded the global conscience, and divided the world into two poles — those who support and those who are silenced or suppressed. “Eternal”

The course of negotiations, diplomatic shuttles, and even ceasefire proposals in this war have not provided any solution; instead, they have deepened divisions and hatred, casting the future of peace in the region into more uncertainty than ever.

Overall, it can be acknowledged that the action known as “October 7” has secured for itself a historic place in the struggle of the Palestinian people against occupation and genocide, marking it as an eternal day and imprinting it in the memory of the world.