Fear and a far-right lurch: How October 7 reshaped Israel

For the vast majority of Israelis, modern history is divided between the period before the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, and after. In the three years since Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza following the attacks, Israeli society has undergone fundamental changes.A sense of collective trauma has been amplified through political rhetoric and media hysteria to hitherto unseen levels in modern Israel, observers say.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Israel pushes for hangings and ‘show trials’ for ‘October 7 detainees’list 2 of 4Israel fires military commanders over October 7 failureslist 3 of 4The difficult lives of Gaza’s babies born on October 7list 4 of 4Israel’s labour force transformed since October 7end of listIsrael’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians, and Israel has expanded its attacks to several regional states.The war on Gaza and a series of settler pogroms in the occupied West Bank, fuelled by the Israeli far-right, have contributed to Israel’s growing isolation from much of the world.Israeli troops and tanks gather in a field near the kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel on October 14, 2023, close to the site of the Sup...