07/10/2026
“The light of hope has gone out for the people of Gaza.” — Dr Lubna Sabbah, DSPR Gaza
Today marks three years since the Hamas-led attack of 7th October 2023, in which 1,200 people were killed. It also marks three years of genocide in Gaza.
The ceasefire was meant to bring it to an end. It hasn’t. Since then, 1,400 more Palestinians have been killed. Israel now occupies 70% of Gaza, not the 15% that was promised, and most of the 2.2 million people living there are in tents or badly damaged buildings, dependent on aid.
Lubna leads our partner DSPR’s work with mothers and children in Gaza. She has been displaced again and again and has lost colleagues and friends. Yet she has never stopped supporting deeply traumatised children and their mothers. She, and so many like her, are the lights of hope that keep us going.
There are signs our pressure is having an impact. The UK government has stopped issuing new arms licences and announced moves to ban settlement trade. But that isn’t enough. The UK must stop arming Israel and suspend its trade agreement. Now is not the time to step back or slow down.
At 11am today, we’ll observe a period of silence to remember all those killed over the last three years.
Join us this Saturday, 10th October, at the Global Day of Action for Palestine march in central London.
Read the blog at https://www.amostrust.org/light-of-hope
Photograph: Ahmed Dader