A Palestinian woman is seen at a school housing displaced people in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip after an Israeli attack, Oct. 14, 2024. (Photo by Marwan Dawood/Xinhua)

CAIRO, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- In the midst of the raging turmoil in the Middle East, Gaza undoubtedly stands as the "eye of the storm."

The year 2024 has borne witness to the spillover of the Hamas-Israel conflict, which has spread its tendrils into multiple countries across the region, evolving into a significant regional crisis.

According to Gaza-based health authorities, since the outbreak of the Hamas-Israel conflict, the Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has topped 45,000, and more than 1,300 Palestinian families have been completely wiped out from the land.

As Hamas and Israel remain locked in a tug of war over political differences, for the people of Gaza, who are still living under the shadow of death and hunger at this moment, politics feels like a distant concern; what they truly yearn for is a return to a stable and peaceful life.