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You're joining us on the balcony of the BBC's Jerusalem Bureau high up.
So we've got a great view.
The occupied West Bank is just about a kilometer behind me over those hills.
and we're about 100 kilometers away from the Gaza Strip where Israel is carrying out its air and ground offensive.
But as international journalists Israel does not allow us into Gaza to report independently and we do a lot of our journalism from here.
On October the 7th two years ago Hamas crossed the border from Gaza and attacked Israel killing over 1,200 people at a music festival in their homes or their places of work.
The Islamist group also took 251 people hostage,
taking them back to Gaza, where many were held for months on end.
Some are still there almost two years on.
There have been short ceasefires and hostage release deals, but they have quickly collapsed.
Negotiations for a new deal driven by President Trump are ongoing.
At the time we're recording this,
around 20 living hostages remain in Gaza and more than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel.
The conflict has dominated the news agenda, sparking protests across the world.
And to mark two years of this conflict,
we have gathered questions from BBC listeners to put to a panel of our correspondents.
I'm John Donison and this is the Global News Podcast on the BBC World Service.
Well,
I used to be the BBC's correspondent in Gaza for four years between 2009 and 2013 and I'm joined for this program by three people who know the region very well.