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Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis. Israel Defense Forces. On 7 October 2023, as part of the Hamas-led attack on Israel at the beginning of the Israel–Hamas war, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups abducted 251 people from Israel to the Gaza Strip, [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] including children, [ 5 ] women, and elderly people. [ 6 ][ 7 ] In ...
An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [x] has been taking place in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. It is the fifth war of the Gaza–Israel conflict since 2008, and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. [147]
At 6:30 a.m. IST, air raid sirens were activated in southern and central Israel in response to Hamas missiles. [1] Concurrently, Muhammad Deif, the leader of the Hamas' military wing, announced in a ten-minute recorded message published online the start of "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood", and that "the enemy will understand that the time of their rampaging without accountability has ended", [2 ...
October 11, 2023 at 2:59 AM. Watch a live view of the Gaza skyline as the Israel - Hamas war enters a fifth day. Palestinian civilians were scrambling to find safe havens on Wednesday morning (11 ...
See here for a more detailed map. The Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip is a major part of the Israel–Hamas war. Starting on 7 October 2023, immediately after the Hamas-led attacks, Israel began the bombing of Gaza Strip; on 13 October, Israel began ground operations in Gaza, and on 27 October, a full-scale invasion was launched.
A Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal "now is in sight," the U.S. envoy to the United Nations told the Security Council on Thursday, urging members to press Palestinian militant group Hamas to ...
On 7 October 2023, a large escalation of the Gaza–Israel conflict began with a coordinated offensive by multiple Palestinian militant groups against Israel.A number of countries, including many of Israel's Western allies, such as the United States and a number of European countries, condemned the attacks by Hamas, expressed solidarity for Israel and stated that Israel has a right to defend ...
On 7 October 2023, Hamas led an attack into Israel from Gaza, [ 62 ][ 63 ][ 64 ] resulting in at least 1,139 [ 65 ][ 66 ][ d ] deaths, most of whom were civilians. [ 71 ] Israel responded with a highly destructive [ 72 ] bombing campaign followed by an invasion of the Gaza Strip on 27 October. [ 73 ]