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The Gaza Strip is experiencing a humanitarian crisis as a result of the Israel–Hamas war. [1] [2] The crisis includes both an impending famine and a healthcare collapse.At the start of the war, Israel tightened its blockade on the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in significant shortages of fuel, food, medication, water, and essential medical supplies.
The Gaza Crisis may relate to the following events: Governance of the Gaza Strip#2012 fuel crisis; 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis; Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis ...
During the Israel–Hamas war, the Israeli military ordered mass evacuations in Gaza, resulting in one of the largest displacements of Palestinians since 1948. [4] [5] [a] On 13 October 2023, just one week after Hamas' attack on Israel, Israel instructed 1.1 million Gazans north of the Wadi Gaza, including those in Gaza City, to evacuate within 24 hours. [7]
Heavy bombardment by Israeli airstrikes caused catastrophic damage to Gaza's infrastructure, further deepening the crisis. [7] The Gaza Health Ministry reported over 4,000 children killed in the war's first month. [8] UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated Gaza had "become a graveyard for children". [a] [11] [12]
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 on Israel, it began bombing the Gaza Strip; on 13 October, Israel began ground operations in Gaza, and on 27 October, a full-scale invasion was launched.
An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [ad] 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. [144]
Civilians believed to be held captive in Gaza include families, children, festival-goers, peace activists, caregivers, and older adults. [67] Such as 75-year-old historian Alex Danzig who has written books on Poland's Jewish community and the Holocaust , [ 68 ] [ 7 ] and the Bibas family were taken from their home, including an infant and 4 ...
Israeli occupation of Gaza during the Suez Crisis: 1956–1957: 1,231 [8] –1,446 [b] 172+ killed: 1% of the total population of Gaza Strip was either killed, wounded, tortured or imprisoned by Israel. [8] 4 Conquest of Gaza during the Six-Day War: 1967: 90% of UNRWA schools [19] ~45,000 civilians (10% of Gaza's population) fled or were ...