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Hamas is a Palestinian armed group and political movement in the Gaza Strip. On 7 October 2023 it attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages.
An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [v] was fought in the Gaza Strip and Israel between 7 October 2023 and 19 January 2025. It was 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. [97]
Map of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war in Gaza and Southern Israel. On 7 October 2023, Palestinian militant groups, mainly Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, with other groups such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, launched a major attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The attack included rocket barrages and vehicle ...
Israel has not allowed Rafah crossing to open from Gaza, Egypt says. 11:36, Andy Gregory. Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry has said the Israeli government is yet to take a stance which ...
After the initial breach of the Gaza perimeter by Palestinian militants and civilians, [26] [27] it took hours for the Israeli military to respond by sending troops to counterattack. [363] The first helicopters sent to support the military were launched from the north of Israel, and arrived in Gaza an hour after fighting began. [364]
As Israel gears up a ground offensive into Gaza, here’s what you need to know about the 140 square-mile enclave – one of the most densely-populated territories on Earth.
Israel would allow a dramatic increase in aid to Gaza in the coming days, an official said on Sunday, calling on Palestinian civilians to head to what he described as a “humanitarian” zone in ...
Israeli and Palestinian deaths preceding the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, of which most were civilians. [1] [2]In 1967, following the Six-Day War fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan), Israel occupied the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip which had formerly been occupied by Egypt. [3]