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Today marks one year since Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing over 1,100 people and taking hundreds more hostage. The event spurred the start of the Israel-Hamas War, which has ...
The war of words between Petro and Israel’s ambassador Gali Dagan started a week ago when Mr Petro refused to condemn the Hamas raid on Israel, in which militants killed hundreds of civilians in ...
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. [143]
The Iranian-backed group Hamas, long designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and Israel, launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
Hamas forces north of Gaza City conducted hit-and-run attacks on Israeli forces as part of a possible screening operation for a main defensive effort in central Gaza city. [46] Hamas and PIJ fighters near al-Sulatain and al-Taom streets fired anti-tank rockets and mortars at Israeli forces in at least eight hit-and-run attacks. [54]
Middle Eastern crisis Part of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Israel-Lebanon conflict, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict, the Arab–Israeli conflict, and the spillover of the Israel–Hamas war Date 7 October 2023 – present (1 year, 2 months and 3 days) Location Middle East Status Ongoing Belligerents Palestinian groups Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad Popular Front for the Liberation ...
Tensions between Israel and Hamas rose in September 2023, and the Washington Post described the two "on the brink of war". [99] Israel found explosives hidden in a shipment of jeans and halted all exports from Gaza. [99] In response, Hamas put its forces on high alert, and conducted military exercises with other groups, including openly ...
Israel says it has brought in special forces to try to wrest control of four sites from Hamas fighters in response to the militant group's unprecedented incursion into Israel. Israel formally ...