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An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [t] has been taking place in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. It is the fifth war since 2008 in the Gaza–Israel conflict, and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. [77]
This is a list of wars and other major military engagements involving Israel.Since its declaration of independence in May 1948, the State of Israel has fought various wars with its neighbouring Arab states, two major Palestinian Arab uprisings known as the First Intifada and the Second Intifada (see Israeli–Palestinian conflict), and a broad series of other armed engagements rooted in the ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 2014 Gaza War Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict Left, right: Destroyed Palestinian house in Gaza Iron Dome intercepts Palestinian rockets aimed at Ashdod Date 8 July – 26 August 2014 (1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days) Location Gaza Strip and Israel Result Inconclusive According to Israel, Hamas was ...
Despite the vote, Cuba recognized Israel and both nations established diplomatic relations in 1949. [4] In 1952, Israel opened an honorary consulate in Havana and upgraded the consulate to a diplomatic legation in 1954. Cuba opened a diplomatic office in Israel in 1957. [5] In January 1959, Fidel Castro came into power and became Prime Minister ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 1948 Arab–Israeli War Part of the 1948 Palestine war and the Arab–Israeli conflict From top to bottom, left to right: John Bagot Glubb, commander of the Jordanian Arab Legion with soldiers in Ramallah Jewish soldiers raising the Israeli flag at the end of the war Israeli soldier with ...
The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, fought between Hezbollah and Israel. The war started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, though it formally ended on 8 September 2006 when Israel lifted its naval blockade of Lebanon.
May 17 – Chaim Weizmann becomes President (or Chairman) of the Provisional State Council and Israel's de facto head of state. May 18 – Poland and Czechoslovakia grant recognition to the State of Israel. [4] May 19 – Guatemala and Uruguay grant recognition to the State of Israel. [4] May 24 – South Africa grants recognition to the State ...
Israel–Lebanon relations have experienced ups and downs since their establishment in the 1940s. Lebanon did take part in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War against Israel, but Lebanon was the first Arab League nation to signal a desire for an armistice treaty with Israel in 1949.