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Israel ordered evacuations from eastern neighborhoods of Khan Yunis. [130] Hezbollah claimed an attack on an IDF site in Malkia. [131] Hamas claimed an attack on an IDF "command headquarters" in the Netzarim Corridor. [132] Israeli authorities demolished a Palestinian home in 'Anata, northeast of the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem. [133]
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]
Tensions between Israel and Hamas rose in September 2023, and The Washington Post wrote that the two were "on the brink of war". [78] On September 13, five Palestinians were killed at the border. [n] Israel said it found explosives hidden in a shipment and halted all exports from Gaza; [78] Hamas denied Israel's claims. [80]
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.
The IDF said that it carried out a "precise strike on an operational meeting" of 18 Hamas and PIJ militants who were involved in rocket attacks targeting Israeli territory and planning and committing attacks targeting Israeli soldiers and Israel in recent days without offering evidence. Hamas denied the claim.
Israel announced that a soldier of the Kiryati Brigade was killed in the fighting in Gaza, bringing the IDF death toll there to 195. [66] US intelligence agencies estimated that Israeli forces killed 20–30% of Hamas's total fighters throughout the war. [67]
Decades before the latest eruption of war in Israel and Gaza that began with Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre — and well before Internet algorithms amplified misinformation — the Israeli-Palestinian ...
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 ...