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The Israel–Hamas war, also known as the Gaza War, is an ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups. [ ad ] 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. [ 142 ]
In the 1967 war, Israel occupied Gaza Strip, along with Sinai, Golan Heights and the West Bank. During the war, and shortly after, between 40,000 and 45,000 civilians fled or were expelled from the Gaza Strip. [20] Many Palestinian civilians were killed as they fled. On 11 June, a grenade killed 8 Gaza civilians and a shooting killed another 10 ...
The Palestinian Islamist armed group Hamas, which governed Gaza, carried out an unprecedented cross-border attack in southern Israel on 7 October 2023. About 1,200 people were killed and 251 ...
Yolande Knell - BBC News, Jerusalem and Rushdi Aboualouf - Gaza correspondent, Istanbul. ... At the outset of the war in Gaza, Israel pledged to destroy Hamas's governing and military capabilities ...
The siege of North Gaza [21] [22] is an ongoing engagement of the Israel–Hamas war in the North Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip, between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian forces. It began on 5 October 2024 when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reinvaded Jabalia and its refugee camp for the first time in months since earlier fighting .
The Gaza War, also known as the First Gaza War, [29] [30] [31] Operation Cast Lead (Hebrew: מִבְצָע עוֹפֶרֶת יְצוּקָה), [32] or the Gaza Massacre (Arabic: مجزرة غزة), [33] [34] [35] and referred to as the Battle of al-Furqan (معركة الفرقان) by Hamas, [36] [37] was a three-week armed conflict between ...
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.
Attacks on protected zones and civilians in Gaza during the Israel–Hamas war have led to the killing of over 30,000 Palestinians and the displacement of over 2 million people, [1] as well as the collapse of the education system [2] and the destruction of most homes [3] and hospitals in Gaza. [4]