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The Gaza Crisis may relate to the following events: Governance of the Gaza Strip#2012 fuel crisis; 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis; Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis (2023–present) Gaza humanitarian crisis (2023–present)
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The Gaza Strip is experiencing a humanitarian crisis as a result of the Israel–Hamas war. [1] [2] The crisis includes both an impending famine and a healthcare collapse.At the start of the war, Israel tightened its blockade on the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in significant shortages of fuel, food, medication, water, and essential medical supplies.
The Gaza Ministry of Health reported that both the Nasser Medical Complex and Al Amal Hospital had run out of food. [447] The Al Amal hospital was reportedly completely out of service. [448] The Gaza Health Ministry reported that 150 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 26,900. [449]
An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [ac] 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. [150]
American-Israeli author Robby Berman set up a fund offering a reward of 1 million Israeli shekels for the release of hostages in Gaza, specifically aimed at encouraging Palestinians to aid in the rescue of Jewish prisoners. [83] Experts stated that an Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip would endanger the lives of the hostages. [84]
During the Israel–Hamas war, the Israeli military ordered mass evacuations in Gaza, resulting in one of the largest displacements of Palestinians since 1948. [4] [5] [a] On 13 October 2023, just one week after Hamas' attack on Israel, Israel instructed 1.1 million Gazans north of the Wadi Gaza, including those in Gaza City, to evacuate within 24 hours. [7]
Israeli occupation of Gaza during the Suez Crisis: 1956–1957: 1,231 [8] –1,446 [b] 172+ killed: 1% of the total population of Gaza Strip was either killed, wounded, tortured or imprisoned by Israel. [8] 4 Conquest of Gaza during the Six-Day War: 1967: 90% of UNRWA schools [19] ~45,000 civilians (10% of Gaza's population) fled or were ...