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On 7 October 2023, Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launched coordinated armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into the Gaza Envelope of southern Israel, the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The attack coincided with the Jewish religious holiday Simchat Torah.
The war began when Hamas-led militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israel on 7 October, which involved a rocket barrage and a few thousand militants breaching the Gaza–Israel barrier and attacking Israeli civilian communities and military bases. During this attack, 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed, including 815 civilians.
The 7 October attacks on Israel killed 1,139 people, including 815 civilians. [23] A further 251 persons were taken hostage during the initial attack on Israel to the Gaza Strip. [2] [24] [25] A further 479 Palestinians, including 116 children, and 9 Israelis have been killed in the occupied West Bank (including East Jerusalem). [1]
The Associated Press. October 9, 2023 at 1:22 AM. 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 ...
October 24, 2023 at 6:54 AM. Israel has played harrowing footage of killings during the attack by Hamas that left 1,400 people dead. The 43 minute-long footage was captured by security cameras ...
Hezbollah militants and the Israeli military have traded strikes along the Lebanese-Israel border since Oct.8, a day after Hamas’ surprise attack into southern Israel sparked the ongoing war in ...
This is a list of notable engagements during the Israel–Hamas war, encompassing land, naval, and air engagements, covering events which took place or began during the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel on the 7 October, events and immediately afterwards, Israel's declaration of war on 8 October, the imposition of the 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, and active operations in the Gaza Strip.
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, Israel began the bombing of Gaza Strip; on 13 October, Israel began ground operations in Gaza, and on 27 October, a full-scale invasion was launched. Israel's campaign, called Operation Swords of ...