Israel–Hamas war
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An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups[ab] 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.[139] It is the deadliest war for Palestinians in the history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[140]
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, attacking Israeli civilian communities and military bases. During this attack, 1,195 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed, including 815 civilians.[92][ac] In addition, 251 Israelis and foreigners were taken captive into Gaza, with the stated goal to force Israel to release Palestinian prisoners and detainees.[141][142] Hamas said its attack was in response to Israel's continued occupation, blockade of Gaza, expansion of settlements, Israel's disregard for international law, as well as alleged threats to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the general plight of Palestinians.[143][144][145] After clearing militants from its territory, Israel launched one of the most destructive bombing campaigns in modern history[146][147] and invaded Gaza on 27 October with the stated objectives of destroying Hamas and freeing hostages.[148][149]
Since the start of the Israeli invasion, over 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed,[ad] more than half of them women and children.[35][150][151] Israel's tightened blockade cut off basic necessities and attacks on infrastructure have destroyed Gaza's healthcare system and caused an impending famine as of February 2024[update].[152][153][154] By early 2024, Israeli forces had destroyed or damaged more than half of Gaza's houses,[155] at least a third of its tree cover and farmland,[156][157] most of its schools and universities,[158][159] hundreds of cultural landmarks,[160] and at least a dozen cemeteries.[161] Nearly all of the strip's 2.3 million Palestinian population have been forcibly displaced.[162][163] Over 100,000 Israelis were internally displaced as of February 2024.[164] Throughout the war, Israel assassinated several Hamas leaders in and outside of Gaza.
The war continues to have significant regional and international repercussions. Large, primarily pro-Palestinian protests have taken place across the world, calling for a ceasefire. The International Court of Justice is reviewing a case accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.[165] The United States has given Israel extensive military aid and vetoed multiple UN Security Council ceasefire resolutions.[166] Groups of the Axis of Resistance have attacked American military bases in the Middle East. Additionally, the Yemeni Houthi movement have engaged in attacks in the Red Sea on commercial vessels allegedly linked to Israel, incurring a US-led military response.[167] The ongoing exchange of strikes between Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel escalated into an Israeli invasion of Lebanon on 1 October 2024.[168]
Background
The 1948 Palestine war saw the establishment of Israel over most of what had been Mandatory Palestine, with the exception of two separated territories that became known as the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, which were held by Jordan and Egypt respectively. Following the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel occupied the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.[139] The upcoming period witnessed two popular uprisings by Palestinians against the Israeli occupation; the First and Second Intifadas in 1987 and 2000 respectively,[170] with the latter's end seeing Israel's unilateral withdrawal from Gaza in 2005.[171][172]
Since 2007, the Gaza Strip has been governed by Hamas, an Islamist militant group, while the West Bank remained under the control of the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority. After Hamas' takeover, Israel imposed a blockade of the Gaza Strip,[173][174] that significantly damaged its economy.[175] The blockade was justified by Israel citing security concerns,[176] but international rights groups have characterized the blockade as a form of collective punishment.[177][178][179] Due to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, UNRWA reported that 81% of people were living below the poverty level in 2023, with 63% being food insecure and dependent on international assistance.[169][180]
Since 2007, Israel and Hamas, along with other Palestinian militant groups based in Gaza, have engaged in conflict,[176][174][181] including in four wars in 2008–2009, 2012, 2014, and 2021.[182][183] These conflicts killed approximately 6,400 Palestinians and 300 Israelis.[184][104][169] In 2018–2019, there were large weekly organized protests near the Gaza-Israel border, which were violently suppressed by Israel, whose forces killed hundreds and injured thousands of Palestinians by sniper fire.[185][186] Soon after the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis began, Hamas' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, started planning the 7 October 2023 operation against Israel.[187][188] According to diplomats, Hamas had repeatedly said in the months leading up to October 2023 that it did not want another military escalation in Gaza as it would worsen the humanitarian crisis that occurred after the 2021 conflict.[179]
Hamas officials stated that the attack was a response to the Israeli occupation, blockade of the Gaza Strip, Israeli settler violence against Palestinians, restrictions on the movement of Palestinians, and imprisonment of thousands of Palestinians, whom Hamas sought to release by taking Israeli hostages.[143][144][189] Numerous commentators have identified the broader context of Israeli occupation as a cause of the war.[190][191][192] Deputy political leader Saleh al-Arouri said that Hamas believed Israel was planning to launch an attack on the West Bank and Gaza after the High Holy Days.[193][194] The Associated Press wrote that Palestinians are "in despair over a never-ending occupation in the West Bank and suffocating blockade of Gaza".[195] Several human rights organizations, including Amnesty International,[196] B'Tselem[197] and Human Rights Watch[198] have likened the Israeli occupation to apartheid, although supporters of Israel dispute this characterization.[199][200] An advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice published in July 2024 declared the occupation illegal and said it violated Article 3 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which prohibits racial segregation and apartheid.[201]
Events
7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel
The attacks took place during the Jewish holidays of Simchat Torah and Shemini Atzeret on Shabbat,[202] and one day after the 50th anniversary of the start of the Yom Kippur War, which also began with a surprise attack on Israel.[195] At around 6:30 a.m. IDT (UTC+03:00) on 7 October 2023,[203] Hamas announced the start of what it called "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood", stating it had fired over 5,000 rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel within a span of 20 minutes. Israeli sources reported that at least 3,000 projectiles had been launched from Gaza. At least five people were killed by the rocket attacks.[204][205][206] Explosions were reported in areas surrounding the strip and in cities in the Sharon plain including Gedera, Herzliya,[207] Tel Aviv, and Ashkelon.[208]
Hamas employed tactics such as using aerial drones to disable Israeli observation posts, paragliders for infiltration into Israel, and motorcycles, which was unusual for Hamas.[209] In the evening, Hamas launched another barrage of 150 rockets towards Israel, with explosions reported in Yavne, Givatayim, Bat Yam, Beit Dagan, Tel Aviv, and Rishon LeZion.[205] Simultaneously, around 3,000 Hamas militants[68] infiltrated Israel from Gaza using trucks, motorcycles, bulldozers, speedboats, and paragliders.[195][203][210] They took over checkpoints at Kerem Shalom and Erez, and created openings in the border fence in five other places.[211] Hamas militants also carried out an amphibious landing in Zikim.[208][212]
Militants killed civilians at Nir Oz,[213] Be'eri, and Netiv HaAsara, and other agricultural communities, where they took hostages[214] and set fire to homes.[207] 52 civilians were killed in the Kfar Aza massacre, 108 in the Be'eri massacre (a loss of 10% of the kibbutz's population) and 15 in the Netiv HaAsara massacre.[215][216][217] In Sderot, gunmen targeted civilians and set houses ablaze. In Ofakim, hostages were taken during Hamas's deepest incursion.[218][217] In Be'eri, Hamas militants took up to 50 people hostage.[219] At least 325 people were killed and more injured at an outdoor music festival near Re'im and Hamas took at least 37 attendees hostage.[220][221][222] Israeli authorities screened graphic bodycam footage of the Hamas attack for journalists, which included an attempt to decapitate someone and a still image of a decapitated IDF soldier.[223][224] Around 240 people were taken hostage during the attacks, mostly civilians.[219][225] Captives in Gaza included children, festivalgoers, peace activists, caregivers, elderly people, and soldiers.[226] Hamas militants also reportedly engaged in mutilation, torture, and sexual and gender-based violence.[227][228][229]
A briefing in The Economist noted that "the assault dwarf[ed] all other mass murders of Israeli civilians", reasoning that "the last time before October 7th that this many Jews were murdered on a single day was during the Holocaust."[217] Hamas stated that its attack was a response to the blockade of the Gaza Strip, the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements, rising Israeli settler violence and recent escalations at Al-Aqsa.[143][144][189] Intelligence and security officials from multiple Western countries, along with Hamas political officials, claimed that the 7 October attack was a calculated effort to create a "permanent" state of war and revive interest in the Palestinian cause.[230][231]
Initial Israeli counter-operation (October 2023)
After the initial breach of the Gaza perimeter by Palestinian militants, it took hours for the IDF to start its counter-attack.[232] The first helicopters sent to support the military were launched from the north of Israel, and arrived at the Gaza Strip an hour after fighting began.[221] They immediately encountered difficulty in determining which outposts and communities were occupied, and distinguishing between Palestinian militants and the soldiers and civilians on the ground.[221] The helicopter crews initially sustained a high rate of fire, attacking approximately 300 targets in four hours. Later on the crews began to slow down the attacks and carefully select targets.[221] According to Haaretz's journalist Josh Breiner, a police source said that a police investigation indicated an IDF helicopter which had fired on Hamas militants "apparently also hit some festival participants" in the Re'im music festival massacre.[220] The Israeli police denied the Haaretz report.[233]
A subsequent Israeli investigation claimed that militants had been instructed not to run so that the air force would think they were Israelis.[221] This deception worked for some time, but pilots began to realize the problem and ignore their restrictions. By around 9:00 am, amid the chaos and confusion, some helicopters started laying down fire without prior authorization.[221]
A July 2024 Haaretz investigation revealed that the IDF ordered the Hannibal Directive to be used, adding: "Haaretz does not know whether or how many civilians and soldiers were hit due to these procedures, but the cumulative data indicates that many of the kidnapped people were at risk, exposed to Israeli gunfire, even if they were not the target." One of these decisions was made at 7:18 a.m., when an observation post reported someone had been kidnapped at the Erez crossing, close to the IDF's liaison office. "Hannibal at Erez" came the command from divisional headquarters, "dispatch a Zik." The Zik is an unmanned assault drone, and Haaretz reported that the meaning of this command was clear,.[234]
A source in the Southern Command of the IDF told Haaretz: "Everyone knew by then that such vehicles could be carrying kidnapped civilians or soldiers...There was no case in which a vehicle carrying kidnapped people was knowingly attacked, but you couldn't really know if there were any such people in a vehicle. I can't say there was a clear instruction, but everyone knew what it meant to not let any vehicles return to Gaza." The same source stated that at 2:00 p.m. a new instruction was given that "was meant to turn the area around the border fence into a killing zone, closing it off toward the west."[234]
Haaretz further reported that at 6:40 p.m. military intelligence believed militants were intending to flee back to Gaza in an organized manner from near Kibbutz Be'eri, Kfar Azza and Kissufim. In response the army launched artillery at the border fence area, very close to some of these communities. Shells were also fired at the Erez border crossing shortly thereafter. The IDF says it is not aware of any civilians being hurt in these bombardments.[234]
Haaretz notes one case in which it is known that civilians were hit, which took place in the house of Pessi Cohen at Kibbutz Be'eri. 14 hostages were in the house as the IDF attacked it, with 13 of them killed.[234]
A September 2024 report by ABC News (Australia) also covered the use of the Hannibal Directive in the initial Israeli response. The report quotes former Israeli Air Force officer Colonel Nof Erez as saying: "This was a mass Hannibal. It was tons and tons of openings in the fence, and thousands of people in every type of vehicle, some with hostages and some without." ABC News adds that it was not only soldiers but also Israeli civilians who were targeted, citing testimonies from two incidents at Kibbutz Be'eri and Nir Oz.[235]
Six months later the IDF released a review exonerating itself, but ABC News notes that it left many at Kibbutz Be'eri unsatisfied and contradicts the testimony from one of the survivors, Yasmin Porat, "who told Israel's Kan radio on October 15 that Hamas gunmen had not threatened the hostages and instead intended to negotiate with police for their safe return to Gaza. She said an Israeli police special unit had started the gun battle by firing upon the house, catching "five or six" kibbutz residents outside in "very, very heavy crossfire". In the interview, she was asked: "So our forces may have shot them?" "Undoubtedly," she replied."[235]
The attack appeared to have been a complete surprise to the Israelis.[236] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an emergency gathering of security authorities, and the IDF launched Operation Swords of Iron in the Gaza Strip.[237][205] In a televised broadcast, Netanyahu said, "We are at war".[210] He threatened to "turn all the places where Hamas is organized and hiding into cities of ruins", called Gaza "the city of evil", and urged its residents to leave.[238][143] Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant conducted security assessments at IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv.[213][208] Overnight, Israel's Security Cabinet voted to act to bring about the "destruction of the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad".[239] The Israel Electric Corporation, which supplies 80% of the Gaza Strip's electricity, cut off power to the area.[208] This reduced Gaza's power supply from 120 MW to 20 MW, provided by power plants paid for by the Palestinian Authority.[240]
On 9 or 10 October, Hamas offered to release all civilian hostages held in Gaza if Israel would call off its planned invasion of the Gaza Strip, but the Israeli government rejected the offer.[241]
The IDF declared a "state of readiness for war",[205] mobilized tens of thousands of army reservists,[203][208] and declared a state of emergency for areas within 80 kilometers (50 mi) of Gaza.[242] The Yamam counterterrorism unit was deployed,[243] along with four new divisions, augmenting 31 existing battalions.[195] Reservists were reported deployed in Gaza, in the West Bank, and along borders with Lebanon and Syria.[244]
Residents near Gaza were asked to stay inside, while civilians in southern and central Israel were "required to stay next to shelters".[208] The southern region of Israel was closed to civilian movement,[243] and roads were closed around Gaza[195] and Tel Aviv.[208] While Ben Gurion Airport and Ramon Airport remained operational, multiple airlines cancelled flights to and from Israel.[245] Israel Railways suspended service in parts of the country and replaced some routes with temporary bus routes,[246][247] while cruise ships removed the ports of Ashdod and Haifa from their itineraries.[248]
Israeli blockade and bombardment
Following the surprise attack, the Israeli Air Force conducted airstrikes that they said targeted Hamas compounds, command centers, tunnels, and other targets.[205][242][249] Israel employed its artificial intelligence Habsora ("The Gospel") software with a new and superior capacity to automatically generate targets to be attacked.[250][251] Two days after the surprise attack, Israel said that 426 Hamas targets had been hit, including destroying Beit Hanoun, homes of Hamas officials, a mosque, and an internet hub.[249][252][253] Israel also rescued two hostages before declaring a state of war for the first time since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.[254][255]
On 9 October, Defense Minister Gallant announced a "total" blockade of the Gaza Strip, cutting off electricity and blocking the entry of food and fuel, adding "We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly".[256] This drew criticism from Human Rights Watch (HRW) who described the order as "abhorrent" and as a "call to commit a war crime" and accused Israel of using white phosphorus munitions over Gaza, stating that it violated international law.[257][258] Israel denied the allegations.[259] On 10 October, an Israeli airstrike on a house in Deir al-Balah killed 18 people and injured 23 others including five children and three women.[260] Gallant then changed his position of a complete blockade after receiving pressure from US President Joe Biden and a deal was made on 19 October for Israel and Egypt to allow aid into Gaza.[261] The first aid convoy after the start of the war entered Gaza on 21 October 2023,[262] while fuel entered Gaza only in November.[263]
Evacuation of Northern Gaza
Almost a week after the initial attack on Israel, on 13 October, the IDF called the evacuation of all civilians of Gaza City to the area south of the Wadi Gaza.[264] All Palestinians in that region, including those in Gaza City, were given 24 hours to evacuate to the south. The Hamas Authority for Refugee Affairs responded by telling residents in northern Gaza to "remain steadfast in your homes and stand firm in the face of this disgusting psychological war waged by the occupation".[265] The statement by Israel faced widespread backlash; with numerous agencies, such as Doctors Without Borders, the World Health Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, among others, condemning the order as "outrageous" and "impossible" while calling for an immediate reversal of the order.[266]
As a part of the order, the IDF announced a six-hour window from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time on 13 October, for refugees to flee south along specified routes within the Gaza Strip.[267] An explosion at 5:30 p.m. along one of the safe routes killed 70 people.[268] Some sources attributed it to an IDF airstrike, while CNN said the cause was unclear. The Jerusalem Post said open-source analysts believed the explosion originated from a car on the ground, but the cause was unclear.[269][270] The Financial Times carried out an investigation, concluding "analysis of the video footage rules out most explanations aside from an Israeli strike", although it was "difficult to conclusively prove whether these blasts came from an IDF strike, a potential Palestinian rocket misfire or even a car bomb".[271]
The IDF stated Hamas set up roadblocks to keep Gaza residents from evacuating south and caused traffic jams.[272] Israeli officials stated this was done to use civilians as "human shields", which Hamas denied.[273] A number of countries and international organizations condemned what they called Hamas's use of hospitals and civilians as human shields.[274] According to an unnamed Israeli official, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar left Gaza City using a vehicle associated with a humanitarian relief mission.[275]
17 October
On 17 October, Israel bombed in areas of southern Gaza.[276] Ministry of Health officials in Gaza reported heavy overnight bombing killing over 70 people, including families who had evacuated from Gaza City in the north.[277] One of the airstrikes killed a senior Hamas military commander Ayman Nofal.[278] In the afternoon, an Israeli strike hit a UNRWA school in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, killing six and injuring 12.[279] Late in the evening, an explosion occurred in the parking lot of the Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist Hospital in the center of Gaza City, killing hundreds. The cause of the explosion was disputed by Hamas and the IDF, and the ongoing conflict prevented independent on-site analysis.[280] Palestinian statements that it was an Israeli airstrike were denied by the IDF, which stated that the explosion resulted from a failed rocket launch by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.[281] The PIJ denied any involvement.[282][283]
The cause of the explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital is contested. In the days after the blast, US, Canadian, French and UK defense and intelligence services concluded it was caused by an errant Palestinian rocket.[284] Channel 4 news cast doubt on Israeli claims of a misfired Hamas rocket being responsible for the blast.[285][286] The Associated Press,[287] CNN,[288] The Economist, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal[289] concluded a Palestinian missile was the most likely explanation for the blast. In late November, an analysis by Human Rights Watch indicated the evidence pointed to a misfired Palestinian rocket as the cause, but stated that further investigation was required.[290] Forensic Architecture's investigation, as reported by The New York Times, Bloomberg News, BBC News, and El País, disputed Israel's account, concluding instead that the blast was the result of a munition fired from the direction of Israel.[291] A second report by Forensic Architecture took into account the situated testimony of doctors, survivors, and journalists on the ground, as well as photogrammetry and 3D reconstruction, and gave additional credibility to the incident being an Israeli attack instead of a misfired Palestinian rocket.[292] In April 2024 The New Yorker, citing investigations from Earshot and Forensic Architecture, highlighted doubts about a Palestinian rocket involvement and noted the IDF's role in fostering uncertainty through misinformation.[293][294]
Invasion of the Gaza Strip until the truce (October–November 2023)
On 27 October, the IDF launched a large-scale, multi-pronged ground incursion into parts of northern Gaza. The IDF was building up a force of over 100,000 soldiers in the cities of Ashkelon, Sderot and Kiryat Gat. Clashes between Hamas and the IDF were reported near Beit Hanoun and Bureij.[295][296] Israeli airstrikes targeted the area around the al-Quds hospital,[297] where around 14,000 civilians were believed to be sheltering in or near the hospital.[297] Associated Press reported that Israeli airstrikes also destroyed roads leading to the Al-Shifa hospital, making it increasingly difficult to reach.[298] The following day, the IDF struck at densely-populated Jabalia refugee camp, killing 50 and wounding 150 Palestinians according to the Gaza Health Ministry. According to Israel, a senior Hamas commander and dozens of militants in a vast underground tunnel complex were among those killed. Hamas denied the presence of a senior commander on the scene.[299][300][301] The nearby Indonesia Hospital's surgical director said they had received 120 dead bodies and treated 280 wounded, the majority of them women and children.[302] The attack resulted in several ambassador recalls.[303][304][305] According to The New York Times at least two 2,000-pound bombs, the second largest type in Israel's arsenal, were used.[306]
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On 31 October, Israel bombed a six-story apartment building in central Gaza, killing at least 106 civilians including 54 children in what Human Rights Watch called an "apparent war crime."[308] On 1 November, the first group of evacuees left Gaza for Egypt. 500 evacuees, comprising critically wounded and foreign nationals, would be evacuated over the course of several days, with 200 evacuees already waiting at the border crossing.[309] On the same day, the Jabalia refugee camp was bombed for a second time.[310][311] The IDF released what it stated was an intercepted call between Hamas operatives and the head of the Indonesia Hospital, where they discuss diverting some of the hospital's fuel supply to Hamas.[312]
On 3 November, the Gaza health ministry stated that Israel struck an ambulance convoy directly in front of Al-Shifa Hospital, killing at least 15 people and injuring 60 more.[313] The IDF acknowledged having launched an airstrike, adding that a "number of Hamas terrorist operatives were killed in the strike",[314] which a Hamas official described as "baseless".[314] The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said one of its ambulances was struck "by a missile fired by the Israeli forces" about two metres from the entrance to al-Shifa hospital.[314] The PRCS said another ambulance was fired on about a kilometre from the hospital.[314] The next day, a UNRWA spokeswoman confirmed reports that Israel had conducted an airstrike against a UN-run school in the Jabalia refugee camp.[315] According to the Gaza health ministry, the attack killed 15 and wounded dozens more.[315]
Fighting continued through the middle of November and on 18 November Israeli strikes killed more than 80 people in Jabalia refugee camp.[316] Israel also attacked a clearly marked Médecins Sans Frontières convoy, killing two aid workers.[317] On 22 November, Israel and Hamas reached a temporary ceasefire agreement, providing for a four-day "pause"[318] or "lull"[319][320] in hostilities, to allow for the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza.[318][319] The deal also provided for the release of approximately 150 Palestinian women and children incarcerated by Israel.[319] The agreement was approved by the Israeli cabinet in the early hours of the day; in a statement, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office stated Israel's intention to continue the war.[318][319]
Duration of the truce (November–December 2023)
Following the introduction of a Qatari-brokered truce on 24 November, starting at 7:00 am Israel time, active fighting in the Gaza Strip ceased and some of the Israeli and foreign hostages were released by Hamas in exchange for the release of some of the Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel. The truce was announced for a period of four days but was extended for a longer period.
From 24 to 30 November, Hamas released hostages and Israel released prisoners. On 27 November, Qatar announced that an agreement between Israel and Hamas to extend the truce by two days had been reached.[321] Both Israel and Hamas accused each other of violating the truce on 28 November.[322] On 30 November, in a "last-minute agreement", Hamas released eight hostages in exchange for the release of 30 imprisoned Palestinians and a one-day truce extension.[323]
Resumption of hostilities (December 2023 – May 2024)
Continuation of operations in Northern Gaza (December 2023 – January 2024)
The truce expired on 1 December, as Israel and Hamas blamed each other for failing to agree on an extension. The disagreement centered on "how to define soldiers versus civilians and how many Palestinian prisoners Israel would release for its hostages".[324] The remaining Israeli hostages include a year old baby, his 4-year-old brother and their mother, 13 women aged 18–39, and 85 men, some over 80.[325] Thousands of Palestinians remain in administrative detention.[326] A Hamas official said that after the exchange, the only remaining hostages were "soldiers and civilian men who served in the occupation army", and refused to exchange them until "all our prisoners are freed and a ceasefire takes hold".[327] US National Security Advisor Kirby said "Hamas agreed to allow the Red Cross access to these hostages while the pause was in place", which "didn't happen and is still not happening".[328] The Palestinian Prisoners' Club said 240 Palestinian prisoners were released as part of the ceasefire deal, another 240 Palestinians were incarcerated. Released Palestinian prisoners reported mistreatment including beatings, overcrowding, food deprivation, and suspension of access to the Red Cross.[329] Released prisoners were forbidden to speak with the media and threatened with fines.[326]
Israel adopted a grid system to order precise evacuations within Gaza, released a map, and dropped leaflets with a QR code. Israel was criticized for the map being hard to access due to lack of electricity and internet connectivity, and for causing confusion. Some evacuation instructions have been vague or contradictory,[330][331] and Israel has struck "safe" areas it had told people to evacuate to.[332][333][334]
Law experts said they had not seen significant changes in how Israel waged war, due to its warnings to civilians appearing ineffective and it being unclear if anywhere in Gaza is safe.[335] Amnesty International said "US-made weapons facilitated the mass killings of extended families". Amnesty found no evidence of military targets at the sites of the strikes, or indication occupants were affiliated with Hamas, prompting it to request airstrikes be investigated as possible war crimes.[336] Decomposed babies were found in Al-Nasr Children's Hospital in north Gaza, two weeks after its forced evacuation.[337] US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin warned against replacing "a tactical victory with a strategic defeat" if Israel does not work towards protecting Palestinian civilians.[338] The US State Department said it was too early to definitively assess whether Israel was heeding calls to protect civilians.[339]
On 6 December Refaat Alareer, a prominent professor and writer in Gaza, was killed by an Israeli airstrike.[340] His poem, "If I Must Die" was widely circulated after his death.[341]
Advance into Central Gaza (December 2023 – February 2024)
The IDF reported its troops had reached the centers of Khan Yunis, Jabalia, and Shuja'iyya reporting the most "intense fighting" since the invasion of Gaza began.[342] Intensified bombing pushed Palestinian civilians south to Rafah.[343] On 7 December, Israel detained 150 men in the Gaza Strip, with dozens more detained on 10 December. According to Israel, the detentions followed a mass surrender of Hamas militants.[344][345] The New York Times reported that the statement about Hamas fighters surrendering was made after video and photos of "men stripped to their underwear, sitting or kneeling on the ground, with some bound and blindfolded" were seen on social media.[346]The Guardian reported that among those in the images were civilians, including a journalist. The ICRC said it was concerned and strongly emphasized "the importance of treating all those detained with humanity and dignity, in accordance with international humanitarian law".[347] The BBC reported that a video of the apparent surrender of weapons was unclear on whether a man is "surrendering" weapons, or just moving them as instructed, suggesting it was performed for the camera, rather than authentic surrender, and it is unknown if the individuals are involved with Hamas, or the 7 October attack.[348] Haaretz reported that Israel believed about 10% of the people shown in the video were affiliated with Hamas, and despite public statements by Israel, this was not a "mass surrender" by Hamas.[349] Amnesty International described the treatment of those detained on 7 December as a violation of international law.[350]
On 8 December the Israeli Navy fired 20mm cannon rounds at UNRWA facilities in Rafah.[317]
On 13 December, the IDF said that, since it designated a humanitarian zone for civilians in the Gaza Strip on 18 October 116 rockets had been fired from there toward Israel, including 38 falling inside Gaza.[351] The Pentagon announced on 9 December that the Biden administration had authorized the sale of around 14,000 rounds of tank ammunition to Israel without congressional authorization, using emergency powers.[352] On 29 December, it did so again with $148 million worth of artillery shells and related items.[353]
On 15 December, the IDF announced it had killed three of their own hostages by friendly fire. They "mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages as a threat" during operations in Shuja'iyya and fired, killing them.[128][354][355] According to an IDF official on 16 December, they were shirtless and carrying "a stick with a white cloth on it" when an Israeli soldier, who declared them to be "terrorists" after feeling "threatened", opened fire, killing two and injuring the third, who was killed by Israeli reinforcements.[356] Also on 16 December, an IDF tank fired at the Convent of the Sisters of Mother Teresa, displacing the 54 disabled people sheltering there and leaving some without respirators that they needed to survive. Later that day, an IDF sniper killed two women sheltering in the compound. Pope Francis condemned the attack, calling it "terrorism."[317]
Withdrawal from Northern Gaza (January–February 2024)
On 1 January 2024, Israel withdrew from neighborhoods in North Gaza.[357] On 7 January, the IDF conducted a targeted missile strike on a car carrying Al Jazeera journalists Hamza Dadouh and Mustafa Thuraya; they and their driver were killed.[358]
Rocket attacks on Israeli cities by Hamas decreased during this period with notable attacks on New Year's Eve and 29 January 2024.[359][360] On 8 January, an Israeli tank fired at a clearly marked MSF facility housing 100 aid workers and their families, killing a 5-year-old girl.[317] On 15 January, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said the most intense fighting in the north of the Gaza Strip had ended, and a new phase of low-intensity fighting was about to begin.[361] On 13 January, an Israeli tank fired at a convoy of Paltel repair workers on their way back to Rafah from the Paltel central offices in Khan Yunis. Two were killed. The job they completed and the route they took were pre-approved by COGAT.[362]
By 18 January, the IDF stated that Hamas had begun to rebuild its armies in formerly occupied parts of North Gaza. The IDF had previously said that Hamas control over North Gaza was "dismantled" without providing any evidence.[363] An Israeli airstrike struck a residential compound housing aid workers with the International Rescue Committee and Medical Aid for Palestinians in Al-Mawasi. Because of the destruction of the compound, six frontline medical workers had to leave their posts and IRC and MAP surgeons were forced to suspend their work at Nasser Hospital.[317]
On 22 January 24 IDF soldiers died in the deadliest day for the IDF since the invasion began. Of these, 21 died in a single incident where Palestinian militants fired an RPG at a tank, and adjacent buildings soldiers were rigging to demolish, which caused the buildings to collapse. The IDF soldiers brought landmines into the empty building for the demolition process. It is unclear whether the collapse of the buildings was due to the primary RPG explosion, or secondary landmine explosions.[364][365][366] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and President Isaac Herzog publicly mourned the loss.[367][368][369]
On 29 January, Israeli forces killed Hind Rajab and six of her family members when the car they were driving in was struck by an Israeli tank and later by machine gun fire. The IDF later killed two rescue workers who attempted to retrieve Rajab from her family's car.[370] The Red Crescent released the audio from Rajab's phone call with rescue workers, causing international outrage over her death.[371] On 31 January, Israeli forces bombed the offices of the Belgian development agency Enabel, completely destroying the building, after Belgium announced earlier that day that it would not suspend funding for UNRWA.[317]
Preparations for the attack on Rafah (February–March 2024)
During February to early May 2024, Israeli preparations to invade Rafah became a dominant issue in public rhetoric made by Israeli officials. In February, Israel stated its next objective would be the capture of Rafah. On 12 February, Israel started the bombing campaign on Rafah.[372] On 5 February, Israeli gunboats shelled a clearly marked UNRWA convoy, forcing UNRWA to suspend its operations for almost 3 weeks, affecting 200,000 people.[317] On 15 February, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported that Egypt was building a refugee camp for over 100,000 people south of Rafah, surrounded by five-meter-high concrete walls.[373][374] However, the governor of North Sinai Governorate, Mohamed Abdel-Fadil Shousha, denied these rumors in a statement published by Al Arabiya.[375] On 18 February, Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz warned that a ground offensive would be launched in Rafah on 10 March unless Hamas freed all hostages. Gantz added Israel would act in "a co-ordinated manner, facilitating the evacuation of civilians in dialogue with our American and Egyptian partners to minimise civilian casualties".[376] On 20 February 2 family members of MSF staff were killed when Israel shelled a clearly marked MSF shelter.[317]
On 29 February, more than 100 Palestinians were killed and 750 wounded during the flour massacre when Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for food aid southwest of Gaza City, with many victims run over by trucks according to accounts.[377] Survivors described it as an ambush, stating that Israeli forces opened fire as people approached the aid trucks, resulting in a rush away from the gunfire that added to the death toll.[378][379] On 1 March, the US announced they would begin an operation airdropping food aid into Gaza.[380] Some experts called the airdrops performative and claimed they would not alleviate the food situation.[381] During his State of the Union Address, Biden announced a new initiative for providing food and medications to Gaza by sea, setting up a temporary port on Gaza's coast to enable aid delivery.[382]
By 6 March, Israel had completed a new road in Gaza running from east to west. The IDF reported the road was an "active logistical route, constantly maintained during the war". It was intended to be used for mobilization of troops and supplies, to connect and defend IDF positions on al-Rashid and Salah al-Din streets, and prevent people in the south Gaza Strip from returning to the north.[383] On 9 March, an Anera employee and his six-year-old son were killed along with several neighbors when their home was hit by an airstrike.[317]
Second raid on al-Shifa Hospital and withdrawal from southern Gaza (March–April 2024)
Israeli forces raided al-Shifa hospital again between 18 March and 1 April. The IDF clashed with Hamas in the area.[384] Israeli forces killed Faiq al-Mabhouh, who they said was head of the operations directorate of Hamas' internal security service. Hamas said al-Mabhouh was in charge of civil law enforcement and had been engaged in "purely civil and humanitarian activity,"[385] coordinating aid deliveries to north Gaza.[386][387] News agencies reported that the IDF assaulted and detained Al-Jazeera correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul and more than 80 others, including medical staff and other journalists, and confiscated and destroyed media equipment.[388][389] Al-Ghoul was released the following day, but could not verify the whereabouts of his colleagues.[390][391] The Committee to Protect Journalists said it was "deeply alarmed and outraged by reports of the assault of Ismail Al-Ghoul and other journalists while reporting on the Israeli offensive on the hospital".[391]
According to the IDF, senior Hamas leaders were killed during the fighting at the hospital, including Mahmoud Khalil Zakzuk, the deputy commander of Hamas's rocket unit in Gaza City, and Raad Thabet, head of recruitment and supply acquisition.[392] Survivors of the events at al-Shifa reported that workers in Gaza's civil government were receiving their salaries at the hospital before it was raided.[393] The IDF said it killed 200 people in and around the hospital. Time Magazine said it provided "no evidence that all were militants."[394] The Gaza media office reported that Israeli forces had killed 400 Palestinians around the hospital, and rendered the medical facility out of use, according to Reuters.[395] Photos of the hospital after the withdrawal of Israeli forces showed its "walls blown out and frame blackened" by fire.[396] Hundreds of bodies were found on hospital grounds, with Palestinian witnesses describing massacres.[397] According to a report by Forensic Architecture, Israeli forces desecrated makeshift burial grounds within the hospital compound and buried Palestinians killed during the second invasion in mass graves using military bulldozers.[398]
A deputy military commander of Hamas Marwan Issa was reportedly killed in an airstrike in mid-March.[399] On 23 March 19 Palestinians were killed by the IDF while waiting for humanitarian aid at the Kuwait roundabout in Gaza City.[400] On 25 March, the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, to last for the remainder of Ramadan. The US abstained; all other delegates voted in favor.[401] IDF activities in the Gaza Strip remained unchanged following adoption of the resolution.[402] On 28 March, the IDF shot and killed two unarmed men in central Gaza, before burying them in sand with bulldozers.[403] The Council on American-Islamic Relations called for a UN investigation into the "heinous war crime."[404]
On 1 April, seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen, including British, Polish, Australian, and Irish nationals, were killed in an Israeli airstrike south of Deir al-Balah.[405][406][407] World Central Kitchen said their vehicles were clearly marked and their location known to Israel. World Central Kitchen, ANERA and Project HOPE suspended their operations in Gaza. 240 tons of aid from World Central Kitchen was not distributed due to its withdrawal.[406][408] On 4 April, Israel opened the Erez Crossing for the first time since 7 October after US pressure.[409]
On 7 April, Israel withdrew from the south Gaza Strip, with only one brigade remaining in the Netzarim Corridor in the north.[410] Palestinians displaced from that city began to return from the south of the Gaza Strip.[411] Israel planned to initiate its ground offensive in Rafah around mid-April, but postponed to consider its response to the Iranian strikes on Israel.[412] On 25 April, Israel intensified strikes on Rafah ahead of threatened invasion.[413][414] On 5 May, Hamas launched a rocket attack from Rafah towards Kerem Shalom, killing 3 Israeli soldiers.[415]
Beginning of the Rafah offensive (May–July 2024)
On 6 May, the IDF ordered civilians in eastern Rafah to evacuate to Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis, affecting about 100,000 people.[416] Later that day, Hamas announced that it had accepted the terms of a ceasefire brokered by Egypt and Qatar.[417] The deal included a 6-week ceasefire and exchange of prisoners.[418] However, Israel rejected this deal.[419] Israel responded that the terms Hamas had accepted were "far from Israel's basic requirements", but that it would send a delegation to further negotiate "to exhaust the possibility of reaching an agreement under conditions acceptable to Israel", while the military operation on Rafah would continue in the meantime to "exert military pressure on Hamas".[420][421]
Hours after Hamas' announcement, Israel ordered a series of airstrikes on Rafah, while the Israeli war cabinet voted to invade Rafah.[422][423] Later that day, the IDF entered the outskirts of Rafah and approached the Rafah Crossing and Egyptian border.[422][424][425] On 7 May, the IDF seized control of the Gaza side of the Rafah Crossing bordering Egypt.[426][427] Haaretz reported that as talks continued, Israel committed to Egypt and the United States that it would limit fighting to the Rafah Crossing and transfer control of the area to an American security company. However, the State Department and White House denied any knowledge of this commitment.[428] The previous week, the US had paused a shipment of bombs to Israel over concerns of a Rafah offensive,[429] and on 8 May, US President Joe Biden said that the US would stop sending arms to Israel if it went ahead with a major invasion of Rafah.[430] By 11 May, the IDF ordered more residents to evacuate eastern and central Rafah.[431] By 15 May, an estimated 600,000 had fled Rafah and another 100,000 from the north, according to the United Nations.[432] On 24 May, the International Court of Justice ruled that "Israel must immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in the Rafah Governorate, which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part."[165][433]
On 24 May, the United Nations said only 906 aid truckloads had reached Gaza since Israel's Rafah operation began.[434] On 26 May, Hamas fired a barrage of rockets towards Central Israel for the first time in months. Israel bombed the Tel al-Sultan displacement camp in Rafah in an area designated by Israel as a safe zone, killing at least 45 people. The IDF said the strike hit a "militant compound" and killed two senior Hamas officials.[435][436][437] The bombing provoked a skirmish between Egyptian and Israeli soldiers at the Gaza border in which one Egyptian soldier was killed.[438] Despite global outrage and calls from government officials from around the world to halt its Rafah offensive, less than 48 hours after the Tel al-Sultan attack, the Al-Mawasi refugee camp, another designated civilian evacuation zone, was bombed, killing at least 21 people, 13 of them women and girls.[435][439][440] The IDF denied involvement in the attack.[441] On 31 May, the United States announced a ceasefire framework for ending the war.[442]
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On 6 June, Israel bombed a UN-run school sheltering displaced people in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing dozens of Palestinians. Two days later, Israel conducted an attack on Nuseirat refugee camp which resulted in the rescue of four hostages, where the United States provided advice and intelligence to Israeli forces during the raid, through its "hostage cell" stationed in Israel.[444][445] The attack resulted in the deaths of 274 Palestinians.[446] On 23 June, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was open to a partial deal with Hamas to return some of the hostages without a permanent ceasefire. Hamas said that any deal should include a permanent ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli forces.[447][448] On 27 June, Israeli forces re-invaded the al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood.[449] According to Middle East Monitor and ReliefWeb, between 4 July and 10 August, Israel attacked 21 schools in Gaza, killing 274 people.[450][451] On 9 July, at least 31 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a tent camp, targeting a Hamas operative who took part in the 7 October massacre[452][453][443] and the IDF carried out a series of coordinated attacks in Gaza City and Deir al-Balah, reportedly after the reception of intelligence showing that Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives were operating there. According to the armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, they fought against Israeli soldiers with anti-tank munitions and mortar fire. The fighting resulted in the killing of at least 50 Palestinians.[454]
Continued operations throughout Gaza (July 2024 – present)
On 13 July, at least 90 people were killed and 300 were injured in an Israeli strike on Al-Mawasi and 22 people were killed in an Israeli strike targeting people gathered to pray near the ruins of a mosque in the Al-Shati refugee camp.[455][456][457] On 15 July, Israeli air raids destroyed the UNRWA's Gaza headquarters.[458] Israeli forces destroyed the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, prompting calls for an investigation from the Turkish government.[459] On 31 July, Al Jazeera journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman were killed in a targeted strike in the west of Gaza City. They were reporting on the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, which occurred earlier that day, from the area near his home in Gaza.[460] Hamas official Rawhi Mushtaha was killed alongside two other Hamas officials in an Israeli airstrike.[461][462] On 1 August, three Israeli missiles killed at least 15 in a shelter for displaced civilians in Gaza City.[463][464] On 3 August, at least 17 Palestinians were killed in two Israeli airstrikes in a school turned shelter in Gaza City.[465][466] On 4 August, at least five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing of tents outside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital[467][468][469] and two Israeli airstrikes targeting shelters in Gaza City killed at least 30 Palestinians.[470] On 8 August, at least 15 Palestinians were killed in Israeli bombing of two schools housing displaced Palestinians in eastern Gaza City.[471] Two days later, at least 80 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a school used as a shelter by displaced Palestinians in Gaza City.[472] On 17 August, three Israeli missiles struck a warehouse used as shelter in Az-Zawayda, killing 16 Palestinians. An Israeli airstrike struck a home in Deir al-Balah, killing at least four people.[473] On 20 August, Israel struck a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, killing at least 12 people.[474][475] On 29 August, an Israeli airstrike on an Anera aid convoy en route to the Emirati Red Crescent Hospital killed four Palestinians.[317] On 31 August, an Israeli strike on an aid convoy to Rafah killed four Palestinians.[476] On 25 October, an Israeli strike on a house in al-Manara area south of Khan Yunis which led to the collapse of several other residential buildings with people trapped inside killed at least 33 people.[477]
Second and third battles of Khan Yunis (22 July – 30 August)
On 22 July, the IDF began a second invasion of Khan Yunis.[478][479] Israel ordered the evacuation of the eastern part of Khan Yunis,[480] 73 people were killed and more than 270 were injured including civilians during the first day of the attack.[479][481][482] By August 2024, almost 84% of Gaza was under evacuation orders from Israel.[483] Footage from an Israeli drone surfaced showing the destruction of the Grand Mosque in Khan Yunis.[484] On 21 August, Israeli forces conducted a bombing in Hamad City, killing ten Palestinians.[485] On 24 August, an Israeli bombing on the al-Katiba area of Khan Yunis killed at least 11 people.[486] On 30 August, The IDF said that its 98th division withdrew from Khan Yunis and Deir el-Balah after its month long operation, killing over 250 Palestinian militants and destroying dozens of militant sites.[487]
Polio vaccination campaign
On 16 August, a 10-month-old contracted Gaza's first case of polio in 25 years.[488] On 30 August, Israel and Hamas agreed to pause fighting in central Gaza for three days, then in southern Gaza for three days and then in northern Gaza for three days from 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in a designated area for polio vaccination starting on 31 August. Israel and Hamas also agreed to extend pause in fighting in three separate zones to the fourth day if needed.[489][490] On 4 September, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that vaccinations would continue at "four fixed sites in central Gaza for three more days".[491] On 6 September, the Gaza Health Ministry said that Israel was hindering polio vaccinations by refusing to coordinate the entry of medical teams into the southern Gaza Strip.[492] On 8 September, the Gaza Health Ministry extended polio vaccination in southern Gaza for one more day.[493] On 9 September, UN staff working with the polio vaccination campaign were detained by Israeli soldiers in northern Gaza, who held them at gunpoint and damaged UN vehicles with bulldozers. Because of this incident, UNRWA commissioner Philippe Lazzarini said that the future of the UN's vaccination program in northern Gaza was uncertain.[494] On 16 September, Lazzarini said that first phase of polio vaccination was a success and it reached 90% of the children.[495] On 12 October, a humanitarian pause between the IDF and Hamas started in the designated protected zone for polio vaccination campaign for children.[496] The World Health Organization announced that second phase of the polio vaccination campaign was launched in central Gaza.[497][498] Strikes on the Mufti school in Nuseirat delayed the distribution of polio vaccines.[499] Polio vaccination is uncertain in northern Gaza due to the IDF's siege.[500] On 17 October, the polio vaccination campaign for children from two to ten years old was completed in central Gaza. Vaccination for children in Khan Yunis and Rafah governorates was expected to run from 19 to 23 October, followed by children in northern Gaza.[501] On 23 October, the WHO announced that polio vaccination for children in northern Gaza was postponed due to Israeli bombardment, mass displacement and lack of access.[502]
Ground operation in Rafah
On 1 September, an Israeli bombing on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians killed 11 people.[503] The IDF claimed to have killed 200 militants and discovered dozens of weapons in Tel al-Sultan in one week in its operation in Rafah.[504] On 10 September, a series of Israeli missile strikes on a tent encampment in Al-Mawasi killed at least 19 to 40 people, wounded over 60 people and trapped several people under the rubble.[505][506][507] On 11 September, an Israeli airstrike on a family home in eastern Khan Yunis killed at least 13 Palestinians.[508] An IAF UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Rafah while trying to evacuate a critically injured combat engineer, killing two Israeli soldiers and injuring seven others.[509]
Attacks in central Gaza
An Israeli airstrike on a UNRWA-run school-turned-shelter in Nuseirat refugee camp killed at least 18 people, including six UNRWA staff.[510][40][511] On 16 September, an Israeli strike on a home in Nuseirat refugee camp killed 10 Palestinians.[512][513] On 21 September, an Israeli air strike on Zeitoun school in Gaza City killed at least 21 Palestinians.[514][515][516] On 23 September, an Israeli air strike in Nuseirat refugee camp killed 11 Palestinians.[517] On 25 September, Israel returned 88 bodies to Gaza in a container truck, providing no information about the names, ages, or location where the victims had been killed. Health officials at Nasser Hospital refused to bury the bodies until they were identified.[518] On 26 September, an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Jabalia killed at least 15 Palestinians.[519][520] On 30 September, Israeli forces bombed two houses on the Nuseirat camp, killing at least 13 people.[521][522]
On 1 October, Israeli forces destroyed many residential buildings in the southern part of Khan Yunis, killing at least 12 members of a Palestinian family.[523] On 2 October, the bodies of over 30 Palestinians and several other injured people were found following withdrawal of Israeli forces after several hours of ground assault in Khan Yunus.[524] On 6 October, Israeli airstrikes on Shuhada al-Aqsa mosque in Deir el-Balah and the Ibn Rushd school in central Gaza killed at least 26 Palestinians and more than 93 others were injured.[525][526][527] An Israeli airstrike on a home in northern Gaza killed 10 Palestinians.[528] On 6 October, Palestinian journalist Hassan Hamad was killed in an airstrike on his home after receiving threats from an Israeli officer over WhatsApp saying that if he did not stop filming, "we'll come for you next and turn your family into [...] This is your last warning."[529] On 14 October, video of a fire at a tent camp outside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital showed a person burning alive in the flames, and at least four others were killed.[499] On 15 October, an Israeli air strike on a home in the Bani Suhaila neighbourhood of Khan Yunis killed at least 10 people.[530] On 11 September, an Israeli air strike on a residential building in southern Gaza killed at least 10 people.[531] On 17 October, an Israeli air strike on a residential building in the Maghazi refugee camp killed at least 10 people, including women and children.[532][533] On 18 October, an Israeli strike on a home in the Maghazi refugee camp killed 16 people and left several people missing and trapped under the rubble.[534][535] On 19 October, Oxfam condemned the killing of four water engineers working with one of its partners, Coastal Municipalities Water Union near Khuzaa by an Israeli airstrike, despite prior coordination of their activities with Israeli authorities.[536] On 24 October, Israeli missile strikes on Shuhadaa al-Nuseirat school serving as a shelter for displaced families in Nuseirat refugee camp killed at least 18 Palestinians and injured at least 52 others.[537][538][539] On 29 October, an Israeli air strike in central az-Zawayda killed 10 people.[540]
Siege of Jabalia (5 October – present)
On 6 October, Israeli forces bombarded Jabalia refugee camp, killing 17 people including nine children.[541] On 8 October, the IDF began to encircle Jabalia camp and said it had killed about 20 Palestinian militants in air strikes and street battles. Casualties also included at least seven Palestinian civilians including women and children.[542][543] On 9 October, an Israeli strike on Al-Yemen Al-Saeed Hospital in Jabalia camp killed at least 15 people.[544] On 10 October, the IDF issued evacuation orders for three hospitals in northern Gaza, threatening that they would meet "the same fate as al-Shifa hospital, with destruction, killing and arrest."[542] An attack near Kamal Edwan Hospital and in an evacuation centre in the western part of Jabalia killed at least 16 people.[545] An Israeli strike on Rufaida school which was serving as a shelter for displaced people in Deir el-Balah killed at least 28 people and injured 54 others.[546][547][548] The IDF said that an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas base in Jabaliya killed at least 12 Hamas and PIJ commanders.[549] On 11 October, Israeli fighter jets struck a multistory apartment block in Jabalia killing 22 people, injuring 90 and trapping 14 under the rubble.[550][551] The IDF said that it killed 20 Hamas militants in the Jabalia refugee camp in the past 24 hours.[552] Israeli tank shelling on a school which serves as shelter for displaced people in Nuseirat killed at least 22 people and injured 80 others.[553][554] On 14 October Israeli air strikes on a food distribution centre in Jabalia camp killed 10 people and injured at least 30.[555] On 15 October, Israeli strikes in the vicinity of al-Faluja in Jabalia refugee camp killed at least 11 people.[556] On 17 October, Israeli strikes on the UNRWA-run Abu Hussein school serving as a shelter for displaced people in Jabalia killed at least 28 people and injured 160 others.[557][558][559] The IDF said that its air force killed dozens of militants in Jabalia on that day.[560] On 28 October, the IDF said that it continued air and ground operations in Jabalia, killing dozens of fighters.[561]
Killing of Yahya Sinwar
On 16 October, IDF ground forces killed Yahya Sinwar in a shootout in Tal as-Sultan.[562] The conscript soldiers who participated in the shootout were not initially aware that one of the militants they had killed was Sinwar, and he was identified the following day by his dental records.[563] Sinwar's death while participating in ground battles alongside a small group of militants ran counter to the Israeli defense establishment's assumptions that he would be hiding underground, surrounded by hostages. There were no hostages in Sinwar's vicinity at the time of his death,[564] and no civilian casualties were reported.[565] Joe Biden urged Israel to end the war citing victory as a result of Sinwar's death.[566]
Generals' plan
On 13 October, senior IDF officials told Haaretz that the government was not seeking to revive hostage talks and that political leadership was pushing for the annexation of parts of the Gaza Strip.[567] In the later weeks of October, Israel's siege on North Gaza intensified and daily aid shipments dropped significantly. Eyewitnesses reported the shelling of hospitals, razing of shelters, and abductions of men and boys by the Israeli military, leading to speculation that Israel had decided to implement a plan by a group of retired generals to turn the northern Strip into a closed military zone and declare all who refuse to leave as combatants.[568] On 18 October, an Israeli air strike on several houses in the vicinity of the Nassar Junction in Jabalia refugee camp killed 33 people, injured 85 others and trapped several others under the rubble.[569][570][571] On 19 October, Israel bombed al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia and Kamal Adwan and the Indonesian hospitals in Beit Lahiya.[572] The IDF continued its encirclement of Jabalia by sending tanks to Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun and issuing evacuation orders to residents. At least 87 people including women and children were killed or missing and 40 others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on several homes and a multistory residential building in Beit Lahia.[573][574][575] Israeli Colonel Ehsan Daxa was killed on 20 October during fighting in Jabalia when his tank squadron was hit with explosive devices.[576] On 21 October, Israeli artillery shelling on a school sheltering displaced people in Jabalia killed at least 10 people.[577] On 22 October, an Israeli drone strike on a group of Palestinians in Beit Lahia killed at least 15 people.[578] On 24 October, an IDF attack destroyed at least 10 residential buildings in the al-Hawja residential area inside the Jabalia refugee camp. According to an assessment by Gaza Civil Defense, 150 people were either killed or injured.[579] On 25 October, Gaza Civil Defense said that an Israeli drone strike on a group of Palestinians receiving aid near Shati refugee camp killed 12 people.[580] The WHO said it had lost contact with Kamal Adwan hospital that night, and UN human rights chief Volker Türk called recent developments in North Gaza the "darkest moment" in the war so far. In his statement, Türk invoked the international obligation to prevent genocide, marking a departure from UN hesitancy to use that word regarding the war.[581] On 26 October, an Israeli strike on a residential area in Beit Lahia killed at least 35 Palestinians.[582] On 27 October, Israeli forces bombed a building that housed displaced people in Beit Lahia, killing ten people.[583] An Israeli airstrike on the UN-run Asmaa school sheltering displaced families in Al-Shati refugee camp killed at least 11 people and injured several others.[584][585][586] On 29 October, at least 109 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others were injured after an Israeli airstrike destroyed a residential building housing displaced people in Beit Lahia.[587][588][589] Another Israeli air strike on a residential area in Beit Lahia killed at least 19 people.[590][591] On 30 October, Israeli airstrikes on one of the main markets in Beit Lahia killed 10 Palestinians and injured 20 others.[592]
Other confrontations
Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and the Houthi movement in Yemen have launched limited attacks against Israel, raising fears of a wider regional military conflict. Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria have also traded attacks with the US and IDF.[593] Israel has bombed targets in and around Damascus throughout the war,[594][595][596] with an attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus on 1 April leading to a direct Iranian response.[597] Iran launched a series of retaliatory airstrikes on Israel.[597][598] Over 100 Palestinians have been killed in confrontations with Israeli soldiers and settlers in the West Bank since 7 October. Settler violence has been heavily criticized by the IDF.[599][600]
West Bank and Israel
Amnesty International released a report[601] on 5 February 2024 stating that Israel is carrying out unlawful killings in the West Bank and displaying "a chilling disregard for Palestinian lives" and that Israeli forces are carrying out numerous illegal acts of violence that constitute clear violations of international law.[602][603]
Even before the war, 2023 was the deadliest year for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in 20 years. Violence in the West Bank has increased since the war began with more than 607 Palestinians and over 25 Israelis killed.[604][605] At the same time, Israeli settler violence further increased to around 1,270 attacks, against 856 for all of 2022.[606] About 1,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced by settlers since 7 October and almost half of clashes have included "Israeli forces accompanying or actively supporting Israeli settlers while carrying out the attacks" according to a U.N. report.[607] According to the West Bank Protection Consortium, which is funded by the European Union, since the 7 October attacks six Palestinian communities have been abandoned due to the violence.[608]
By 10 October, confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli forces had left 15 Palestinians dead, including two in East Jerusalem.[609] On 11 October, Israeli settlers attacked the village of Qusra, killing four Palestinians. A 16-year-old child was fatally shot by the IDF in Bani Na'im, while another person was shot dead by the IDF near Bethlehem.[610] On 12 October, two Palestinians were killed after Israeli settlers interrupted a funeral procession for Palestinians killed in prior settler attacks and opened fire.[611][612][613]
On 18 October, protests broke out over the al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion, with clashes reported in Ramallah.[614] In Jenin, a 12-year-old girl was shot dead by crossfire from Palestinian Authority security forces, and another youth was injured by PA forces in Tubas. One Palestinian was killed in confrontations with Israeli forces in Nabi Salih, and 30 others were injured across the West Bank.[615] On 19 October, more than 60 Hamas members were arrested and 12 people were killed in overnight Israeli raids across the West Bank. Those arrested included the movement's spokesperson in the West Bank, Hassan Yousef.[616]
On 22 October, Israel struck the al-Ansar Mosque in the Jenin refugee camp, saying that it had killed several "terror operatives" from Hamas and Islamic Jihad who were planning attacks inside without providing evidence.[617] Within a few days Ayser Mohammad Al-Amer, a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad was killed during a clash with IDF in the Jenin refugee camp.[618] On 31 October, the IDF engaged Hamas around Shuweika.[619]
On 1 November, Issa Amro said the situation in the West Bank had become "very hard", noting "All the checkpoints are closed. Israeli settlers and soldiers are acting violently with the Palestinians."[620] The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned Israeli settler violence against Palestinians was on the rise.[621]
On 20 April 14 Palestinians were killed in clashes during an Israeli raid in the West Bank. Palestinian sources identified one of the victims as a militant,[622] while Israel said that 14 gunmen were killed.[623]
In July 2024, Israeli authorities approved the seizure of 12.7 square kilometers of land in the occupied West Bank. According to Peace Now, this was the largest single appropriation approved since the 1993 Oslo accords."[624] On 4 July, Israeli authorites approved plans for almost 5,300 new houses in occupied West Bank.[625]
On 7 August, Wafa reported that Israeli forces destroyed the regional headquarters of Fatah in the Balata Camp.[626][627]
On 14 August, the Israeli government approved new settlements in the occupied West Bank.[628][629]
On 28 August, Israel launched the largest military operation into the northern West Bank in more than 20 years. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said that the operation was a "full-fledged war".[630] Israeli forces carried out simultaneous operations in Jenin, Tubas, Nablus, Ramallah and Tulkarem. In Jenin, Israeli forces devastated civilian infrastructure with anti-tank munitions and armored bulldozers, set fire to the Jenin farmers' market, and carried out mass arrests of men and boys. Civilians were trapped in their homes and denied access to food, water and medicine. Members of the press were denied access to the city while the operation was ongoing. Eyewitnesses also reported the use of Palestinian detainees as human shields and the use of attack dogs against civilian families. The army blocked access to hospitals and ambulances.[631] On 29 August, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres demanded a halt to the operations.[632] EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the operations "must not constitute the premises of a war extension from Gaza, including full-scale destruction."[633] On 3 September, Israeli media reported that the IDF had classified the West Bank as a "combat zone" and now viewed it as the second most important front in the war.[634][635] Yoav Gallant said that Israel was "mowing the lawn" with its West Bank operations, but that it would eventually need to "pull out the roots".[636] On 6 September, Turkish-American protestor Ayşenur Eygi was killed by an Israeli sniper at a demonstration near Nablus.[637]
On 3 October, an Israeli airstrike in Tulkarm Camp killed at least 20 people.[638][639]
Israeli settlements
Israeli settlers have taken advantage of the ongoing war to expand settlement activity supported by a far-right Israeli government,[640][606][641] including land seizure and large scale settlement plans.[642] In 2024, Israeli land seizures exceeded the combined total of the previous 20 years.[643]
Attacks in Israel
During the war, civilians in Israel have been subjected to intermittent killings and other violent actions. For example, on 30 November, two Palestinian gunmen killed three and wounded eleven Israeli civilians at a bus stop on the Givat Shaul Interchange in Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsibility.[644] On 16 February 2024, a Palestinian gunman shot and killed two Israeli civilians and injured four others in Kiryat Malakhi, Israel. The shooter was killed by an off-duty IDF reservist at the scene.[645] On 12 April 2024 a 14-old Israeli shepherd was killed and on 16 April 2024 two Palestinians were killed by Israeli settlers in Aqraba.[646] On 13 May, at the Tarqumiya checkpoint, a convoy of trucks carrying food supplies to Gaza was attacked by Israeli settlers, who damaged the trucks and threw supplies on the ground.[647]
Israeli prisons and detention camps
Israel has dramatically increased its use of administrative detention against Palestinians from both the West Bank and Gaza, as well as Palestinian citizens of Israel, since the start of the war. Administrative detention was already at a 20-year high before October 2023.[648] At least 60 Palestinians have died in Israeli detention since 7 October.[649]
In December 2023, a military base at Sde Teiman in the Negev Desert was converted to a detention camp by the IDF. Whistleblowers and detainees have reported beatings and torture of Palestinian detainees at the camp, as well as amputations of limbs due to injuries sustained from handcuffing, medical neglect, arbitrary punishment and sexual abuse. Prisoners have been pressured to make coerced confessions that they are members of Hamas.[650][651][652] After conditions in the camp came to light in May 2024, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing and the IDF began transferring 1,200 of the prisoners to Ofer Prison.[653] Detainees have reported severe instances of violence during transfers between prisons.[649][654]
Several Palestinian healthcare workers have been abducted from Gaza hospitals during sieges by Israeli forces.[654] On 25 March, Israeli forces abducted Khaled Alser, the lead author of the first Lancet paper on trauma among Gazan ER patients and doctors, from Nasser Hospital. As of 31 August, he remains in detention and his whereabouts are unknown.[655]
On 29 July 2024, military police raided Sde Teiman to arrest ten soldiers "suspected of the serious sexual abuse" of a Palestinian detainee. Itamar Ben-Gvir and other members of the Otzma Yehudit party condemned the arrests.[650] Far-right supporters of the arrested soldiers including Ben Gvir, Amihai Eliyahu, Zvi Sukkot, and Nissim Vaturi stormed Sde Teiman that night in protest. Hours later, protestors broke into Beit Lid where the soldiers were being held.[656]
On 7 October 2024, American journalist Jeremy Loffredo and three other international and Israeli journalists were detained at a checkpoint in the West Bank on suspicion of "assisting an enemy in war" for their reporting on the October 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel. The journalists' cameras and phones were confiscated. Loffredo was released after four days in detention, and barred from leaving the country until 20 October.[657]
Lebanon
A series of border clashes with Hezbollah along the Israel–Lebanon border began shortly after the 7 October attack. In 2024, Israel escalated its assault on Lebanon, carrying out explosive device attacks, assassinations of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders, and expanding its bombing campaign. On 1 October, Israel began a ground invasion of Lebanon. More than 2,500 people have been killed and 20% of Lebanon's population has been displaced.[658]
Clashes
On 8 October, Hezbollah launched an artillery attack on Israeli positions in Shebaa Farms; this was met with immediate retaliation.[659][660] Skirmishes have occurred every day since, spilling over to the occupied Golan Heights. The clashes resulted in the deaths of more than 513 Lebanese militants and over 25 Israeli soldiers,[661][114] as well as over 294 Lebanese civilians, more than 25 Syrian civilians and over 27 Israeli civilians,[662][663] one Lebanese Army soldier,[664] and the displacement of more than 500,000 people in Lebanon and over 96,000 more in Israel.[665][666] On 13 October, Reuters journalist Issam Abdullah was killed by Israeli tank fire while reporting on the border skirmishes.[667] The inability of Israelis to return to settlements and homes in the north of the country led to Antony Blinken stating that Israel had effectively "lost sovereignty in the northern quadrant of its country".[668] On 27 July 2024, the Majdal Shams attack occurred, killing 12 children in the Golan Heights area.[669][670] The attack, which was carried out by Hezbollah according to Israel and the US, marked an escalation in hostilities and opened discussion about a broader war with Lebanon. Hezbollah denied responsibility for the attack.[671]
Escalation
While the Biden administration publicly urged Israel to reach a negotiated solution with Hezbollah, senior white house officials including Amos Hochstein and Brett McGurk privately assured Israel that the US backed its decision to escalate militarily.[672] On 17 September 2024, at least 12 people were killed and thousands of others including Hezbollah members and civilians were wounded across Lebanon and Syria following multiple explosions blamed on pagers used by Hezbollah to prevent their members being targeted by mobile phone signals. Among those reported injured was the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani.[673][674][675] On 18 September 2024, a second series of explosions involving Hezbollah communication devices occurred across Lebanon.[676] On 20 September, Israel launched an airstrike in Dahieh, Beirut targeting Hezbollah's operations commander Ibrahim Aqil. At least 45 people,[677] including Aqil, senior Hezbollah commander Ahmed Mahmoud Wahabi, other 13 high ranking Hezbollah militants, three children and seven women were killed, while 68 others were injured.[678][679][680] On 21 September, the IDF claimed to have "almost completely dismantled" Hezbollah's military chain of command.[681] Between 19 and 22 September, Hezbollah launched multiple rocket attacks against Israel injuring several civilians and damaging infrastructure.[682][683] Hezbollah also said that it targeted Israeli airbases, intelligence bases and a tank.[684] On 23 September, Israel conducted over 1,600 strikes in its deadliest attack on Lebanon since 2006,[685] killing at least 558 people and injuring more than 1,835 others including children, women and paramedics according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.[686][687][688] Hezbollah launched more than 300 rockets at Israel on the same day.[689][690] On 26 September, an Israeli strike on a three-storey building in Younine killed at least 19 Syrians and a Lebanese, mostly women or children and injured eight others.[691][692]
On 27 September, the IDF said that it struck Hezbollah's central headquarters in Beirut targeting Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.[693] Al-Manar reported that four buildings collapsed in the attack. At least six people including Nasrallah died and at least 100 were injured.[694][695][696] On 28 September, the Lebanese National News Agency reported that IDF strikes struck civil defense centres and a medical clinic in Taybeh and Deir Siriane killing 11 medical staff and injuring 10 others.[697] On 29 September, an Israeli air strike on a home in Dahr-al-Ain killed at least 11 people.[698][699] The Lebanese National News Agency reported that at least 17 members of a family were killed and several others were trapped under rubble in an Israeli air strike in Zboud.[700] An Israeli strike in Ain El Delb killed 45 people and injured at least 75 others.[701][702] An Israeli strike in Bekaa killed 12 people and injured 20 others.[701]
Invasion
On 1 October, the IDF confirmed that it was conducting a "limited, localized" ground operation into southern Lebanon.[703] An Israeli strike on a house in Al-Dawoudiya killed at least 10 people and injured five others.[704] On 2 October, Israeli forces were ambushed by Hezbollah fighters in Odaisseh and forced to retreat while attempting to dismantle militant infrastructure. Six soldiers from the Egoz Unit were killed and several others were injured, including five seriously. Two soldiers of the Golani Brigade were killed and another was also injured. The IDF said that another 20 Hezbollah militants were killed during the clash.[705][706] An Israeli air strike destroyed three houses in the Bekaa Valley killing 11 people.[707] On 3 October, an Israeli strike on the municipality building in Bint Jbeil killed 15 people.[708] On 5 October, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed to have destroyed a large part of Hezbollah's arsenal and its tunnels in the vicinity of the Israel Lebanon border.[709] On 7 October, two Israeli airstrikes in towns south of Beirut killed at least 12 people, including several Lebanese children.[710] Israeli warplanes struck a fire station building affiliated with the Islamic Health Authority in Baraachit, killing ten firefighters.[711][712] On 10 October, an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut reportedly targeting Wafic Safa, the chief of Hezbollah's Liaison and Coordination Unit, killed at least 22 people and injured 117 others. Safa reportedly survived.[713][714] On 12 October, four Israeli soldiers were killed and 61 were wounded in a drone strike on an army base near Binyamina.[715] On 14 October, an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Aitou in northern Lebanon killed at least 21 people including twelve women and two children and injured eight others.[716][717][718] On 15 October, the UNHCR said that over 25% of Lebanon was under evacuation orders of Israel.[719] Israeli air strikes in Qana killed 15 people and injured 15 others.[720] On 16 October, an Israeli airstrike on the municipal building of Nabatieh killed at least 16 people, including the town's mayor Ahmad Kahil and injured 52 others.[721][722] Israeli forces also detonated explosives throughout the town of Mhaibib, home to the tomb of the prophet Benjamin, destroying nearly all of it. Videos surfaced of soldiers laughing and celebrating as they watched the destruction from a distance.[723][724] On 19 October, a drone attack believed to have originated from Lebanon was made on Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Caesarea. Netanyahu was not in the residence at the time, while no casualties were reported.[725] Hezbollah later claimed responsibility for the attack.[726] On 22 October, an Israeli airstrike on a house in Teffahta killed 19 people.[727] An Israeli airstrike near the Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut killed at least 18 people, including four children, and injured at least 60 others.[728][729][730] On 23 October, the IDF said that it killed three Hezbollah sector commanders and 70 other Hezbollah militants.[731] Air attacks on Dahieh resumed in what was called one of the worst nights of bombing in the neighborhood to date. Six buildings, including the offices of Al Mayadeen, were destroyed in seventeen raids.[658] On 24 October, the IAF said that it killed dozens of militants on the ground and from the air over the past day.[732] On 27 October, the IDF claimed to have killed 70 Hezbollah fighters.[733] On 29 October, nine people were killed and a girl was trapped under rubble in an Israeli airstrike in Haret Saida, southeast of Sidon.[734][735] An Israeli airstrike in Sarafand killed 10 people and injured 21 others.[736][737] On 30 October, the IDF claimed to have killed dozens of militants one day prior.[738] Israeli airstrikes in Sohmor killed 11 people and injured 15 others.[739] Israeli strikes killed 19 people in two towns in Baalbek District.[740][741]
Yemen and the Red Sea
Several strikes against Israel and commercial ships in the Red Sea are thought to have launched by Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen.[742][743][744] On 19 October, the United States Navy destroyer USS Carney shot down several missiles that were traveling north over the Red Sea towards Israel.[745] On 31 October, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said that the group had launched ballistic missiles and drones towards Israel, and that they would continue to do so "to help the Palestinians to victory"[746] in an event that has been misrepresented in some news sites as a declaration of war by Yemen.[747] On 19 November, tensions increased when the Galaxy Leader, a cargo ship chartered by a Japanese logistics company with 25 individuals on board, was hijacked by the Houthis using a Mil Mi-17 helicopter.[748]
On 3 December, the Houthis said that they had attacked two ships, the Unity Explorer and Number 9, allegedly linked to Israel, in order "to prevent Israeli ships from navigating the Red Sea".[749][750] Any ship destined for Israel, according to the group, was a "legitimate target". Saree announced in a post on X that the "horrific massacres" against the Palestinians in Gaza was the reason for this decision and that they will not stop until the Gaza Strip is supplied with food and medicine. Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi called this development a "global issue" and that Israel is "giving the world some time to organize in order to prevent this" otherwise, the country would "act in order to remove this naval siege".[751]
On 19 July, a Houthi drone strike caused a large explosion which killed one person and wounded at least 10 near the US embassy in Tel Aviv.[752] On 20 July Israeli planes struck military facilities and oil depots at the port of Hodeidah in response, killing at least 6 people and wounding at least 83 people.[753] On 29 September, the Israeli Air Force struck Houthi targets in Al Hudaydah and Ras Issa, including power plants and port facilities, killing at least six people and injuring 57 others according to the Houthi-controlled Health Ministry.[754][755][756] The Houthi-run Information Ministry claimed that the group had emptied the facilities used to store fuel prior to the attack.[757]
Iraq
Since November 2023, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq has claimed responsibility for drone and missile attacks against targets within Israel in retaliation for Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians in Gaza. The group stated it would continue to "strike enemy strongholds". Strikes were recorded in Eilat,[758] the Dead Sea coastline,[759][760] the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights,[761] the Karish rig,[762] Haifa Bay,[763] Ashdod,[764] Kiryat Shmona,[765] Tel Aviv,[766][767] and in Elifelet.[768]
In late January, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced it had entered its second phase of operations which included blockading the Mediterranean maritime routes to Israeli ports and disabling the ports.[764] Since then, the group has launched joint military operations on Israel with the Yemeni Houthis and has consistently targeted ships in Haifa port in coordination.[769][770]
On 3 October 2024, Islamic Resistance in Iraq launched a kamikaze drone attack on a military base in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, killing two IDF soldiers and injuring 24 others.[771] The Islamic Resistance in Iraq denied responsibility for the attack.[772]
Syria
There have been numerous attacks claimed by or blamed on Israel since the start of the war in Gaza. In roughly the first year of the war, Israel struck Syria more than 220 times, killing 296 people.[773] On 10 October 2023, Israel exchanged rocket and mortar fire with forces in southern Syria. On 12 October, Israel bombed Damascus International Airport and Aleppo International Airport ahead of a visit to Syria by Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.[594] Since 2024, Israel has continued to launch airstrikes at targets in Syria, including in Damascus[596] and Aleppo.[774] A January 2024 strike on Damascus may have killed Iranian general Sadegh Omidzadeh, though the IRGC did not officially corroborate the news of his death.[775] In April, Israel bombed the Iranian consulate in Damascus.[776][777] On 13 July 2024, one soldier was killed and three other people were injured in Israeli strikes in and around Damascus.[778] On 27 September 2024, Israeli forces struck the Lebanon-Syria border, killing five Syrian soldiers and injuring another.[779] On 30 September, several people including a state television presenter were killed in an Israeli strike on Damascus.[780][781] On 4 October, two Israeli soldiers were killed and 24 were wounded in a drone attack by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq on an Israeli base in the Golan Heights.[782] However, the group denied responsibility for the attack.[783] On 8 October an Israeli airstrike on Damascus killed 13 people.[773] On 14 October, two Israeli tanks crossed into Syria, positioning themselves south of Quneitra.[784] On 20 October, a guided missile attack on a car killed two people near the Golden Mazzeh hotel in Damascus.[785]
Iran
On 24 November 2023, a suspected Iranian drone attacked the CMA CGM Symi, owned by Eastern Pacific Shipping, whose principal is Israeli, in the Indian Ocean, according to a US defense official. An anonymous source said the drone was suspected to have been a Shahed-136 drone. The attack caused damage to the ship but did not injure any of the crew.[786]
In December, the US military was reportedly looking to build a maritime task force to protect trade against Iranian harassment.[787]
On 23 December, a suspected Iranian drone attacked the Israel-affiliated oil tanker MV Chem Pluto in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Gujarat. The attack did not harm any of its 20 crew members, but caused a fire that was extinguished. The vessel was reportedly carrying Saudi oil to Mangalore, India.[788]
On 13 April 2024, the IRGC Navy boarded the Portuguese-registered and Madeira-flagged container ship MSC Aries in the Strait of Hormuz via helicopter, and directed it to Iranian territory for "violating maritime law". The ship is leased by MSC from Gortal Shipping, an affiliate of Zodiac Maritime, whose principal is Israeli.[789][790]
On 31 July, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, where he had traveled to attend the inauguration of President Masoud Pezeshkian. Iranian media said an Israeli strike took place at 02:00 and targeted a residence for war veterans in North Tehran, where Haniyeh was staying.[791]
Iranian strikes on Israel
On 13 April, following an Israeli airstrike on its consulate building in Damascus, Syria on 1 April,[792] Iran launched Operation True Promise,[793] a series of retaliatory airstrikes on Israel,[597][598] attacking the country from Iranian soil for the first time.[794]
On 1 October 2024, Iran began firing missiles at Israel in at least two waves,[795][796] with sirens being heard across the country. Explosions were heard overhead across Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.[795] The IDF confirmed over 100 missiles were fired by Iran.[797]
Israeli response
On 12 October, the United States authorized the deployment of THAAD missile defense systems and American crews to man them to Israel in anticipation of an Iranian response to the planned Israeli retaliation for Iran's 1 October strikes.[798][799] Massive cyberattacks were reported on nuclear facilities and government agencies of Iran.[800] Leaked US intelligence documents revealed that Israel was conducting covert drone operations over Iran in preparation for a strike. The documents also showed that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency was monitoring Israeli weapons movements, ground forces, air defenses, navy, air and special forces, and nuclear weapons, but that it lacked the intelligence to anticipate an Israeli strike. US intelligence did not find any indication that Israel was planning to use nuclear weapons in its response.[801][802] On 23 October, Gholamreza Jalali, the head of Iran's National Organization for Passive Defense said that Israeli cyberattacks against Iranian interests are continuing, but they are facing a "layer-by-layer" defence strategy that have kept them at bay.[803] On 24 October, IRGC chief Hossein Salami claimed that THAAD systems will not be enough if Israel prompts an Iranian attack by attacking Iran.[804] On 26 October, the IDF carried out airstrikes in Iran in response to its attacks against Israel.[805][806] An Iranian civilian and four Iranian soldiers were killed in the strikes.[807][808]
Casualties
As of 29 October 2024[update], over 44,000 people (43,061 Palestinian[809] and 1,706 Israeli)[815] have been reported as killed in the Israel–Hamas war, including 131-143 journalists and media workers (123-130 Palestinian, 2-4 Israeli, 6-8 Lebanese and 1 Syrian) according to Committee to Protect Journalists and International Federation of Journalists.[816][817], 120 academics[818] and over 224 humanitarian aid workers, including 179 employees of UNRWA.[819]
The vast majority of casualties have been in the Gaza Strip. The Gaza Health Ministry (GHM) total casualty count is the number of deaths directly caused by the war, while the demographic breakdown is a subset of those individually identified.[35][820] On 17 September 2024, the GHM published the names, gender and birth date of 34,344 individual Palestinians whose identities were confirmed. This reflects more than 80% of the casualties reported so far; of these, 60% were not men of fighting age.[35] The GHM count does not include those who have died from "preventable disease, malnutrition and other consequences of the war".[821] An analysis by the Gaza Health Projections Working Group predicted thousands of excess deaths from disease and birth complications.[822] According to a PCPSR report, over 60% of Gazans have lost family members since 7 October 2023.[823][824]
The 7 October attacks on Israel killed 1,195 people, including 815 civilians.[92] A further 251 persons were taken hostage during the initial attack on Israel to the Gaza Strip.[825][826][225] A further 479 Palestinians, including 116 children, and 9 Israelis have been killed in the occupied West Bank (including East Jerusalem).[809] Casualties have also occurred in other parts of Israel, as well as in southern Lebanon,[827] Syria,[828] Yemen,[829] and Iran.[830]
According to a letter sent to President Joseph R. Biden, Vice President Kamala D. Harris, and others on October 2, 2024 by 99 American healthcare workers who have served in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, and cited in a study from the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, based on starvation standards by the United States-funded Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, according to the most conservative estimate that they could calculate based on the available data, at least 62,413 people in Gaza have thus far died from starvation, most of them young children, as well as at least 5,000 estimated deaths from lack of access to care for chronic diseases.[831][832][833]
According to the Israeli Ministry of Defense's Rehabilitation Division, about 1,000 soldiers are wounded every month.[834] On 14 August 2024, the ministry predicted that it would have to account for 100,000 disabled IDF veterans by 2030 due to the war.[835]
Humanitarian crisis
The Gaza Strip is experiencing a humanitarian crisis as a result of the Israel–Hamas war.[836][837] The crisis includes both a 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.[836][838][839] This siege resulted in a 90% drop in electricity availability, impacting hospital power supplies, sewage plants, and shutting down the desalination plants that provide drinking water.[840] Widespread disease outbreaks have spread across Gaza.[837]
Heavy bombardment by Israeli airstrikes caused catastrophic damage to Gaza's infrastructure, further deepening the crisis. Direct attacks on telecommunications infrastructure by Israel, electricity blockades and fuel shortages caused the near-total collapse of Gaza's largest cell network providers.[841][842][843] Lack of internet access has obstructed Gazan citizens from communicating with loved ones, learning of IDF operations, and identifying both the areas most exposed to bombing and possible escape routes.[841] The blackouts have also impeded emergency services, making it more difficult to locate and access the time-critical injured,[841] and have impeded humanitarian aid agencies and journalists as well.[841] By December 2023, 200,000 Gazans (approximately 10% of the population) had received internet access through an eSIM provided by Connecting Humanity.[844]
The Gaza Health Ministry reported over 4,000 children killed in the war's first month.[845] UN Secretary General António Guterres stated Gaza had "become a graveyard for children."[ae][848][849] Indirect Palestinian deaths are expected to be much higher due to the intensity of the conflict, destruction of health care infrastructure, lack of food, water, shelter, and safe places for civilians to flee, and reduction in UNRWA funding, with one Lancet study stating that the death toll in Gaza, including future deaths indirectly caused by the war, might exceed 186,000.[850][851] Organizations such as Doctors Without Borders, the Red Cross, and a joint statement by UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the UN Development Programme, United Nations Population Fund, and World Food Programme have warned of a dire humanitarian collapse.[852][853][854] On 8 November, UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk described the Rafah Crossing as "gates to a living nightmare."[855]
On 30 July 2024, the Gaza Health Ministry announced a polio epidemic in Gaza.[856] After 44 days the World Health Organization reported reaching the target of polio vaccination for children of the Gaza strip.[857] Water consumption now averages 4.74 liters a day pro capita, 95.53 liters short of the WHO-mandated minimum.[858]
Scale of destruction
The scale, extent, and pace of destruction of buildings in the Gaza Strip ranks among the most severe in modern history,[859][860][861] surpassing the bombing of Dresden, Hamburg, and London combined during World War II.[862][863][864] The 29,000 munitions – shells and bombs – that Israel had dropped on Gaza in three months greatly exceed the amount (3,678) dropped by the United States between 2004 and 2010 after its invasion of Iraq.[865] After a year, the UN estimates that a total of 42m tonnes of rubble clutter the Strip, to clear and rebuilt which might take 80 years, and cost over $80bn.[866] An earlier estimate worked out that 300 kilograms of rubble on average existed per square metre of Gaza.[867] The estimated extent of the destruction ranges from 35% of all buildings (March 2024, UNITAR)[868][869] to 70% (December 2023, The Wall Street Journal),[864] with a higher level of destruction in northern Gaza.[870][871] The damage to buildings in northern Gaza reportedly exceeds that in Bakhmut and Mariupol in the Russian invasion of Ukraine,[863] Aleppo in the Battle of Aleppo,[859] and Mosul and Raqqa in the War against the Islamic State;[859] by 5 December 2023, the percentage of buildings damaged or destroyed in Gaza exceeded Dresden and Cologne during World War II and approached the level of destruction seen in Hamburg.[863][872] Bombing has destroyed or damaged apartment buildings, hospitals, schools, religious sites, factories, and shopping centers.[864] The Guardian reported that the scale of destruction has led international legal experts to raise the concept of domicide, which it describes as "the mass destruction of dwellings to make [a] territory uninhabitable".[860]
War crimes
A UN Commission to the Israel–Palestine conflict stated that there is "clear evidence that war crimes may have been committed in the latest explosion of violence in Israel and Gaza, and all those who have violated international law and targeted civilians must be held accountable."[873][874][875] On 27 October, a spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called for an independent court to review potential war crimes committed by both sides.[876]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed that its mandate to investigate alleged war crimes committed since June 2014 in the State of Palestine extends to the current conflict.[877][878] On 20 May, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announced his intention to seek arrest warrants against Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh and Israeli leaders Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war.[879][880][881]
On 7 June 2024, both Israel and Hamas were added to the list of shame, an annex attached to an annual report submitted by the UN Secretary-General documenting rights violations against children in armed conflict. While past reports accused Israel of grave rights violations against children, the country was never included in the annex.[882][883][884]
On 19 June 2024, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory presented a detailed report to the United Nations Human Rights Council covering the war from 7 October to 31 December 2023, affirming that both Hamas and Israel committed war crimes and that Israel's actions also constituted crimes against humanity.[885] In a second report, the Commission found that Israel had carried out a policy of destroying Gaza's healthcare system.[886][887]
The June report found that the military wing of Hamas and six other Palestinian armed groups are responsible for the war crimes of intentionally directing attacks against civilians, murder or willful killing, torture, inhuman or cruel treatment, destroying or seizing the property of an adversary, outrages upon personal dignity, and taking hostages, including children.[888][889] In relation to IDF operations and attacks in Gaza, the commission concluded that Israeli authorities are responsible for the war crimes of starvation as a method of warfare, murder or willful killing, intentionally directing attacks against civilians and civilian objects, forcible transfer, sexual violence, torture and inhuman or cruel treatment, arbitrary detention and outrages upon personal dignity. It also found that Israel committed numerous crimes against humanity, including carrying out the extermination of Palestinians and gender persecution targeting Palestinian men and boys.[890][891][892] The commission said that they had submitted 7,000 pieces of evidence to the International Criminal Court related to crimes committed by Israel and Hamas, as part of the International Criminal Court investigation in Palestine.[893]
In another report published in October 2024, the commission accused Israel of "committing war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination with relentless and deliberate attacks on medical personnel and facilities" as well as accusing the IDF of deliberately killing and torturing medical personnel, targeting medical vehicles, and restricting patients from leaving Gaza. The report also addressed the detention of Palestinians in Israeli military camps and facilities, finding that thousands of child and adult detainees, many arbitrarily detained, faced widespread abuse, including physical and psychological violence, rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, and conditions amounting to torture, highlighting that deaths resulting from such abuse or neglect constituted war crimes and violations of the right to life. Israel refused to cooperate with the investigation, contending that it had an "anti-Israel" bias.[894]
Diplomatic impact
The war sparked a major diplomatic crisis, with many countries around the world reacting strongly to the conflict that affected the momentum of regional relations.[895] At least nine countries took the drastic step of recalling their ambassadors and cutting diplomatic ties with Israel.[896][897] The war has also resulted in a renewed focus on a two-state solution to the broader conflict.[898][899] Global public opinion of Israel has dropped during the war as well; a Morning Consult poll published in January 2024 indicated that the United States was the only remaining wealthy country in which Israel had net positive approval.[900]
Negotiations have focused on the possibility of a ceasefire in the war, with Egypt and Qatar serving as mediators in negotiations between Israel and Hamas.[901][902] The United Nations Security Council passed resolution 2728 in March 2024, demanding an immediate ceasefire and the unconditional release of hostages for the month of Ramadan.[903][904]
Following talks mediated by China, on 23 July 2024, Palestinian groups including Hamas and Fatah reached an agreement to end their divisions and form a unity government for Gaza, which they announced in the "Beijing Declaration".[905]
At the UNGA, Saudi Arabia announced a global alliance to seek a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said almost 90 countries were at the launch of The Global Alliance for the Implementation of a Palestinian State and a Two-State Solution.[906][907][908] On 29 September, Saudi Arabia said they would send aid to the Palestinian Authority, $60 million in six installments according to a senior Palestinian Authority official. The aid is seen as means of keeping the PA solvent and keeping the push for a two state solution alive notwithstanding Israeli financial restrictions.[909]
Reactions
Israel
The Israeli government's response to the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel has multiple aspects, including a military response leading to the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. In October, the Knesset approved a war cabinet in Israel, adding National Unity ministers and altering the government; Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz froze non-war legislation, establishing a war cabinet with military authority.
The IDF's subsequent large-scale bombing and invasion of Gaza led to a humanitarian crisis, mass detentions, and famine. Israel's response was criticized as resulting in war crimes, and it was charged with genocide by South Africa in the International Court of Justice.[910] Settler expansions and officials' controversial remarks heightened unrest, leading to protests in Israel. The Knesset's law criminalizing "terrorist materials" consumption drew criticism.[911]
In an interview to the Wall Street Journal on 25 December, Netanyahu said that Israel's objectives were to "destroy Hamas, demilitarize Gaza and deradicalize the whole of Palestinian society".[912] There was broad support in Israeli society for military operations in Gaza.[913][914] Public opinion poll conducted in December 2023 by the Israel Democracy Institute found that 87% of Jewish Israelis supported the war in Gaza.[915]
Palestinian territories
Initially, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asserted the Palestinian people's right to self-defense against the "terror of settlers and occupation troops"[916] and condemned the orders by Israel for residents to evacuate north Gaza, labeling it a "second Nakba".[917] Later, Abbas rejected the killing of civilians on both sides, and said that the Palestinian Liberation Organization was the sole representative of the Palestinian people.[918]
International
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Significant geopolitical divisions emerged during the war. Much of the Western world provided strong diplomatic and military support to Israel,[919] including the United States,[920] United Kingdom,[921] and Germany[922] although the strong support is "at odds with the attitudes of Western publics which continue to shift away from Israel", according to Hugh Lovatt, a senior policy fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Lovatt says that during the Cold War, Israel sided with the West against the Arab countries supported by the Soviets, and Western leaders generally see Israel "as a fellow member of the liberal democratic club" and that this partially "explains the continued strong Western support for Israel – which has now largely become reflexive".[919] At least 44 nations denounced Hamas and explicitly condemned its conduct on 7 October as terrorism, including a joint statement by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Germany.[923]
In contrast, the Islamic world and much of the Global South denounced the actions of Israel and its allies, criticizing the "moral authority of the West" and alleging that it holds double standards surrounding human rights.[919][924] The double standards, in their view, is condemning an illegal occupation in Ukraine while standing firmly behind Israel that has occupied Palestinian lands.[925] Bolivia has cut all ties with Israel as a result of the conflict, while fellow South American countries Colombia and Chile recalled their ambassadors to the country.[304][924]
The United States, United Kingdom, and Germany have supplied Israel with substantial military and medical aid.[921][926][927]
The Israeli government's response prompted international protests, arrests, and harassment.[928]
Evacuations of foreign nationals
Brazil announced a rescue operation of nationals using an air force transport aircraft.[929] Poland announced that it would deploy two C-130 transport planes to evacuate 200 of its nationals.[930] Hungary evacuated 215 of its nationals from Israel using two aircraft on 9 October, while Romania evacuated 245 of its citizens, including two pilgrimage groups, on two TAROM planes and two private aircraft on the same day.[931] Australia also announced repatriation flights.[932] 300 Nigerian pilgrims in Israel fled to Jordan before being airlifted home.[933]
On 12 October, the United Kingdom arranged flights for its citizens in Israel; the first plane departed Ben Gurion Airport that day. The government had said before that it would not be evacuating its nationals due to available commercial flights. However, most commercial flights were suspended.[934] Nepal arranged a flight to evacuate at least 254 of its citizens who were studying in Israel.[935] India launched Operation Ajay to evacuate its citizens from Israel.[936] Ukraine has facilitated the evacuation of around 450 of its citizens from Israel as of 18 October, with additional evacuation flights in the planning for the near future.[937]
Impacts
Regional impact
According to Daniel Byman and Alexander Palmer, the attack showcased the decline of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the rise of Hamas as a power center in Palestinian politics. They predicted the PLO's further decline if the status quo held.[938] Laith Alajlouni wrote that the immediate effect of the Hamas offensive was to unite Hamas and PLO. However, it may soon lead to conflict between them, possibly leading the PLO to lose control of the security situation in the West Bank, if more militant groups there begin to launch their independent attacks.[939]
Political journalist Peter Beaumont described the attack as "an intelligence failure for the ages" on the part of the Israeli government.[940] The Jewish News Syndicate deemed it a "failure of imagination".[941] A BBC report on the intelligence failure commented that "it must have taken extraordinary levels of operational security by Hamas".[942] US officials expressed shock at how Israeli intelligence appeared to be unaware of any preparations by Hamas.[943] Israeli officials later anonymously reported to Axios that the IDF and Shin Bet had detected abnormal movements by Hamas the day before the attack, but decided to wait for additional intelligence before raising the military's alert level. They also did not inform political leaders of the intelligence reports.[944]
Amit Segal, chief political commentator for Israel's Channel 12, said that the conflict would test Benjamin Netanyahu's survival as prime minister, noting that past wars had toppled the governments of several of his predecessors such as that of Golda Meir following the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Menachem Begin following the 1982 Lebanon War, and Ehud Olmert following the 2006 Lebanon War.[945] Prior to the formation of an emergency unity government on 11 October, Politico described the then-potential move as Netanyahu's opportunity to correct his course and save his political legacy.[946] Citing the Israeli intelligence failure, which some observers attributed to the incumbent government focusing more on internal dissent, the judicial reform, and efforts to deepen Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories,[947] some commentators criticized Netanyahu for putting aside the PLO and propping up Hamas,[948] and described him as a liability.[949][950]
In an analysis by The Times of Israel, the newspaper wrote, "Hamas has violently shifted the world's eyes back to the Palestinians and dealt a severe blow to the momentum for securing a landmark US-brokered deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia."[951] Andreas Kluth wrote in his Bloomberg News column that Hamas "torched Biden's deal to remake the Middle East", arguing that the deal that was being discussed between Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the United States would have left Palestinians in the cold, so the group decided to "blow the whole thing up". He added that viewed from Gaza, things were only going to get worse, considering that Netanyahu's coalition partners opposed a two-state solution for the conflict. He suggested they would prefer to annex the entirety of the West Bank, even at the expense of turning Israel into an apartheid state.[952]
Economic impact
The Bank of Israel estimates that by 2025, the war will have cost the country US$67 billion, notwithstanding a $14.5 billion US aid package, part of the $22.76 billion the U.S. has so far allocated for military assistance.[953][954]
As early as 9 November 2023, the Bank of Israel reported that the drop in labor supply caused by the war was costing the Israeli economy $600 million a week, or 6% of weekly GDP. The bank also stated that the estimate does not reflect total damage and did not include damage caused by the absence of Palestinian and foreign workers.[955] In the final quarter of 2023, the Israeli economy shrank by 5.2% quarter-to-quarter due to labour shortages in construction and from the mobilization of 300,000 reservists.[956] While Israel did still see economic growth of 2%, this was down from 6.5% growth in the year before the war. Further consequences of the war were that consumer spending declined by 27%, imports declined by 42% and exports were reported to decline by 18%.
Israel's high-tech factories reported on 25 December that they had been having trouble with electronic imports from China due to recent bureaucratic obstacles, leading to higher import costs and delayed delivery times.[957] Israeli officials also reported that China had refused to send workers to their country during the war against the backdrop of a worker shortage in Israel's construction and farming sectors.[958] China's actions were described[by whom?] as a de facto sanction.[959][957]
The Water Transport Workers Federation of India, a trade union representing 11 major Indian ports and 3,500 workers, said it would refuse to operate shipments carrying weapons to Israel.[960] The declaration came a few months after one Indian company halted production of Israeli police uniforms due to the war in Gaza.[961]
About 9,855 Thai workers in the agricultural sector, 4,331 workers in the construction sector and 2,997 in the nursing sector left Israel following the 7 October attack. In addition, the prevention of 85,000 Palestinian workers from entering Israel created a shortage of about 100,000 foreign and Palestinian workers.[962]
It has been calculated that the carbon cost in terms of climate impact of rebuilding Gaza would exceed the annual greenhouse emissions of 135 countries.[963]
Media coverage
In reporting on the conflict, foreign media such as CNN, ABC, NBC, The New York Times, and Fox News have limited access to Gaza and only in the presence of Israeli soldiers. Vox reported that the news organizations "have to submit all materials and footage to the IDF for review before publication".[964] The conflict has also seen large numbers of journalists wounded or killed in action. On 14 December, CBS reported on a statement from the International Federation of Journalists that "the number of journalists killed in the past two months in the war in Gaza has surpassed the amount killed in the Vietnam War, which lasted two decades".[965] Reporters Without Borders filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court under section 8.2.b of the Rome Statute, accusing Israel of committing war crimes against 8 journalists.[966][964] It also lodged a complaint against Hamas, under section 8.2.a of the Rome Statute for the killing of a reporter covering the 7 October attack.[966] The Committee to Protect Journalists has accused Israel of targeting journalists reporting from Gaza and their families, saying that in at least two cases, "journalists reported receiving threats from Israeli officials and Israel Defense Forces officers before their family members were killed".[967]
Use of propaganda
By Hamas
In the hours after the attack on 7 October, Hamas "employed a broad, sophisticated media strategy" using bot accounts to spread graphic, emotionally charged and false propaganda that was picked up and repeated by official accounts and foreign governments. Cyabra, an Israeli social media intelligence company found that on the day after the attack, one in four posts about the conflict on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X were from fake accounts. The New York Times described the start of the Israel–Hamas war as releasing a "deluge of online propaganda and disinformation" that was "larger than anything seen before". It described the conflict as "fast becoming a world war online" and stated that Russia, China, Iran and its proxies had used state media and covert influence campaigns on social media networks to support Hamas, undermine Israel, criticize the United States and cause unrest. James Rubin of the U.S. State Department's Global Engagement Center called coverage of the conflict as being swept up in "an undeclared information war with authoritarian countries".[968]
By Israel
During the conflict, the Israeli government and Israeli cyber companies have deployed AI tools and bot farms to spread disinformation and spread graphic, emotionally charged and false propaganda to dehumanize Palestinians, sow division among supporters of Palestine by targeting Black lawmakers, and exert pressure on politicians to support Israel's actions.[969][970][971] The Intercept reported that: "At the center of Israel's information warfare campaign is a tactical mission to dehumanize Palestinians and to flood the public discourse with a stream of false, unsubstantiated, and unverifiable allegations."[971] One such covert campaign was commissioned by Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs. The ministry allocated about $2 million to the operation, and used political marketing firm Stoic based in Tel Aviv to carry it out, according to officials and documents reviewed by the New York Times. The campaign was started after the 7 October attack, and remained active on X (formerly Twitter) at the time of the New York Times report in June 2024. At the peak of the campaign it used hundreds of fake accounts posing as Americans on X, Facebook and Instagram to post pro-Israel comments, focusing on U.S. lawmakers, particularly those who are Black and from the Democratic Party, including Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader from New York, and Raphael Warnock, Senator from Georgia. ChatGPT was deployed to generate many of the posts. The campaign also involved the creation of three fake English-language news sites featuring pro-Israel articles.[969]
On 5 October 2024, Al Jazeera published a report that examines allegations of biased reporting in Western media, particularly focusing on CNN and the BBC. Ten journalists from these networks reported instances of double standards and a lack of accountability when covering the Israel-Palestine conflict. The report highlights specific cases where Israeli propaganda was broadcast without verification and where editorial decisions were influenced to downplay Israeli actions.[972]
See also
- Outline of the Israel–Hamas war
- List of modern conflicts in the Middle East
- List of wars involving Israel
- List of wars involving the State of Palestine
- Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2023
- Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2024
Notes
- ^ a b Activity outside the Gaza Strip is unconfirmed for PRC and PFLP-GC.
- ^ Lions' Den are only active in the West Bank.
- ^ In the Gaza Strip, smaller Palestinian groups fighting in the war include: Palestinian Freedom Movement (Al-Ansar Brigades),[5][6] Jaysh al-Ummah,[verification needed][better source needed][8] and various minor al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades splinter groups (several of which possibly rejoined the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades just before the war).[6] Furthermore, a number of Palestinian militant groups in the West Bank have involved themselves in the conflict, including: Lions' Den,[9] and various al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades sub-groups such as Hornets' Nest,[10] Jenin Battalion,[11] Qalqilya Battalion, etc.[11]
- ^ See List of military aid to Israel during the Israel–Hamas war for more details
- ^ Regional theaters of operations include the Israeli-occupied West Bank; Lebanon; Syria, Iraq, and Jordan; Yemen, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Saudi Arabia and Egypt; Iran and the Strait of Hormuz
- ^ Acting leader of Hamas since the killing of Yahya Sinwar on 16 October 2024.
- ^ The assassination of Deif was claimed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). However, it was denied by Hamas.
- ^ The combined forces of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad add up to 37,000.[23][24] Estimates for Hamas alone are highly variable, from 20,000 to over 40,000.[25][26]
- ^ Including 169,500 active personnel[27] and 360,000 reservists[28]
- ^ Per United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: 493 (May 2024)[34]
Per the Gaza Health Ministry: 997 (September 2024)[36] - ^ Per the UN[37][38][39][40]
- ^ Per the Gaza Health Ministry[31] the number of deaths recorded is 43,163.[32][33]
The number of dead identified is 34,344, including:[34][35]- 13,737+ men[34][35]
- 11,355+ children[34][35]
- 6,297+ women[34][35]
- 2,955+ elderly[34][35]
- 79+ paramedics and 997+ medical staff[j]
- 229+ UN staff[k]
- 182+ journalists.[41]
Indirect deaths likely to be multiple times higher[42]
- Estimated 51,000 natural deaths, natural death rate has gone up from 3.5/1000 to 22/1000 (late June 2024).[43]
- At least 37 deaths confirmed due to malnutrition only and deaths were also confirmed due to dehydration,[44][45] but the true figure is likely to be far higher.[46][47]
Per Hamas
- ≤ 20% Hamas fighters (late April 2024)[48]
Per Israel:
- 33,000+ Palestinians killed (August 2024)[49]
Per US intelligence:
- ^
Per International Committee of the Red Cross:
- Approximately 6,400.[54]
- 10,000 people are missing under rubble, mostly presumed dead.[55]
- ^ 101,510+ wounded[32][33][56]
- ^ Per the Palestinian Health Authority
- ^ * Per Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education: Including 103 students (July 2024).[63]
- Per Al Jazeera English: Including 166+ children.[32]
- Per Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics[64]
- ^ Based in Israel proper (1967 borders).
- ^ Per Israel.[67]
- ^ Per Israel
- ^ (per Hezbollah, Hamas, PIJ and Lebanese Health Ministry)[69]
- 449+ Hezbollah members in Lebanon[70] (including 2 Saraya personnel)[71]
- 40 Palestinian militants 25 killed (8 Oct 2023-31 March 2024; on the border),[1] 7 killed (2 Jan 2024; in Beirut),[2] 7 killed (3 April-15 June 2024; on the border),[3][4][5][6][7] and a Hamas official assassinated on 9 August,[72] total of 40 reported killed
- 20 Amal Movement members[73][74][75]
- 16 Islamic Group members[76][77][78]
- 3 Islamic Azz Brigades fighters[15]
- 13 Lebanese security forces members[79][80]
- 1 Eagles of the Whirlwind fighter[81]
- 294+ civilians[82][83][84]
- ^ (per Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)[89][90]
- 166 Iran-backed militiamen (including 3 Palestinian fighters)
- 76 Syrian soldiers
- 72 Hezbollah fighters
- 28 IRGC soldiers
- 2 unidentified fighters
- 45 civilians
- 202 Syrian refugees killed by Israeli Armed Forces[91]
- ^ Total is derived from taking the current number of killed in Gaza, the current number of killed in West Bank, the current number of militants killed inside Israel, the current number of killed in Lebanon and the current number of killed in Syria.
- ^ Per Israel
- ^ Including:
- 828 on October 7[92][93][94][95][96] (including 258 foreign or dual national citizens and 14+ hostages in Gaza)[97]
- 34 additional hostages in Gaza thought dead[96][98]
- 34 on the Lebanese border[99][100][101][102][103]
- 3 in Alexandria, Egypt
- 15 in the West Bank and Israel by 11 September 2024 (per OCHA oPt),[104] not including 1 mistakenly killed by Israeli forces in Jerusalem[105] and 9 killed by militants (2 near Ofra[106] and 7 in Tel Aviv),[107] bringing the total to 25 conflict-related deaths for the period
- 1 in Rafah, Gaza Strip[108]
- 8 in Tel Aviv[109][110]
- 3 in Allenby Bridge[111]
- 1 in Hadera[112]
- 1 in Afula by heart attack in Iranian missile attack[113]
- ^ Including:[114]
- 777 soldiers
- 68 Israel Police officers
- 10 Shin Bet personnel
- ^ including at least 4,969 soldiers (as of 21 Oct. 2024)
- ^ Including:[118]
- <131 soldiers
- 120+ civilians[119][120]
- 32 children[121]
- 52 foreign or dual nationals
- 117 released or rescued[96]
- 71 confirmed dead by Israel[96][122] (71 dead claimed by Hamas)[123][124][125][126]
- 6 hostages mistakenly killed by IDF (confirmed by IDF)[127][128]
- 70+ mistakenly killed by Israel (claimed by Hamas)[129]
- Between 50 (per US)[131] and 64 (per Israel) captives are still alive.[127][122]
- ^ Including Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
- ^ These casualty numbers exclude the invading Palestinian militants who died in the subsequent fighting with Israeli armed personnel.
- ^ 34,344 Palestinians of which have been fully identified as of 17 September 2024
- ^ Israeli UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan responded directly to Guterres, stating, "Shame on [Guterres]... More than 30 minors – among them a 9-month-old baby as well as toddlers and children who witnessed their parents being murdered in cold blood – are being held against their will in the Gaza Strip. Hamas is the problem in Gaza, not Israel's actions to eliminate this terrorist organization."[846][847]
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The Gazan Health Ministry said that 73 people had been killed by Israel's bombardment of the area on Monday, including 24 children. More than 270 others were injured, some severely, the ministry said.
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According to the health ministry, the death toll from an Israeli operation launched in Khan Younis on Monday rose to 73, including 24 children and 15 women, with more than 270 wounded.
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There were 10 people inside the destroyed building, including five between the ages of four and six, according to Scott Anderson, OCHA's deputy humanitarian coordinator for Gaza.
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Eleven Palestinians, including children and women, were killed following an Israeli bombardment on the al-Katiba area in Khan Younis.
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The World Health Organization says it was able to begin its polio campaign in central Gaza and vaccinate tens of thousands of children despite Israeli strikes in the designated protected zone hours before. As part of an agreement between the Israeli military and Palestinian militant group Hamas, humanitarian pauses in the year-long Gaza war had been due to begin early on Monday to reach hundreds of thousands of children. However, hours before then, the UN humanitarian office said Israeli forces struck tents near al Aqsa hospital, inside in the zone, where it said four people were burned to death.
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Gaza's Health Ministry has confirmed that a second round of polio vaccination will start from Monday. The vaccines will be administered to children under 10 for a period of three days, with the possibility of extending for an additional day. For now, only vaccinations in central Gaza have been confirmed, with uncertainty looming over northern Gaza, where the Israeli military is laying a deadly siege as hundreds of thousands are trapped and unable to leave.
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Ramadan said in a statement that Vitamin A was given to 148,064 children "from two to ten years old" in various vaccination centres in Gaza. He added that today is the last day for the second dose of the polio vaccine to be administered in the central governorate. On Saturday, teams will begin vaccinating children in the southern governorates of Khan Younis and Rafah for four days. The teams will later move to governorates in northern Gaza to vaccinate children.
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Earlier, we reported the Israeli military's claim that its air force hit a Hamas "command and control centre" allegedly embedded inside the facility.
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They found some of the weapons in "civilian structures", the military said.
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Analysis of footage of the bomb site by Al Jazeera's Sanad suggests that Israel deployed the US-manufactured 2,000-pound MK-84 bomb on the encampment.
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At least 22 more are reported missing, presumed to have been vaporised by the force of the explosions.
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Three generations of the same family were residing there, including the grandparents, parents and children.
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According to the probe, the helicopter was not hit by enemy fire, and the crash occurred moments before the aircraft was supposed to land, meaning it did not fall from a significant height.
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Other footage showed ambulances bringing wounded men, women and children said to have been wounded in the strike to al-Aqsa hospital in the town of Deir al-Balah. The Associated Press cited hospital officials as saying that al-Awda had received 10 bodies and al-Aqsa another four, and that they included one woman and two children.
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At least 20 people were wounded.
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It said 13 children and six women were among the 21 Palestinians killed in the assault. Health officials said earlier that 22 people had been killed. Euro-Med, which sent a field and legal team to the site of the attack, said the victims included a woman who was three months pregnant. At least 30 others were wounded, including nine children who had to have their legs amputated.
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Eleven people have been killed in an Israeli air raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Civil Defence has said.
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Israel's military claims the Hafsa al-Faluja School in Gaza's Jabalia that it targeted was being used as a Hamas "command and control centre". Without sharing any evidence, the military said it targeted Hamas members who had previously planned attacks against Israel.
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At least 13 people are now confirmed killed, including women and children, following an attack on two houses in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the Wafa news agency reports. Dozens of people have also been injured in the attack, which struck homes belonging to the Abu Ataya and Abu Shamis families in the Nuseirat camp.
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The attacks included a limited ground incursion of the southern part of Khan Younis where the army destroyed a group of residential buildings. At least 12 members of a family were killed.
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The bodies of more than 30 people – including women and children – were recovered after Israeli forces withdrew from Khan Younis following a ground assault that lasted for several hours. Saleh al-Hams, head of the nursing department at the European Gaza Hospital, said dozens of dead and wounded people were brought to his facility and Nasser Hospital from 3am (00:00 GMT).
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Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting that at least 21 people are now confirmed dead following Israel's attack on the mosque in Deir el-Balah. Israel's military bombed the mosque, which was sheltering many displaced Palestinians, claiming it was being used as a Hamas "command and control complex". It offered no evidence for these claims.
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Gaza's Government Media Office accused Israeli forces of committing "two brutal massacres" overnight by bombing a mosque and a school-turned-shelter and killing at least 24 Palestinians. Some 93 others were wounded in the attacks in central Gaza, it said on Telegram. The targeted buildings were identified as Al Aqsa Martyrs Mosque and the Ibn Rushd School. Both were housing hundreds of displaced people, the media office said.
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In one air strike, 10 people were killed in one house and five others in another.
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At least 10 people were killed an undetermined number of others injured in an Israeli air strike that targeted a house in the Bani Suhaila neighbourhood east of Khan Younis, according to our Al Jazeera team in Gaza.
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At least 10 people from one family were killed with many others wounded in an air strike by Israeli forces on southern Gaza. The attack happened on residential building while people were sleeping. Casualties were transferred to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis city.
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At least nine people, including women and children, have been killed during an Israeli air attack on a residential building in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa.
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At least 10 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli air strike on a house that belonged to the Talibani family in the Maghazi camp in central, the Palestinian Civil Defence says.
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We reported earlier that five people were killed in an overnight attack by Israel's military on a house in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza's Deir el-Balah. The number of dead has now risen to 11 with more people missing and believed to be trapped under the rubble of the destroyed home, which belonged to the Shana'a family, Palestine's state news agency Wafa reports.
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Sixteen people were killed and several were wounded and missing in an Israeli bombardment of a house in Maghazi camp.
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The Government Media Office in Gaza has announced that the direct Israeli air strikes on the Shuhadaa al-Nuseirat school in the central part of the enclave brings the number of displacement centres hit since the start of the war to 196. At least nine children are among the 17 people confirmed killed so far, the office said in a statement, adding that 52 wounded Palestinians have arrived at hospitals in the area.
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The attacks come as Israel's military continues its bombardment across the Gaza Strip, killing at least seven Palestinians in northern Beit Lahiya and 10 others in central az-Zawayda.
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The Israeli military said it killed about 20 Palestinian fighters in air strikes and street battles in Jabali. At least seven civilians, including women and children, were also killed in the besieged camp, sources from the nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital said.
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At least 15 people have been killed by an Israeli strike on Al-Yemen Al-Saeed Hospital in Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
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Some 64 people have been killed, 47 of them in Jabalia town and Jabalia refugee camp after the Israeli military attacked the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital as well an evacuation centre located in the western part of Jabalia town. That attack killed at least 16 people.
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"Palestine Red Crescent teams responded to 27 fatalities and 54 injuries following the Israeli occupation army's targeting of Rafida School, located near the Palestine Red Crescent Society headquarters in Deir Al-Balah," PRCS said on X.
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Israeli claims Hamas has been using civilian shelters for Gaza's war-displaced as "command and control centres". Hospital officials say, however, the vast majority of victims in the latest Israeli strike in central Deir el-Balah are women, children, and young men.
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At least 22 people are now confirmed dead as a result of an Israeli air strike in Jabalia, northern Gaza, according to the Wafa news agency. We previously reported that Israeli fighter jets bombed a multistorey apartment block in Jabalia, hitting four inhabited homes. Women, children and elderly are among the dead, while 30 more are injured, and 14 people are still missing under the rubble, according to Wafa.
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The Israeli army has said in a statement it killed 20 Hamas fighters in the past 24 hours in Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp. The army added it killed so far about 200 fighters in the area, without specifying the timeframe. The statement also said the army killed an unspecified number of fighters in the southern city of Rafah.
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Gaza's Government Media Office is now reporting that the death toll in Israeli attacks on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians has gone up to 22. Another 80 people were wounded in the attack, it added.
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We're getting reports that at least 13 Palestinians have been killed and several wounded in an Israeli tank shelling of a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Nuseirat, central Gaza.
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Palestinian medics report 10 people were killed and at least 30 wounded in Israeli air attacks on a food distribution centre in the besieged Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. Casualties included women and children.
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Palestinian health officials said at least 11 people were killed by Israeli fire near al-Faluja in Jabalia, the largest of Gaza's eight historic refugee camps.
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According to Gaza's government media office, 28 Palestinians have been confirmed killed, while 160 others were wounded.
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Reporting from Deir el Balah, Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud said about 15 people have been killed, with the majority of casualties children and women, according to journalist Moath Kahlout, who is at Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.
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The Israeli military has provided the names of 12 fighters that it claims were at the site of an air raid that hit a school-turned-shelter in Jabalia, killing at least 19 people. The army said in a statement on Telegram it had conducted a "precise strike on an operational meeting" for Hamas and Islamic Jihad (PIJ). "These terrorists were involved in rocket attacks against Israeli territory, as well as in planning and committing terrorist attacks against IDF troops and the state of Israel in recent days," it said, without providing evidence.
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Israel's military said its air force carried out an estimated 150 attacks on sites in the Gaza Strip and in Lebanon on Thursday, including munitions warehouses, rocket launch sites, and sniper and observation posts. Attacks by the air force on Thursday in Jabalia had "eliminated dozens of terrorists", the military added.
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The military says its forces have pressed on its air and ground operations in Jabalia in northern Gaza, killing dozens of fighters.
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Dr Mohamad Salha spoke to Al Jazeera from al-Awda Hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip, where he is treating people who were injured in the newest Israeli raid on Jabalia, which killed at least 33 people. He said as many as 70 people, the majority of whom are women and children, are being treated at the hospital but that there are many still trapped under the rubble.
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Earlier, we reported an Israeli attack on several houses near the Nassar Junction in the Jabalia camp that killed at least 33 Palestinians, including 21 women, and wounded dozens. More people remain under the rubble.
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A total of 87 people have been killed or missing under the rubble after an Israeli attack on the town in northern Gaza, according to the Palestinian enclave's health ministry. More than 40 others were injured, it added.
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This school in Jabalia came under heavy artillery shelling for close to half an hour. These classrooms were shelter to so many people for a year. Now, footage we looked at of the shelter shows horrific scenes inside the school. There were people on the ground severely bleeding. You could also see some bodies there. At least 10 people, including children, are reported to have been killed by this Israeli attack.
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The Israeli military has carried out a drone attack on a group of Palestinians in the city of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, killing at least 15 people, the Wafa news agency reports. Women and children are among the dead, while more are injured, according to Wafa.
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As we have been reporting, Gaza's Civil Defence agency has said the Israeli military has carried out a "major massacre" in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza in recent hours, levelling at least 10 residential buildings. The Wafa news agency, citing local sources, reports that around 150 people, including women and children, have been killed and injured in the attack. It did not specify how many have been killed and how many injured. The final death toll could rise, with ambulance and rescue crews facing difficulty reaching the site of the attack in the al-Hawaja area in the centre of the Jabalia camp due to restrictions imposed by Israeli forces who laid siege to northern Gaza for three weeks. Wafa reports that the bombed buildings belonged to the following families: Al-Najjar, Abu Al-Auf, Salman, Hijazi, Abu Al-Qumsan, Aql, Abu Rashid, Abu Al-Tarabish, Zaqoul, and Shaalan.
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