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The war began when Hamas-led militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israelon 7 October, involving a barrage of several thousand rocketsconcurrent to an estimated 3,000 militants breaching the Gaza–Israel barrierand attacking Israeli civilian communities and military bases.
On 7 October 2023, Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launched coordinated armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel, the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups named the attacks Operation Al-Aqsa Flood (or Deluge ...
The Israel–Hamas war began on 7 October 2023 when Hamas launched an unprecedented multi-faceted and sustained assault on Israel from the Gaza Strip. As of 5 March 2024, over 31,000 people (30,228 Palestinian and 1,410 Israeli) have been reported as killed in the Israel–Hamas war, including 94 journalists (89 Palestinian, 2 Israeli and 3 Lebanese) and over 136 UNRWA aid workers.
After Palestinian militant groups led by Hamas launched an attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 which saw a minimum of 1,139 largely non-combatant individuals killed, Israel declared war against Hamas. Israel moved to mobilize 300,000 reservists and began to move armor close to the border with the Gaza Strip in the aftermath.
Casualties of the Israel–Hamas war. As of 8 May 2024, over 36,000 people (34,844 Palestinian [1] and 1,410 Israeli [9]) have been reported as killed in the Israel–Hamas war, including 97 journalists (92 Palestinian, 2 Israeli and 3 Lebanese) [10] and over 224 humanitarian aid workers, including 179 employees of UNRWA. [11]
Effects of the Israel–Hamas war. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 7 June 2023. The outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war led to an increased dislike of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the government from Israeli citizens due to a perceived failure of ...
Hamas, [d] an acronym of its official name, Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya ( Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized : Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah, lit. 'Islamic Resistance Movement'), [52] is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist [53] political and military movement governing the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip since 2007.
On 17 October, the Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning the Hamas attacks "against civilians in Israel and the capture of hostages", and called on Israel to refrain from “disproportionate use of power” against Palestinian civilians. [174] Lebanon: Lebanon voted against condemning Hamas at the United Nations.