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This is a list of notable engagements during the Israel–Hamas war, encompassing land, naval, and air engagements, covering events which took place or began during the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel on the 7 October, events and immediately afterwards, Israel's declaration of war on 8 October, the imposition of the 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, and active operations in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza War (2008–2009) IDF declared unilateral ceasefire, 12 hours later Hamas announced a one-week ceasefire. [6] [7] Humanitarian crisis and deterioration of infrastructure and basic services in Gaza. [8] Number of rockets being fired from Gaza reduced.
Other countries. v. t. e. Ismail Haniyeh [a] (born 29 January 1962) is a Palestinian politician who is widely considered to be the chief political leader of Hamas, which has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007. [2] He is the current chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau. As of 2023, he lives in Qatar. [3] Haniyeh was born in the al-Shati ...
On 8 October 2023, the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, taking advantage of the Israel–Hamas war, fired guided rockets and artillery shells at Israeli positions in the occupied Shebaa Farms. [42] Israel retaliated by launching drone strikes and artillery shells at Hezbollah positions near Lebanon's boundary with the Israeli-occupied Golan ...
On 8 October 2023, the day after the Hamas attack on Israel, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin directed the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean in response. Along with the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, the group includes the cruiser Normandy, and the destroyers Carney, Ramage, Roosevelt and Thomas Hudner.
In November 2012, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched Operation Pillar of Defense ( Hebrew: עַמּוּד עָנָן, ʿAmúd ʿAnán, literally: "Pillar of Cloud"), [23] which was an eight-day campaign in the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip, beginning on 14 November 2012 with the killing of Ahmed Jabari, chief of the Gaza military wing of ...
Hamas -led. On 7 October 2023, the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas initiated a surprise attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. As part of the attack, 364 civilians were killed and many more wounded by Hamas at the Supernova Sukkot Gathering, an open-air music festival during the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret near kibbutz Re'im.
On 18 January 2024, Israel dropped a 1000 lb GBU32 (MK83) missile package from an F16 on the house of a Medical Aid for Palestinians doctor and their family. [15] The Gaza Health Ministry stated on 9 February 2024 that 340 health workers had been killed since 7 October. [16] Meinie Nicolai, a director of Doctors Without Borders, stated that ...