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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the Gaza war, and the Middle Eastern crisis Satellite view of fires in the Gaza envelope on October 7, 2023 Date October 7–8, 2023 Location Gaza Envelope, Southern District, Israel Result Israeli defensive failure ...
For the first time, a group of hostages taken captive by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel is released from Gaza. They are freed hours after a four-day cease-fire in the war takes effect.
13 October: Israel tells over 1m people to evacuate Gaza City. After Israel’s war cabinet ordered a complete siege of Gaza in the wake of the Hamas attack and launched air strikes on northern ...
The Gaza war [p] has been fought between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [q] in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. The fifth war since 2008 in the Gaza–Israel conflict, it is the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973, [75] and sparked an ongoing Middle Eastern crisis.
Hamas is a Palestinian armed group and political movement in the Gaza Strip. On 7 October 2023 it attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages.
This is a list of notable engagements during the Gaza war, encompassing land, naval, and air engagements, covering events which took place or began during the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel on 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.
Israeli intelligence officials initially stated that they had no warnings or indications of the 7 October attack by Hamas, despite Israel exercising extensive monitoring over Gaza. [7] Furthermore, the United States warned the Israeli government of the possibility of a surprise attack from Hamas a few days before the incident. [8]
The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting behind closed doors Sunday to address the unprecedented attack by Hamas on Israel, during which the U.S. demanded that all 15 members strongly ...