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The Gaza war is referred to by different names. Israel calls it the "iron swords war" (Hebrew: מלחמת חרבות ברזל). [104] [s] It has also been referred to as the "Simchat Torah war", as the war started on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, reminiscent of the Yom Kippur War. [107]
The casualties surpass those of previous IDF invasions of the Gaza Strip, such as Operation Protective Edge and Operation Cast Lead, in which 67 and 6 people were killed, respectively. [ 363 ] On 4 August 2024, Yedioth Ahronoth reported that at least 10,000 Israeli soldiers had been killed or wounded while fighting in Gaza and that about 1,000 ...
The casualties included 36 children; the youngest person killed was 10 months old, and 25 were people over age 80. [21] [254] The attack was the deadliest day in Israel's history. [256] Some, including then-US President Joe Biden, have said it was also the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. [257]
Iron Swords War Memorial Day is a national Memorial Day commemorating the fallen victims of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel on the 22nd of Tishrei 5784, the holiday of Simchat Torah, October 7, 2023, and the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces who fell during the ensuing Israel–Hamas war.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Mass civilian casualties of Israeli bombing, shelling and rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip have occurred in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, in which Israeli bombing attacks on the Gaza Strip cause numerous civilian fatalities. [a] The reason for such operations is purportedly to carry out ...
Operation Iron Law (15 March 2011) – Israel seized a ship from Syria bringing Iranian weapons to Gaza. [16] Khartoum airstrike (23 October 2012) – Bombing of a Sudanese weapon factory south of Khartoum, which was blamed on IAF by Sudan. Israel denied the allegations.
As of 10 December 2024, over 46,000 people – 44,786 Palestinian [1] and 1,706 Israeli [19] – have been reported killed in the Israel–Hamas war, as well as 141–156 journalists and media workers, [22] 120 academics, [23] and over 224 humanitarian aid workers, a number that includes 179 employees of UNRWA. [24]
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics, famines, or genocides.