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Gaza war

Gaza war
Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
Map of the Gaza Strip and part of Israel. The part of Israel surrounding the Strip is marked as evacuated. Some parts of the Strip is marked as under Israeli control, and the remainder is marked as under Hamas control.
  Gaza Strip under Palestinian control
  Gaza Strip under Israeli control
  Furthest Israeli advance in Gaza Strip
  Evacuated areas inside Israel
  Maximum extent of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
  Areas of Gaza subject to Israeli evacuation orders


Date7 October 2023 – present
(1 year, 3 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Location
Status

Ongoing

Belligerents
 Hamas
 Israel[c]
Commanders and leaders
Units involved
See Order of battle
Strength
Hamas 20,000–40,000+[f] Israel 529,500[g]
United States 100[12][13]
Casualties and losses

Gaza Strip:

  • 47,417+ reported killed[h] (a larger estimate of 70,000+ exists for total direct deaths)[26]
  • Indirect deaths[i][28] likely to be multiple times higher[29][30][j]
  • 6,000 to 10,000+ missing[k]
  • 111,571+ wounded[15][16][17][40]
  • 16,300+ detained[41]
  • 1,900,000 displaced[42]

West Bank:[l]

Militants inside Israel:[n]


Lebanon and Syria:

Total killed: 53,984+[q]

Israel:


Total killed: 1,970+
Casualties in Egypt
  • 2 Egyptian border guards[65] and 1 civilian killed[66]
    9 border guards[67] and 6 civilians[68] wounded
    4 Egyptian workers injured by an Israeli airstrike while repairing Rafah Crossing[69][70]

The Gaza war, also known as the Israel–Hamas war or the Israel–Gaza war,[discuss] has been fought between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups[t] in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. It is the fifth war since 2008 in the Gaza–Israel conflict, and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973.[71] The first day of the war was the deadliest for Israel, and it is the deadliest war for Palestinians in the history of the conflict,[72] sparking an ongoing Middle Eastern crisis.

On 7 October 2023, Hamas-led militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israel, taking 251 hostages. The attack resulted in the deaths of 1,195 Israelis and foreign nationals, including 815 civilians.[73][74] After applying "mass" Hannibal Directive against its own citizens[75][76][77] and clearing militants from its territory, Israel launched a bombing campaign[78][79] and invaded Gaza on 27 October with the stated objectives of destroying Hamas and freeing the hostages.[80][81] Israeli forces launched numerous campaigns during the invasion, including the Rafah offensive from May 2024, three battles fought around Khan Yunis, and the Siege of North Gaza from October 2024. Flashpoints attracting global attention included the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion, the Flour massacre, the Tel al-Sultan attack, and the killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab. A temporary ceasefire in November 2023 broke down, but both sides agreed to a new deal on 15 January 2025,[82] which took effect four days later.[83]

Since the start of the Israeli offensive, over 47,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been reported as killed,[u] over half of them women and children.[20][84][85] The Lancet has estimated more than 70,000 direct deaths due to traumatic injuries.[26] More than 100,000 Palestinians have also been injured.[86] Israel's tightened blockade cut off basic necessities, causing a severe hunger crisis with a high risk of famine persisting as of November 2024.[87][88] By early 2025, Israel had caused unprecedented destruction in Gaza and made large parts of it uninhabitable,[89] leveling entire cities[90] and destroying the healthcare system, agricultural land,[91] religious and cultural landmarks,[92] educational facilities,[93][94] and cemeteries.[95] Nearly all of the strip's 2.3 million Palestinian population have been forcibly displaced.[96][97] Over 100,000 Israelis were internally displaced as of February 2024.[98] Torture and sexual violence were committed by Palestinian militant groups and Israeli forces.[99]

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. Various experts and human rights organizations have stated that Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes and said that the events in Gaza were genocide.[100] A case accusing Israel of committing genocide is being reviewed by the International Court of Justice, while the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders.[101] Israel assassinated Hamas leaders inside and outside Gaza. Israel received extensive military and diplomatic support from the United States, which has vetoed multiple pro-ceasefire resolutions from the UN Security Council.[102] The war has reverberated regionally, with Axis of Resistance groups across several Arab countries and Iran clashing with Israel and the United States. By late 2024, a year of strikes between Israel and Hezbollah led to a brief Israeli invasion of Lebanon, as well as the fall of the Assad regime and an ongoing Israeli invasion of Syria.

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