2023 Israel–Hamas War

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The ongoing armed conflict between Palestinian militant groups led by Hamas and Israel began on 7 October 2023 with a coordinated surprise offensive on Israel. The attack began in the morning with a barrage of at least 5,000 rockets launched from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip against Israel. Some 2,500 Palestinian militants breached the Gaza–Israel barrier and attacked civilian communities and IDF military bases near the Gaza Strip. At least 1,400 Israelis were killed, including 260 people at a music festival in Re’im. Unarmed civilian hostages and captured Israeli soldiers were taken to the Gaza Strip, including women and children. Israel began conducting retaliatory strikes before formally declaring war on Hamas a day later. Hamas launched its attacks during the end of the Sukkot Jewish holiday, exactly 50 years after the beginning of the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

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2023 Israel–Hamas war

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List of engagements and attacks
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Wider regional conflict
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Military engagements

Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
- Be’eri
- Re’im
- Sderot
- Sufa
- Zikim
Israeli ground operations in Gaza
Jenin
Tulkarm
Tammun and Qabatiya

Attacks

Re’im music festival
Netiv HaAsara
Be’eri
Ein HaShlosha
Holit
Kfar Aza
Kissufim
Nahal Oz
Nir Oz
Hezbollah strike
Jabalia
Al-Shati
Hajji Tower
Attacks on civilians evacuating Gaza City
Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion
UNRWA school airstrike
Church of Saint Porphyrius

Reactions

Hate crimes
- Killing of Wadea Al-Fayoume
- Arras school stabbing
- 2023 Alexandria shooting
International reactions
- Ninth Extraordinary Session of the OIC
Protests
Anti-Palestinianism
Antisemitism

General topics

Kidnappings
- Shani Louk
Israeli blockade of Gaza
Israeli war cabinet
Media coverage
- Disinformation
Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel
Evacuations
- Operation Ajay
- Northern Gaza
Journalists killed
Al-Asad air base attack
Regional and global effects
International aid to Palestinians

Outline of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Wikipedia articles available about the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. It is an evolving list. Top-level articles 2023 Israel–Hamas war 2023 Israeli ground operations in the Gaza Strip Timeline of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war Kidnappings during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war 2023

List of engagements during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war

This is a list of notable engagements during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines, and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large territory and over a long period. Battles generally refer to short periods of

Gaza Strip Tunnels

The Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels are smuggling tunnels that had been dug under the Philadelphi Route along the Egypt–Gaza border. They were dug to subvert the blockade of the Gaza Strip to smuggle fuel, food, weapons, and other goods into the Gaza Strip. After the Egypt–Israel peace treaty of 1979, the town of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, was split

Timeline of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war

The Smartencyclopedia Staff & Agencies The 2023 Israel–Hamas war began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an unprecedented multi-faceted and sustained assault on Israel from the Gaza Strip, on the 50th Anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. As some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect, this is not an exhaustive list. Events on the

Israeli War Cabinet

The war cabinet of Israel was formed on 11 October 2023, five days after the beginning of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. The opposition party National Unity joined the thirty-seventh government led by Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. Negotiations began immediately after the outbreak of the war. The war cabinet consists of Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister; Yoav Gallant, the minister of defense; and

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