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This is a list of notable engagements during the
2023 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.
^ Includes military, on duty police, other state emergency services, and other official regulated forces of the Israeli state.
^ Most of the civilian areas on the Israeli side of the Gaza border had lightly armed volunteer security teams.[1]
^For further information about this N/A, please see
this discussion, where Wikipedia editors discussed how this result would be. Summary: There is a split consensus amoung Wikipedia editors as to whether this was a "Hamas victory" or "Inconclusive" as a result.
^ Attempted aisrstrikes on Israeli territory, and merchant shipping that Ansar Allah believe is travelling to Israel or financially connected to Israel.
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Early in the morning of 7 October 2023, approximately 3000 militants,[19][20] from
Hamas,
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the
PFLP, and
DFLP,[21] breached the
Gaza fence and attacked multiple locations in Southern Israel.[19][20] Following this the IDF blockaded, bombed, and then invaded the Gaza Strip.
Locations of raids into Southern Israel from Gaza
(For mass casualty events caused by airstrikes - see
below)
^ Population data from 2022 unless otherwise stated.[23][24]
^ Most of the civilian areas on the Israeli side of the Gaza border had lightly armed volunteer security teams.[1]
^ Includes on duty police, military, and other professional armed security forces. Off duty IDF reservists were counted as civilians, so some available lists of names include more people with military ranks than the official number of military deaths.[citation needed]
^ Attendance at the festival was reported to be 3,500 but figures vary.[26] After the attack, relatives searching for missing loved ones said more than one thousand were at the event at the time of the attack.[27] Some festival attendees estimated 3,000–4,000 people.[27] An emergency medic who responded to the massacre at the festival placed attendance at 3,000.[28]
^ There were at least two additional soldiers on duty that day who survived.[33]
^ Rockets were hard at 6:30am and the militants entered the
Bibas home at 9:45am
[1]
Violence against unarmed people (from 9 October onwards)
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below)
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^ Population data from 2022 unless otherwise stated.[23][24]
^ Most of the civilian areas on the Israeli side of the Gaza border had lightly armed volunteer security teams.[1]
^ Includes on duty police, military, and other professional armed security forces. Off duty IDF reservists were counted as civilians, so some available lists of names include more people with military ranks than the official number of military deaths.[citation needed]
^ Witnesses said a number of people including women, children and babies were killed execution-style by Israeli forces while sheltering inside the school.[50]
^ Dozens of bodies discovered, including children, who had been shot at close range. Video and images obtained by
Al Jazeera on 13 Dec 2023 showed bodies piled up inside the Shadia Abu Ghazala School in the al-Faluja area, west of the
Jabalia refugee camp in the northern
Gaza Strip. Witnesses said a number of people including women, children and babies were killed execution-style by Israeli forces while sheltering inside the school. The woman said there were newborn children among them. “The Israeli soldiers executed those innocent families at point blank,” she added. Reporter Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud is in southern Gaza in Rafah.[50]
^ Displaced persons were sheltering at the school.
^ “The Israeli soldiers came in and opened fire on them,” a woman at the scene said. “They took all men, then entered classrooms and opened fire on a woman and all the children with her.”
^ The victims were reportedly killed overnight starting on Tuesday 12 December 2023, but this could not be confirmed. It could have been some time earlier because the bodies were already decomposed when seen on 13 December 2023 the bodies were already decomposed.[49]
Israeli forces rescue Ori Megidish, an Israeli female soldier.[64]
2023-11-04
Hamas says that more than 60 hostages are missing "because of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza".[65]
2023-11-16
Israel announces that it has recovered the bodies of two hostages, Yehudit Weiss and Corporal Noa Marciano, from building adjacent to
Al-Shifa hospital.[66]
2023-11-21
Israel releases footage that it says shows hostages being taken into Al-Shifa hospital by armed men. According to Israel, a third hostage, Corporal Noa Marciano, was also taken to the hospital and executed there.[67]
2023-11-24 to 2023-11-30
Hamas releases 105 hostages in exchange for the release of 210 prisoners.[68]
81 from Israel 23 from Thailand 1 from the Philippines
2023-11-26
Separate from the broader hostage release Hamas releases a Russian hostage, "as a result of the movement’s appreciation for President Putin’s positions".[69]
2023-12-08
Hamas says that a hostage, Sahar Baruch, was killed in a failed rescue attempt. In a possibly related incident, the IDF reported that two soldiers were wounded while attempting to rescue a hostage.[70]
Israel releases a statement saying that they believe 112 hostages are still alive and being held in the Gaza Strip[b]. In addition, they believe that 24 hostages are dead and their bodies remain in Gaza.[71]
^ On 12 October, a second airstrike on the Jabalia camp hit a residential building was hit, destroying several apartments, and killing people from two families.[84]
^ There were 195 people were killed[88] according to The Gaza Ministry of Health (Gaza MOH), whose overall casualty counts show no sign of being inflated[89] or fabricated[90] and thus appear to be a reliable minimum death count. The Gaza Indonesian Hospital also reported that "hundreds" had been killed or injured.[91][92]
^ The Gaza Ministry of Health reported 777+ wounded.[88] Gaza Indonesian Hospital reported that "hundreds" had been killed or injured.[91][92]
Specific long distance attacks against Israel
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Readers Note - This section is under construction. Some of the following incidents may be unconfirmed, or reported by only one side in the conflict. Please carefully check the references cited for each row. If there are incidents you think should be added to this section, or anywhere else in this page, please comment on the
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^Jhaveri, Ashka; Soltani, Amin; Braverman, Alexandra; Tyson, Kathryn; Mills, Peter; Moore, Johanna; Carl, Nicholas.
"IRAN UPDATE, DECEMBER 14, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^Jhaveri, Ashka; Moore, Johanna; Soltani, Amin; Braverman, Alexandra; Carter, Brian.
"Iran Update, December 22, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. ISW Press. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^Cohen, Ido David.
צלם "ישראל היום", יניב זוהר, נרצח עם אשתו ושתי בנותיהם [Israel Today photographer, Yaniv Zohar, was murdered along with his wife and their two daughters]. הארץ (in Hebrew).
Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^Michael Tuchfeld (13 October 2023).
כיתת כוננות מול עשרות מחבלים: הקרב שהציל את קיבוץ עלומים [A standby squad against dozens of terrorists: the battle that saved Kibbutz Alumim]. Makor Rishon (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2 November 2023.
^Matan Tzuri; Sa'ar Hess; Yoav Zeyton; Ilana Kuriel; Hadar Gil-Ed; Eitan Glickman; Meir Turgeman (17 October 2023).
יישוב אחרי יישוב: הנרצחים בטבח חמאס, העדויות המצמררות וסיפורי הגבורה [Settlement after settlement: the murdered in the Hamas massacre, the chilling testimonies and the stories of heroism]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 12 November 2023.
^CNN, By <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/profiles/simone-mccarthy">Simone McCarthy</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/profiles/andrew-raine">Andrew Raine</a>, Sophie Tanno and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/profiles/tori-powell">Tori B. Powell</a> (9 December 2023).
"Israeli hostage killed in Gaza, circumstances of death unclear". CNN. Retrieved 19 January 2024. {{
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