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This is a list of notable engagements during the 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.
This table's factual accuracy is disputed. (April 2024) |
Early in the morning of 7 October 2023, approximately 3000 militants,[32][33] from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the PFLP, and DFLP,[34] breached the Gaza fence and attacked multiple locations in Southern Israel.[32][33] Following this the IDF blockaded, bombed, and then invaded the Gaza Strip.
Attack | Location | Deaths | Hostages | Date | |||
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Total | Civilian [a] | Military [b] | Start | End | |||
2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel | Southern District (Israel) | total = 1,139 | total = | total = | total = 200+ Hostages | 2023-10-07 (Dawn) | |
Battle of Sderot | Sderot | 15[36] | |||||
Re'im music festival massacre | Near Re'im | 364 [37][38] | 40 Hostages [39] | ||||
Be'eri massacre | Be'eri | 117+ [40] | |||||
Nahal Oz attack | Nahal Oz lookout base[41] | 15+[41] | none | 15+[41] | 7+ Hostages [41] | 2023-10-07 | |
Kibbutz Nahal Oz | 80+ | 12+ | 46+ | 20+ missing[c] | |||
Nahal Oz | 100+ | 12+ | 61+ soldiers | 7 to 30 Hostages | |||
Kfar Aza massacre | Kfar Aza | 52+[42][43] | |||||
Zikim attack | Zikim | 35+ [44] | 19 [45] | ||||
Nir Oz massacre | Nir Oz | 27+[46] | 2023-10-07 09:45 [d] | ||||
Netiv HaAsara massacre | Netiv HaAsara | 21+ [47][48] | |||||
Alumim massacre | Alumim | 19+ [49][50] | |||||
Kissufim massacre | Kissufim | 16+[51][52] | |||||
Holit attack | Holit | 13+ [53] | |||||
Ein HaShlosha attack | Ein HaShlosha | 5+[54] | |||||
Nirim attack | Nirim | 5+[55][56] | |||||
Nir Yitzhak attack | Nir Yitzhak | 5+[54] |
Name | Date | Location | Rescued | Deaths | Injuries |
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Rescue of Ori Megidish | 30 October 2023 | Al-Shati refugee camp | 1 | Unknown | Unknown |
Operation Golden Hand | 12 February 2024 | Rafah | 2 | 67–100+[57] | Unknown |
2024 Nuseirat rescue operation | 8 June 2024 | Nuseirat | 4 | 270+ | 698 |
On August 1 Gaza's media office released an updated statistic stating that Israeli forces had committed over 3,457 massacres since 7 October.[58]
Event | Accused | Location | Deaths | Date | |||
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Total | Civilian | Military [a] | Start | End | |||
Attacks on journalists in Lebanon | Israel Defense Forces, 188th Armored Brigade | South Lebanon | 4[59] | 4[59] | 0 | 2023-10-13 | present |
Shadia Abu Ghazala School massacre[b][61][62][60] | Israeli Ground Forces [c] | Shadia Abu Ghazala School in the Gaza Strip.[d] | "dozens"[60] | "dozens" [e] | 0 | 2023-12-12 |
2023-12-13 |
Flour massacre | Israel Defense Forces | Nablusi junction, Gaza | 118+[63] | 118+[64] | 0 | 2024-02-29 | |
Al-Maghazi playground massacre[65][66] | Israel Defense Forces | Al Maghazi | 13 [citation needed] | 13 [citation needed] | 0 | 2024-04-15 | |
Al-Awda School massacre | Israel Defense Forces | Abasan al-Kabira, Khan Yunis Governorate | 31+ | 31+ | 0 | 2024-07-08 |
Name | Date | Accused | Location | Deaths | Injured |
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Attacks on Palestinians evacuating Gaza City | 2023-10-13 | Israel Hamas |
Gaza City | 70+ [71] | 200+ [71] |
Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion | 2023-10-18 | Israel PIJ |
Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza | 100–300 (United States Director of National Intelligence)[72] [citation needed] |
314 (Gaza Health Ministry)[73] |
Target | Affiliation | Date | Location | Perpetrator | Deaths | Injuries | Notes and Other Notable Casualties |
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Abbas Raad | Hezbollah (Redwan Force) | 22 November 2023 | Beit Yahoun, Lebanon | Israel | 5[110] | 0 | Raad was the son of Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad.[110] |
Razi Mousavi | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | 25 December 2023 | Sayyidah Zaynab, Syria | Israel | 4[111] | Unknown | Iranian general serving in the IRGC's Quds Force. |
Saleh al-Arouri | Hamas | 2 January 2024 | Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon | Israel | 7 | Unknown | Also killed Al Qassam commanders Sami Fendi[112] and Azzam Al-Aqra.[113] |
Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi | Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba | 4 January 2024 | Baghdad, Iraq | United States | 1+ | Unknown | Former senior commander of the 12th brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces.[114] |
Wissam al-Tawil[115] | Hezbollah (Redwan Force) | 8 January 2024 | Majdel Selm, Lebanon | Israel | 2 | Unknown | Senior commander of Hezbollah's Radwan Force. |
Ali Hussein Barji | Hezbollah | 9 January 2024 | Khirbet Selm, Lebanon | Israel | 1 | 0 | Death denied by Hezbollah.[116] |
Sadegh Omidzadeh | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | 20 January 2024 | Mezzeh, Damascus, Syria | Israel | 10 | Unknown | Also killed four other Iranian officials, Ali Aghazadeh, Saeed Karimi, Hossein Mohammadi,[citation needed] and Mohammad Amin Samadi.[117] |
Fadi Suleiman | Hezbollah | 21 January 2024 | Kafra, Lebanon | Israel | 3 | 6[118] | Target survived; other Hezbollah affiliates killed.[118] |
Abu Baker al-Saadi | Kata'ib Hezbollah | 7 February 2024 | Baghdad, Iraq | United States | 3[119] | Unknown | Commanders of Kata'ib Hezbollah killed by a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad in response to the Tower 22 drone attack.[119] |
Arkan Al-Alawi | |||||||
Abbas al-Dabs | Hezbollah | 8 February 2024 | Nabatieh, Lebanon | Israel | 2 | 3[120] | Hezbollah operative that worked with IRGC.[121] |
Basil Salah[122] | Hamas | 10 February 2024 | Jadra, Lebanon[122] | Israel | 3 | 5 | Target survived; civilians and other Hezbollah affiliates killed. |
Hadi Ali Mustafa | Hamas | 13 March 2024 | Tyre, Lebanon | Israel | 2 | Unknown | Salah was a member of Hamas' construction bureau.[123] |
Mohammad Reza Zahedi | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | 1 April 2024 | Damascus, Syria | Israel | 6 | Unknown | Iranian senior military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. |
Taleb Abdallah | Hezbollah | 12 June 2024 | Jwaya, Lebanon | Israel | 4[124] | 2[125] | Abdallah was the commander of the Nasr unit of Hezbollah. |
Fuad Shukr | Hezbollah | 30 July 2024 | Haret Hreik, Beirut, Lebanon | Israel | 3 | 74 | Shukr was accused by Israel of being involved in the Majdal Shams attack. |
Ismail Haniyeh | Hamas | 31 July 2024 | Tehran, Iran | Israel | 2 | Unknown | An alleged IDF airstrike killed Haniyeh and of his bodyguards.[126] |
Ibrahim Aqil | Hezbollah (Redwan Force) | 20 September 2024 | Haret Hreik, Beirut, Lebanon | Israel | 55 | 68+ | Aqil was commander-in-chief of the Redwan Force, Hezbollah's special operations unit. |
Hassan Nasrallah | Hezbollah | 27 September 2024 | Haret Hreik, Beirut, Lebanon | Israel | 33+ | 195+ | Nasrallah was the Secretary-General of Hezbollah since 1992. He was killed alongside Jihad Council member Ali Karaki and IRGC general Abbas Nilforoushan. |
Hashem Safieddine | Hezbollah | 3 October 2024 | Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon | Israel | Unknown | Unknown | Hashem Safieddine was expected to become Hassan Nasrallah's successor as Secretary-General of Hezbollah. |
Mohammad Afif | Hezbollah | 17 November 2024 | Ras al-Nabaa, Beirut | Israel | 4 | 14 | Afif was the head of Hezbollah's media relations department and was killed along with other members |
… Israel Defense Forces battled Hamas militants to regain control of the city and its police station.