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.
^ Military strikes conducted by the US and UK against Yemeni Houthis
Hamas-led attack on Israel
Approximate situation on 7–8 October
Early in the morning of 7 October 2023, approximately 3000 militants, from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the PFLP, and DFLP, breached the Gaza fence and attacked multiple locations in Southern Israel. Following this the IDF blockaded, bombed, and then invaded the Gaza Strip.
^ Most of the civilian areas on the Israeli side of the Gaza border had lightly armed volunteer security teams.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Witnesses said a number of people including women, children and babies were killed execution-style by Israeli forces while sheltering inside the school.
^ Displaced persons were sheltering at the school in the al-Faluja area, west of the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Some were sheltering there after being displaced from Beit Hanoun.
^ There were 195 people were killed according to The Gaza Ministry of Health (Gaza MOH), whose overall casualty counts show no sign of being inflated or fabricated and thus appear to be a reliable minimum death count. The Gaza Indonesian Hospital also reported that "hundreds" had been killed or injured.
^ The Gaza Ministry of Health reported 777+ wounded. Gaza Indonesian Hospital reported that "hundreds" had been killed or injured.
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