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.
Name | Location | Start date [a] | End date [a] | Belligerents | Result | |
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2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel |
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2023-10-07 | 2023-10-16 [1] | ![]() |
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Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) |
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2023-10-08 | Ongoing | ![]() |
Ongoing | |
Israeli incursions in the West Bank |
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2023-10-12 [b] | Ongoing | ![]() |
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Ongoing |
Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2023-10-17 | Ongoing | ![]() |
Ongoing | |
2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip |
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2023-10-27 | Ongoing | ![]() |
Ongoing | |
Red Sea crisis | Red Sea, Indian Ocean | 2023-10-19 | Ongoing | ![]() |
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Ongoing |
Operation Prosperity Guardian | ![]() |
2023-12-18 (announced) | Ongoing | ![]() |
Ongoing |
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.
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 |
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15 [23] | |||||
Re'im music festival massacre |
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357+ [24] [25] | 40 Hostages [26] | ||||
Be'eri massacre |
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117+ [27] | |||||
Nahal Oz attack |
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15+ [28] | none | 15+ [28] | 7+ Hostages [28] | 2023-10-07 | |
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80+ | 12+ | 46+ | 20+ missing [c] | |||
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100+ | 12+ | 61+ soldiers | 7 to 30 Hostages | |||
Kfar Aza massacre |
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52+ [29] [30] | |||||
Zikim Beach massacre |
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35+ [31] | 19 [32] | ||||
Nir Oz massacre |
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27+ [33] | 2023-10-07 09:45 [d] | ||||
Netiv HaAsara massacre |
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21+ [34] [35] | |||||
Alumim massacre |
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19+ [36] [37] | |||||
Kissufim massacre |
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16+ [38] [39] | |||||
Holit massacre |
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13+ [40] | |||||
Ein HaShlosha massacre |
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5+ [41] | |||||
Nirim attack |
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5+ [42] [43] | |||||
Nir Yitzhak massacre |
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5+ [41] |
Event | Accused | Location | Deaths | Date | ||||
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Name | Pop. | Total | Civilian | Military [a] | Start | End | ||
Attacks on journalists in Lebanon | ![]() |
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4 | 4 | none reported | 2023-10-13 | present | |
Shadia Abu Ghazala School massacre [b] [45] [46] [44] | ![]() |
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unknown | "dozens" [44] | "dozens" [e] | none reported | 2023-12-12 |
2023-12-13 |
Name | Date | Attacker | Weapons | Target |
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Rocket barrage into Israel | 7 October 2023 | ![]() [ citation needed] |
Rockets and drones | Numerous civilian and military locations in Israel, mostly near the Gaza strip. |
Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2023 | 8 October 2023 – Ongoing | ![]() |
Rockets | Israel |
Projectile attacks from Lebanon on Israel and the Golan Heights | 8 October 2023 – Ongoing | ![]() |
"projectiles" | Israel and the Golan Heights |
Houthi missile and drone attacks on Israel [48] | 19 October 2023 – Ongoing | ![]() |
Long-range missile | Eilat, Israel |
Taba and Nuweiba drone attacks | 27 October 2023 | ![]() |
Drones | Possibly Israel, hit Taba and Nuweiba, Egypt |
2024 Erbil attack [b] | 15 January 2024 | ![]() |
Long-range missiles |
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Name | Date | Accused | Location | Deaths | Injured |
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Attacks on Palestinians evacuating Gaza City | 2023-10-13 | ![]() ![]() |
Gaza City | 70+ [50] | 200+ [50] |
Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion | 2023-10-18 | ![]() |
Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza | 100–300 (
United States Director of National Intelligence)
[51] [ citation needed] |
314 (Gaza Health Ministry) [52] |
Target | Affiliation | Date | Location | Perpetrator | Deaths | Injuries | Notes and Other Notable Casualties |
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Abbas Raad |
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22 November, 2023 | Beit Yahoun, Lebanon |
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5 [70] | 0 | Raad was the son of Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad. [70] |
Razi Mousavi |
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25 December, 2023 | Sayyidah Zaynab, Syria |
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4 [71] | Unknown | Iranian general serving in the IRGC's Quds Force. |
Saleh al-Arouri | ![]() |
2 January 2024 | Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon |
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7 | Unknown | Also killed Al Qassam commanders Sami Fendi [72] and Azzam Al-Aqra [73] |
Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi | Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba | 4 January 2024 | Baghdad, Iraq |
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1+ | Unknown | Former senior commander of the 12th brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces. [74] |
Wissam al-Tawil [75] |
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8 January 2024 | Majdel Selm, Lebanon |
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2 | Unknown | Senior commander of Hezbollah's Radwan Force |
Ali Hussein Barji |
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9 January 2024 | Khirbet Selm, Lebanon |
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1 | 0 | Death denied by Hezbollah [76] |
Sadegh Omidzadeh |
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20 January 2024 | Mezzeh, Damascus, Syria |
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10 | Unknown | Also killed four other Iranian officials, Ali Aghazadeh, Saeed Karimi, Hossein Mohammadi, [77] and Mohammad Amin Samadi [78] |
Fadi Suleiman |
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21 January 2024 | Kafra, Lebanon |
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3 | 6 [79] | Target survived; other Hezbollah affiliates killed. [79] |
Abu Baker al-Saadi | Kata'ib Hezbollah | 7 February 2024 | Baghdad, Iraq |
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3 [80] | Unknown | Commanders of Kata'ib Hezbollah killed by a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad in response to the Tower 22 drone attack. [80] |
Arkan Al-Alawi | |||||||
Abbas al-Dabs |
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8 February 2024 | Nabatieh, Lebanon |
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2 | 3 [81] | Hezbollah operatives that worked with IRGC. [82] |
Basil Salah [83] | ![]() |
10 February 2024 | Jadra, Lebanon [83] |
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3 | 5 | Target survived; civilians and other Hezbollah affiliates killed |
… Israel Defense Forces battled Hamas militants to regain control of the city and its police station.
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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.
Name | Location | Start date [a] | End date [a] | Belligerents | Result | |
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2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel |
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2023-10-07 | 2023-10-16 [1] | ![]() |
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— |
Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) |
![]() ![]() ![]() Lebanon, Shebaa Farms, Golan Heights, and Northern District (Israel) |
2023-10-08 | Ongoing | ![]() |
Ongoing | |
Israeli incursions in the West Bank |
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2023-10-12 [b] | Ongoing | ![]() |
|
Ongoing |
Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2023-10-17 | Ongoing | ![]() |
Ongoing | |
2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip |
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2023-10-27 | Ongoing | ![]() |
Ongoing | |
Red Sea crisis | Red Sea, Indian Ocean | 2023-10-19 | Ongoing | ![]() |
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Ongoing |
Operation Prosperity Guardian | ![]() |
2023-12-18 (announced) | Ongoing | ![]() |
Ongoing |
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.
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 |
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15 [23] | |||||
Re'im music festival massacre |
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357+ [24] [25] | 40 Hostages [26] | ||||
Be'eri massacre |
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117+ [27] | |||||
Nahal Oz attack |
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15+ [28] | none | 15+ [28] | 7+ Hostages [28] | 2023-10-07 | |
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80+ | 12+ | 46+ | 20+ missing [c] | |||
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100+ | 12+ | 61+ soldiers | 7 to 30 Hostages | |||
Kfar Aza massacre |
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52+ [29] [30] | |||||
Zikim Beach massacre |
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35+ [31] | 19 [32] | ||||
Nir Oz massacre |
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27+ [33] | 2023-10-07 09:45 [d] | ||||
Netiv HaAsara massacre |
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21+ [34] [35] | |||||
Alumim massacre |
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19+ [36] [37] | |||||
Kissufim massacre |
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16+ [38] [39] | |||||
Holit massacre |
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13+ [40] | |||||
Ein HaShlosha massacre |
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5+ [41] | |||||
Nirim attack |
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5+ [42] [43] | |||||
Nir Yitzhak massacre |
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5+ [41] |
Event | Accused | Location | Deaths | Date | ||||
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Name | Pop. | Total | Civilian | Military [a] | Start | End | ||
Attacks on journalists in Lebanon | ![]() |
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4 | 4 | none reported | 2023-10-13 | present | |
Shadia Abu Ghazala School massacre [b] [45] [46] [44] | ![]() |
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unknown | "dozens" [44] | "dozens" [e] | none reported | 2023-12-12 |
2023-12-13 |
Name | Date | Attacker | Weapons | Target |
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Rocket barrage into Israel | 7 October 2023 | ![]() [ citation needed] |
Rockets and drones | Numerous civilian and military locations in Israel, mostly near the Gaza strip. |
Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2023 | 8 October 2023 – Ongoing | ![]() |
Rockets | Israel |
Projectile attacks from Lebanon on Israel and the Golan Heights | 8 October 2023 – Ongoing | ![]() |
"projectiles" | Israel and the Golan Heights |
Houthi missile and drone attacks on Israel [48] | 19 October 2023 – Ongoing | ![]() |
Long-range missile | Eilat, Israel |
Taba and Nuweiba drone attacks | 27 October 2023 | ![]() |
Drones | Possibly Israel, hit Taba and Nuweiba, Egypt |
2024 Erbil attack [b] | 15 January 2024 | ![]() |
Long-range missiles |
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Name | Date | Accused | Location | Deaths | Injured |
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Attacks on Palestinians evacuating Gaza City | 2023-10-13 | ![]() ![]() |
Gaza City | 70+ [50] | 200+ [50] |
Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion | 2023-10-18 | ![]() |
Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza | 100–300 (
United States Director of National Intelligence)
[51] [ citation needed] |
314 (Gaza Health Ministry) [52] |
Target | Affiliation | Date | Location | Perpetrator | Deaths | Injuries | Notes and Other Notable Casualties |
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Abbas Raad |
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22 November, 2023 | Beit Yahoun, Lebanon |
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5 [70] | 0 | Raad was the son of Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad. [70] |
Razi Mousavi |
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25 December, 2023 | Sayyidah Zaynab, Syria |
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4 [71] | Unknown | Iranian general serving in the IRGC's Quds Force. |
Saleh al-Arouri | ![]() |
2 January 2024 | Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon |
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7 | Unknown | Also killed Al Qassam commanders Sami Fendi [72] and Azzam Al-Aqra [73] |
Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi | Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba | 4 January 2024 | Baghdad, Iraq |
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1+ | Unknown | Former senior commander of the 12th brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces. [74] |
Wissam al-Tawil [75] |
|
8 January 2024 | Majdel Selm, Lebanon |
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2 | Unknown | Senior commander of Hezbollah's Radwan Force |
Ali Hussein Barji |
|
9 January 2024 | Khirbet Selm, Lebanon |
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1 | 0 | Death denied by Hezbollah [76] |
Sadegh Omidzadeh |
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20 January 2024 | Mezzeh, Damascus, Syria |
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10 | Unknown | Also killed four other Iranian officials, Ali Aghazadeh, Saeed Karimi, Hossein Mohammadi, [77] and Mohammad Amin Samadi [78] |
Fadi Suleiman |
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21 January 2024 | Kafra, Lebanon |
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3 | 6 [79] | Target survived; other Hezbollah affiliates killed. [79] |
Abu Baker al-Saadi | Kata'ib Hezbollah | 7 February 2024 | Baghdad, Iraq |
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3 [80] | Unknown | Commanders of Kata'ib Hezbollah killed by a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad in response to the Tower 22 drone attack. [80] |
Arkan Al-Alawi | |||||||
Abbas al-Dabs |
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8 February 2024 | Nabatieh, Lebanon |
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2 | 3 [81] | Hezbollah operatives that worked with IRGC. [82] |
Basil Salah [83] | ![]() |
10 February 2024 | Jadra, Lebanon [83] |
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3 | 5 | Target survived; civilians and other Hezbollah affiliates killed |
… Israel Defense Forces battled Hamas militants to regain control of the city and its police station.
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