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After the Palestinian group Hamas carried out the worst assault in Israeli historical past on October 7, 2023, Israel launched a devastating army marketing campaign within the Gaza Strip.
Earlier than a ceasefire started on Sunday, solely the second truce in 15 months of conflict, Israel’s air and floor marketing campaign killed at the least 46,899 individuals, in keeping with figures from the Hamas-run territory’s well being ministry that the United Nations considers dependable.
Following are key moments within the battle:
Hamas assaults
At daybreak on October 7, tons of of Hamas fighters infiltrate Israel, killing civilians within the streets, of their properties and at a desert music pageant, and attacking troops in bases.
They seize 251 hostages and take them again to Gaza. Presently 94 are nonetheless held there, with three ladies due for launch Sunday. Israel’s army says 34 of the 94 hostages are useless.
The Hamas assaults end result within the deaths of greater than 1,200 individuals.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to destroy Hamas, which is taken into account a terrorist organisation by the US, European Union and Israel.
Floor offensive
Israel begins bombing and besieging Gaza. On October 13, it calls on civilians within the territory’s north to maneuver south.
The overwhelming majority of Gazans have been displaced throughout the conflict, in keeping with the UN.
On October 27, Israel begins a floor offensive.
Truce and hostage swap
On November 24, a week-long truce between Israel and Hamas begins.
Hamas releases 105 hostages, largely Israeli but in addition Thai staff, in return for 240 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
When the conflict resumes, Israel expands its actions into southern Gaza.
Lethal meals stampede
On February 29, 2024 Israeli forces fireplace on northern Gaza residents who rush a convoy of meals assist vans, killing 120 and wounding tons of.
From early March army plane from a number of international locations together with the US drop assist over Gaza which the UN says is threatened by famine.
On April 1, seven assist staff from US charity World Central Kitchen are killed in a strike which Israel’s army calls a “tragic mistake”.
Iran assaults Israel
On April 13, Iran kilos Israel with drones and missiles — its first-ever direct assault on Israel’s soil. The strikes are retaliation for a lethal April 1 assault on its Damascus consulate, blamed on Israel.
On July 20, Israel bombards Yemen’s port of Hodeida, after a drone assault on Tel Aviv by Iran-backed Huthi rebels who’ve been concentrating on transport since November 2023 in solidarity with Gaza.
Hamas political chief killed
On the Israeli-Lebanon border, nearly each day exchanges since October 2023 between Israel and Lebanese group Hezbollah intensify in July.
Israel retaliates with a number of strikes, together with one which kills a prime Hezbollah commander, Fuad Shukr.
On July 31, Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh is killed on a go to to Iran. Israel accepts accountability months later.
Lebanon spillover
On September 17 and 18, tons of of pagers and walkie-talkies utilized by Hezbollah explode in an Israeli operation that Lebanese authorities say kills 39 and wounds hundreds.
Israel escalates its air marketing campaign in Lebanon and on September 27 kills Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in southern Beirut.
Days later, Israel launches a floor offensive in southern Lebanon in opposition to Hezbollah strongholds.
Iran on October 1 fires a barrage of 200 missiles at Israel in response to the killing of Nasrallah and Haniyeh.
New Hamas chief killed
On October 16, new Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, accused by Israel of masterminding the October 7, 2023 assault, is killed in southern Gaza.
On the twenty sixth, Israeli air strikes hit army targets in Iran in response to the October 1 missile assault.
On November 14, a United Nations Particular Committee says Israel’s warfare in Gaza is in keeping with the traits of “genocide”. Israel accuses the UN of bias.
The Worldwide Prison Court docket on November 21 points arrest warrants for Netanyahu, former defence minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas army chief Mohammed Deif, whom the Israeli army says it killed in Gaza.
Lebanon truce
A truce begins on November 27 after two months of open conflict between Israel and Hezbollah which has left greater than 4,000 useless on the Lebanese aspect since October 2023, in keeping with official Lebanese figures.
The delicate ceasefire is breached a number of occasions, with either side buying and selling blame.
After the ousting of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad by Islamist-led rebels in December, Israel additionally conducts tons of of strikes on Syria’s army websites, saying it goals to forestall weapons from falling into the arms of “extremists”.
Israel additionally sends troops into the UN-patrolled buffer zone within the Golan Heights.
Yemen’s Huthi rebels step up missile and drone assaults on Israel which responds with new assaults on Yemen.
New ceasefire begins
On January 19, a long-awaited truce between Israel and Hamas begins, with 33 hostages resulting from be freed throughout the first section in change for the discharge of about 1,900 Palestinians in Israeli custody.
Below the truce mediated by Qatar, the US and Egypt, hundreds of war-weary displaced Palestinians start returning to their properties by the rubble of the devastated Gaza Strip.
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