List of military engagements during the Israel–Hamas war

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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.

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Major engagements and key events

Campaigns

NameLocationStart date [lower-alpha 1] End date [lower-alpha 1] BelligerentsResult
2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel Flag of Israel.svg Southern District 2023-10-072023-10-16 [1] Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Palestine.svg Palestinian Joint Operations Room:
Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) Flag of Lebanon.svg Flag of Syria.svg Flag of Israel.svg
Lebanon, Shebaa Farms, Golan Heights, and Northern District (Israel)
2023-10-08Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Ongoing
Israeli incursions in the West Bank Flag of Palestine.svg West Bank 2023-10-12 [lower-alpha 2] Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Settler militiasOngoing
Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq, Flag of Syria.svg  Syria, Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 2023-10-17Flag of the United States.svg  United States Ongoing
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip Flag of Palestine.svg Gaza Strip 2023-10-27Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Ongoing
Red Sea crisis Red Sea, Indian Ocean 2023-10-19Flag of Israel.svg  Israel, other vesselsSlogan of the Houthi Movement.svg  Houthis Ongoing
Operation Prosperity Guardian Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen, Red Sea 2023-12-18 (announced)Slogan of the Houthi Movement.svg  Houthis Ongoing
  1. 1 2 Year-Month-Day international format.
  2. escalated
  3. With minor involvement from others in Operation Prosperity Guardian.

Military engagements

CampaignEngagementLocationStart date [lower-alpha 1] End date [lower-alpha 1] BelligerentsResult
7 October attacks Nahal Oz attack Flag of Israel.svg Nahal Oz 2023-10-072023-10-07Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas Hamas victory [6] [7] [ failed verification ]
Battle of Re'im Flag of Israel.svg Re'im 2023-10-072023-10-07 [8] Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas Israeli victory [9]
Battle of Sufa Flag of Israel.svg Sufa 2023-10-072023-10-08Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas

Israeli victory [10]
Zikim attack Flag of Israel.svg Zikim 2023-10-072023-10-16Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas Israeli victory [11] [12]
Battle of Sderot Flag of Israel.svg Sderot 2023-10-072023-10-08Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas Israeli victory [13]
Invasion of the Gaza Strip Battle of Beit Hanoun Flag of Palestine.svg Beit Hanoun 2023-10-282023-12-24Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Palestinian victory [15] [16]
Siege of Gaza City Flag of Palestine.svg Gaza City 2023-11-02OngoingFlag of Israel.svg  Israel Ongoing
Incursions into Beit Hanoun Flag of Palestine.svg Beit Hanoun 2024-03-17ongoingFlag of Israel.svg  Israel Ongoing
Battle of Jabalia Flag of Palestine.svg Jabalia 2023-11-08Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas Ongoing
Battle of Shuja'iyya (2023) Flag of Palestine.svg Shuja'iyya, Gaza city 2023-12-082023-12-26

Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas
Flag placeholder.svg  Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Red flag.svg Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Palestinian victory [18] [ clarification needed ]
Siege of Khan Yunis Flag of Palestine.svg Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip 2023-12-042024-04-07

Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

Israeli withdrawal from southern Gaza [20]
Battle of Hamad Flag of Palestine.svg Hamad, southern Gaza Strip 2024-03-042024-03-16Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas Israeli withdrawal
Shuja'iyya ambush Flag of Palestine.svg Shuja'iyya, Gaza City 2023-12-132023-12-13Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas Hamas victory [21]
Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip Flag of Palestine.svg Gaza City, Jabalia, Beit Lahia 2024-01-07 [22] [23]

Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

Ongoing
Rafah offensive Flag of Palestine.svg Rafah, southern Gaza Strip 2024-02-13 [24] Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas Ongoing
Operation Prosperity Guardian Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou Red Sea 2023-12-302023-12-30Flag of the United States.svg  United States Slogan of the Houthi Movement.svg  Houthis Attacks repelled
Ansar Allah support for Palestine 2024 missile strikes in Yemen [lower-alpha 2] Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 2024-01-12Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Slogan of the Houthi Movement.svg  Houthis Ongoing
  1. 1 2 Year-Month-Day international format.
  2. Military strikes conducted by the US and UK against Yemeni Houthis

Raids into southern Israel from Gaza

Approximate situation on 7-8 October October 2023 Gaza-Israel conflict (7- 8 October).svg
Approximate situation on 7–8 October

Early in the morning of 7 October 2023, approximately 3000 militants, [25] [26] from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the PFLP, and DFLP, [27] breached the Gaza fence and attacked multiple locations in Southern Israel. [25] [26] Following this the IDF blockaded, bombed, and then invaded the Gaza Strip.

Locations of raids into Southern Israel from Gaza

AttackLocationDeathsHostagesDate
TotalCivilian [lower-alpha 1] Military [lower-alpha 2] StartEnd
2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel Southern District (Israel) total = 1,139total =total =total = 200+ Hostages2023-10-07 (Dawn)
Battle of Sderot Flag of Israel.svg Sderot 15 [29]
Re'im music festival massacre Flag of Israel.svg Near Re'im 364 [30] [31] 40 Hostages [32]
Be'eri massacre Flag of Israel.svg Be'eri 117+ [33]
Nahal Oz attack Flag of Israel.svg Nahal Oz lookout base [34] 15+ [34] none15+ [34] 7+ Hostages [34] 2023-10-07
Flag of Israel.svg Kibbutz Nahal Oz 80+12+46+20+ missing [lower-alpha 3]
Flag of Israel.svg Nahal Oz 100+12+61+ soldiers7 to 30 Hostages
Kfar Aza massacre Flag of Israel.svg Kfar Aza 52+ [35] [36]
Zikim attack Flag of Israel.svg Zikim 35+ [37] 19 [38]
Nir Oz massacre Flag of Israel.svg Nir Oz 27+ [39] 2023-10-07 09:45 [lower-alpha 4]
Netiv HaAsara massacre Flag of Israel.svg Netiv HaAsara 21+ [40] [41]
Alumim massacre Flag of Israel.svg Alumim 19+ [42] [43]
Kissufim massacre Flag of Israel.svg Kissufim 16+ [44] [45]
Holit attack Flag of Israel.svg Holit 13+ [46]
Ein HaShlosha attack Flag of Israel.svg Ein HaShlosha 5+ [47]
Nirim attack Flag of Israel.svg Nirim 5+ [48] [49]
Nir Yitzhak attack Flag of Israel.svg Nir Yitzhak 5+ [47]
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Clickable map of some of the massacres on 7 October 2023
  1. Most of the civilian areas on the Israeli side of the Gaza border had lightly armed volunteer security teams. [28]
  2. 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 ]
  3. including the Bibas family
  4. Rockets were hard at 6:30am and the militants entered the Bibas home at 9:45am

Reported violence against unarmed people (from 9 October onwards)

Reported violence against unarmed people (from 9 October onwards)
EventAccusedLocationDeathsDate
TotalCivilianMilitary [lower-alpha 1] StartEnd
Attacks on journalists in Lebanon Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg  Israel Defense Forces, 188th Armored Brigade Flag of Lebanon.svg South Lebanon4 [ citation needed ]4 [ citation needed ]none reported2023-10-13present
Shadia Abu Ghazala School massacre [lower-alpha 2] [51] [52] [50] Flag of the Israeli Army (Land Arm) Gray.svg  Israeli Ground Forces [lower-alpha 3] Flag of Palestine.svg Shadia Abu Ghazala School in the Gaza Strip. [lower-alpha 4] "dozens" [50] "dozens" [lower-alpha 5] none reported2023-12-12

[52] [lower-alpha 6]

2023-12-13

[50]

Flour massacre Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg  Israel Defense Forces Flag of Palestine.svg Nablusi junction, Gaza100+ [ citation needed ]100+ [ citation needed ]none reported2024-02-29
Al-Maghazi playground massacre [53] [54] Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg  Israel Defense Forces Flag of Palestine.svg Al Maghazi13 [ citation needed ]13 [ citation needed ]none2024-04-15
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Clickable map of events after 8 October
  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 ]
  2. 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]
  3. Witnesses said a number of people including women, children and babies were killed execution-style by Israeli forces while sheltering inside the school. [50] [52]
  4. Displaced persons were sheltering at the school in the al-Faluja area, west of the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. [50]
  5. predominantly women and children [50]
  6. 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. [52]

Airstrikes and rocket attacks

Long distance attacks against Israel

NameDateAttackerWeaponsTarget
Rocket barrage into Israel 7 October 2023Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas
[ citation needed ]
Rockets and dronesNumerous civilian and military locations in Israel, mostly near the Gaza strip.
Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2023-2024 8 October 2023 – OngoingFlag of Hamas.svg  Hamas
Flag placeholder.svg  PIJ
Flag placeholder.svg  PFLP
Flag of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.svg  DFLP
[lower-alpha 1]
Rockets Israel
Projectile attacks from Lebanon on Israel and the Golan Heights 8 October 2023 – OngoingInfoboxHez.PNG  Hezbollah
Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas
Flag placeholder.svg  PIJ
Flag placeholder.svg  PFLP
"projectiles" Israel and the Golan Heights
Houthi missile and drone attacks on Israel [56] 19 October 2023 – OngoingSlogan of the Houthi Movement.svg  Houthi movement Medium-range missile and drones Eilat, Israel
Iraqi missile and drone attacks on Israel [57] 2 November 2023 – Ongoing Islamic Resistance in Iraq Short-range missile and drones Israel and the Golan Heights
Taba and Nuweiba drone attacks 27 October 2023Slogan of the Houthi Movement.svg  Houthi movement DronesPossibly Israel, hit Taba and Nuweiba, Egypt
2024 Iranian missile strikes in Iraq and Syria [lower-alpha 2] 15 January 2024Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Short-range missiles Flag of Iraq.svg Erbil, Iraq
2024 Iranian strikes in Israel 13–14 April 2024Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Medium-range missiles Flag of Israel.svg Israel
  1. There are also reports of attacks from much smaller groups such as the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement. [55]
  2. Iran claimed that it was targeting a regional Mossad headquarters. Iraq denies that such a headquarters exists. [58]

Disputed strikes

NameDateAccusedLocationDeathsInjured
Attacks on Palestinians evacuating Gaza City 2023-10-13Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas
Gaza City 70+ [59] 200+ [59]
Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion 2023-10-18Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag placeholder.svg  PIJ
Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza 100–300 (United States Director of National Intelligence) [60]
[ citation needed ]
314 (Gaza Health Ministry) [61]

    Israeli airstrikes

    NameDateLocationDeathsInjuries
    Jabalia camp market airstrike 9 October 2023 Jabalia Camp 203+ [62] 147 [63]
    Al-Shati refugee camp airstrike 9 October 2023 Al-Shati refugee camp 15+ [64] [65]  ?
    Hajji Tower airstrike 10 October 2023Hajji Tower in Gaza Strip 3+ [66] [67]  ?
    Jabalia refugee camp airstrike [lower-alpha 1] 12 October 2023 Jabalia refugee camp residential buildings [lower-alpha 2] 45+ [71]
    UNRWA school airstrike 17 October 2023 UNRWA school in the Maghazi refugee camp 6[ citation needed ] ?
    Church of Saint Porphyrius airstrike 19 October 2023 Church of Saint Porphyrius 18[ citation needed ] ?
    31 October Jabalia attack 31 October 2023 Jabalia refugee camp 195+ [lower-alpha 3] 777+ [lower-alpha 4]
    Al-Shifa ambulance airstrike 3 November 2023 Al-Shifa Hospital 15 [ citation needed ]60 [ citation needed ]
    Osama bin Zaid school airstrike 3 November 2023Osama bin Zaid school20 [78]  ?
    Al-Fakhoora school airstrike 4 November 2023 Jabalia Camp 15[ citation needed ]70 [ citation needed ]
    Al-Maghazi camp airstrike 4 November 2023 Maghazi (camp) 40+[ citation needed ] ?
    Al-Buraq school airstrike 9 November 2023Al-Buraq school50+[ citation needed ] ?
    Sabra mosque airstrike 15 November 2023Sabra mosque50+ [ citation needed ] ?
    Al-Falah School airstrike 17 NovemberAl-Falah School20+[ citation needed ]100 [ citation needed ]
    Abu Hussein School airstrike 23 NovemberAbu Hussein School27+[ citation needed ] ?
    Ma'an school airstrike 5 December 2023Ma'an school25+[ citation needed ] ?
    Haifa School airstrike 15 December 2023Haifa School20+[ citation needed ] ?
    12 February 2024 Rafah strikes 12 February 2024All across Rafah100+ [79]  ?
    1. 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. [68]
    2. Some were sheltering there after being displaced from Beit Hanoun. [69] [70]
    3. There were 195 people were killed [72] according to The Gaza Ministry of Health (Gaza MOH), whose overall casualty counts show no sign of being inflated [73] or fabricated [74] and thus appear to be a reliable minimum death count. The Gaza Indonesian Hospital also reported that "hundreds" had been killed or injured. [75] [76]
    4. The Gaza Ministry of Health reported 777+ wounded. [77] Gaza Indonesian Hospital reported that "hundreds" had been killed or injured. [75] [76]

    Notable targeted assassinations

    TargetAffiliationDateLocationPerpetratorDeathsInjuriesNotes and Other Notable Casualties
    Abbas Raad InfoboxHez.PNG Redwan Force 22 November 2023 Beit Yahoun, Lebanon Flag of Israel.svg Israel 5 [80] 0Raad was the son of Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad. [80]
    Razi Mousavi Flag of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 25 December 2023 Sayyidah Zaynab, Syria Flag of Israel.svg Israel4 [81] UnknownIranian general serving in the IRGC's Quds Force.
    Saleh al-Arouri Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas 2 January 2024 Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon Flag of Israel.svg Israel7UnknownAlso killed Al Qassam commanders Sami Fendi [82] and Azzam Al-Aqra [83]
    Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba 4 January 2024 Baghdad, Iraq Flag of the United States.svg United States 1+UnknownFormer senior commander of the 12th brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces. [84]
    Wissam al-Tawil [85] InfoboxHez.PNG Redwan Force 8 January 2024 Majdel Selm, Lebanon Flag of Israel.svg Israel2UnknownSenior commander of Hezbollah's Radwan Force
    Ali Hussein Barji InfoboxHez.PNG Hezbollah 9 January 2024 Khirbet Selm, Lebanon Flag of Israel.svg Israel10Death denied by Hezbollah [86]
    Sadegh Omidzadeh Flag of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 20 January 2024 Mezzeh, Damascus, Syria Flag of Israel.svg Israel10UnknownAlso killed four other Iranian officials, Ali Aghazadeh, Saeed Karimi, Hossein Mohammadi, [87] and Mohammad Amin Samadi [88]
    Fadi Suleiman InfoboxHez.PNG Hezbollah 21 January 2024 Kafra, Lebanon Flag of Israel.svg Israel36 [89] Target survived; other Hezbollah affiliates killed. [89]
    Abu Baker al-Saadi Kata'ib Hezbollah 7 February 2024 Baghdad, Iraq Flag of the United States.svg United States3 [90] UnknownCommanders of Kata'ib Hezbollah killed by a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad in response to the Tower 22 drone attack. [90]
    Arkan Al-Alawi
    Abbas al-Dabs InfoboxHez.PNG Hezbollah 8 February 2024 Nabatieh, Lebanon Flag of Israel.svg Israel23 [91] Hezbollah operatives that worked with IRGC. [92]
    Basil Salah [93] Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas 10 February 2024 Jadra, Lebanon [93] Flag of Israel.svg Israel35Target survived; civilians and other Hezbollah affiliates killed.
    Hadi Ali Mustafa Flag of Hamas.svg  Hamas 13 March 2024 Tyre, Lebanon Flag of Israel.svg Israel2UnknownHe was a member of Hamas' construction bureau. [94]
    Mohammad Reza Zahedi Flag of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 1 April, 2024 Damascus, Syria Flag of Israel.svg Israel6UnknownIranian senior military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

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