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On 27 October 2023, Israel launched an invasion of the Gaza Strip with the stated goals to destroy Hamas, a military and political movement that led an attack on Israel earlier in the month, and to free hostages it took. The effort is ongoing.
On the evening of 27 October 2023, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a large-scale invasion inside the Gaza Strip, as part of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, with the stated goal of destroying Hamas and overthrowing the organization's governance of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip is a major part of the Israel–Hamas war. Starting on 7 October 2023, immediately after the Hamas-led attacks, Israel began the bombing of Gaza Strip; on 13 October, Israel began ground operations in Gaza, and on 27 October, a full-scale invasion was launched.
The war began when Hamas-led militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israel on 7 October, which involved a rocket barrage and a few thousand militants breaching the Gaza–Israel barrier, attacking Israeli civilian communities and military bases. During this attack, 1,195 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed, including 815 civilians.
7 paź 2023 · The Israeli war on Gaza galvanized the international left-wing and pro-Palestinian causes, resulting in protests across the world (from the Middle East to Europe, the Americas, and Asia) and an uptick in anti-Semitic acts in countries such as France and America.
On 7 October 2023, the paramilitary wings of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the PRC, PFLP, and the DFLP launched a series of coordinated armed incursions into the Gaza envelope of neighboring Israeli territory, the first invasion of Israel since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
7 paź 2023 · Israel has repeatedly attacked Hamas with air strikes and sent troops into Gaza in 2008 and 2014. Hamas, or in some cases its armed wing alone, is considered a terrorist group by Israel, the...
