While Israel says more
than 1,400 people were killed in Hamas' October 7 attacks, Gaza says that over
9,400 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli bombardments.
While Israel says more
than 1,400 people were killed in Hamas' October 7 attacks, Gaza says that over
9,400 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli bombardments.
New
Delhi:
A war between Israel
and Gaza's Hamas rulers erupted after the Palestinian Islamist movement
launched the worst attack in Israel's 75-year history on October 7.
Israeli
officials say more than 1,400 people, mainly civilians, were killed.
The Hamas-run health
ministry in Gaza said Saturday that 9,488 Palestinians have been killed in
Israeli bombardments, including 3,900 children.
Hamas attacks Israel
At dawn on October 7,
the sabbath and a Jewish holiday, rockets rain down on Israel from Gaza as
hundreds of Hamas fighters infiltrate by land, sea, and air into southern
Israel.
More than 1,400
people, mainly civilians, are killed, according to Israeli officials.
They include 270
mainly young people at a music festival and hundreds more in communities near
the Gaza border.
The militants take
hostage of more than 240 people -- Israelis and foreigners, officials say.
Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu speaks of "savagery not seen since the Shoah" --
Hebrew for the Holocaust.
He vows to
"crush" Hamas, designated a "terrorist organisation" by the
United States, Britain, Israel and the European Union.
Israel
retaliates, pounds Gaza
Israel rapidly
retaliates, pounding Gaza with air strikes as
it battles Hamas fighters still inside Israel. It retakes control of the Gaza
border area on October 10.
On October 13, Israel
urges northern Gaza's citizens to move south within 24 hours. Hundreds of
thousands of Palestinians flee.
The Arab League
denounces a "forced transfer".
Israel, Hezbollah
clash
Further north, Israel exchanges cross-border fire
with Lebanon's Hezbollah, a Hamas ally also backed by Iran.
In southern Lebanon, a
Reuters video journalist is killed on October 13, and six journalists from AFP,
Reuters and Al Jazeera are wounded in a strike.
Lebanon blames Israel.
Hospital strike in
Gaza
On October 17, a deadly strike hits Gaza's Al-Ahli
hospital.
The Hamas health
ministry says at least 471 people were killed. US intelligence sources say
"100 to 300" people died.
Israel denies
responsibility, blaming a misfired rocket by Islamic Jihad militants.
Thousands stage
anti-Israel protests across the Arab world.
Five hostages freed
On October 20 and
22, four hostages, all women, are released.
On October 30, an Israeli soldier, also a woman, is rescued in a ground
operation by Israeli forces.
On October 28, Hamas
says it is prepared to free hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners in
Israeli jails.
Aid trucks enter Gaza
The first humanitarian
aid trucks enter via Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt on October 21.
More than 370 trucks
enter by November 3.
Israel
intensifies strike
On October 21, Israel
intensifies its air strikes.
Iran warns the next
day that the Middle East risks spiralling out of control.
Violations of
humanitarian law
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on
October 24 denounces "the clear violations of international humanitarian
law" in Gaza.
At least 1.4 million
Palestinians have fled their homes since the war began, the UN says.
Israeli tanks into
Gaza
On October 26, Israeli tanks enter Gaza for
several hours.
The UN General
Assembly calls the next day for an "immediate humanitarian truce".
International Criminal
Court prosecutor Karim Khan on October 29 says preventing access to
humanitarian aid could be "a crime".
On October 27 the
Israeli army says it has "expanded" its ground operations inside
Gaza.
Netanyahu announces
"the second stage of the war" aimed at destroying Hamas's military
and leadership capabilities and rescuing the hostages.
A ceasefire "will
not happen", he says.
On October 31, Israeli
forces report "fierce battles" inside Gaza.
Evacuations to Egypt
On November 1 Egypt
opens the Rafah crossing. Dozens of wounded Palestinians and hundreds of
foreigners and dual nationals leave Gaza.
Egypt says it will
help evacuate "about 7,000" foreigners and dual nationals.
Refugee camp bombed
Between October 31 and
November 2, Israel's military strikes northern Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp
three times.
Four UN schools
sheltering displaced people are also hit.
UN-mandated human
rights experts say "time is running out to prevent genocide and
humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza".
Israel
surrounds Gaza City
After almost a week of
ground fighting in northern Gaza, Israel's army announces on November 2 it
has surrounded Gaza City.
On November 3, Israel
begins sending back thousands of Palestinian workers stuck in Israel since
hostilities started.
In Tel Aviv, US
Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterates that Israel has the
"right" and "obligation" to defend itself, but urges it to
protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
He says Israel will
only gain security through the creation of a Palestinian state.
Hezbollah warning
Hezbollah chief Hassan
Nasrallah warns Israel against attacking
Lebanon, saying "all options" are on the table,
including "total war".
Hamas says a deadly
Israeli strike hit a convoy of ambulances near the territory's largest
hospital.
On November 4, Blinken
reaffirms US support for "humanitarian pauses" in the fighting, an
idea Netanyahu has rejected.
Israeli chief of staff
Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi visits troops on the ground inside Gaza.
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