# List of military engagements during the Gaza war

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This is a list of notable engagements during the Gaza war, encompassing land, naval, and air engagements, covering events which took place or began during the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel on 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.

## Major engagements and key events
### Campaigns

| Name | Location | Start date | End date | Belligerents | Belligerents | Result |
| October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel | Southern District | 2023-10-07 | 2023-10-16 | Israel | Palestinian Joint Operations Room: Qassam Brigades Saraya Al-Quds Alwiyat An-Nasser Salahuddin Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades National Resistance Brigades  Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Hamas tactical victory |
| Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip | Gaza Strip | 2023-10-27 | | Israel | Palestinian Joint Operations Room | Ceasefire |
| Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip | Gaza City, Jabalia, Beit Lahia | 2024-01-07 | 2025-01-19 | Israel | Hamas | Ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal |
* 1 2 Year-Month-Day international format.

## Major battles

| Campaign | Engagement | Location | Start date | End date | Belligerents | Belligerents |
| 7 October attacks | Nahal Oz attack | Nahal Oz | 2023-10-07 | 2023-10-07 | Israel | Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad |
| 7 October attacks | Nir Yitzhak attack | Nir Yitzhak | 2023-10-07 | 2023-10-07 | Israel | Hamas |
| 7 October attacks | Battle of Re'im | Re'im | 2023-10-07 | 2023-10-07 | Israel | Hamas |
| 7 October attacks | Battle of Sufa | Sufa | 2023-10-07 | 2023-10-08 | Israel | Hamas |
| 7 October attacks | Zikim attack | Zikim, Bahad 4 | 2023-10-07 | 2023-10-08 | Israel | Hamas |
| 7 October attacks | Battle of Sderot | Sderot | 2023-10-07 | 2023-10-08 | Israel | Hamas |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Battle of Beit Hanoun | Beit Hanoun | 2023-10-28 | 2024-05-31 | Israel | Hamas  Palestinian Islamic Jihad |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Battle of Netzarim | Netzarim Corridor | 2023-10-30 | 2025-01-19 | Israel | Hamas  Palestinian Islamic Jihad PFLP  Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Siege of Gaza City | Gaza City | 2023-11-02 | 2025-01-19 | Israel | Hamas PFLP  Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine  Palestinian Islamic Jihad  Popular Resistance Committees Palestinian Civil Police Force |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Al-Shifa Hospital siege | Gaza City | 2023-11-11 | 2023-11-24 | Israel | Hamas  Palestinian Islamic Jihad |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Battle of Tel al-Hawa | Tel al-Hawa, Gaza City | 2023-11-03 | 2025-01-19 | Israel | Hamas  Palestinian Islamic Jihad  Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Palestinian Mujahideen Movement |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Battle of Jabalia | Jabalia | 2023-11-08 | 2024-05-31 | Israel | Hamas |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Second battle of Jabalia | Jabalia | 2024-10-05 | 2025-01-19 | Israel | Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades PFLP |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Battle of Shuja'iyya (2023) | Shuja'iyya, Gaza City | 2023-12-08 | 2023-12-26 | Israel | Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad PFLP |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Shuja'iyya ambush | Shuja'iyya, Gaza City | 2023-12-13 | 2023-12-13 | Israel | Hamas |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Second Battle of Shuja'iyya | Shuja'iyya, Gaza City | 2024-06-28 | 2024-07-10 | Israel | Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Siege of Khan Yunis | Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip | 2023-12-04 | 2024-04-07 | Israel | Palestinian Joint Operations Room |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Zana ambush | Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip | 2024-04-06 | 2024-04-07 | Israel | Palestinian Joint Operations Room |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Second battle of Khan Yunis | Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip | 2024-07-22 | 2024-07-30 | Israel | Hamas |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Third battle of Khan Yunis | Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip | 2024-08-09 | 2024-08-30 | Israel | Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Siege of Al-Qarara | Al-Qarara, southern Gaza Strip | 2023-12-06 | 2024-04-07 | Israel | Hamas |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Battle of Hamad | Hamad, southern Gaza Strip | 2024-03-04 | 2024-03-16 | Israel | Hamas |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Rafah offensive | Rafah, southern Gaza Strip | 2024-02-13 | 2025-01-19 | Israel | Hamas |
| Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Tal al-Sultan Ambush | Tel al-Sultan, Rafah, Gaza Strip | 2024-06-15 | 2024-06-15 | Israel | Hamas |
* 1 2 Year-Month-Day international format.

## Hamas-led attack on Israel

Early in the morning of 7 October 2023, approximately 3000 militants, from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the PFLP, and DFLP, breached the Gaza fence and attacked multiple locations in southern Israel. Following this the IDF blockaded, bombed, and then invaded the Gaza Strip.
| Attack | Location | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Hostages | Date | Date |
| Attack | Location | Total | Civilian | Military | Hostages | Start | End |
| 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel | Southern District (Israel) | 1,139 | | | total = 200+ Hostages | 2023-10-07 (Dawn) | |
| Battle of Sderot | Sderot | 15 | | | | | |
| Re'im music festival massacre | Near Re'im | 364 | | | 40 Hostages | | |
| Be'eri massacre | Be'eri | 117+ | | | | | |
| Nahal Oz attack | Nahal Oz lookout base | 15+ | none | 15+ | 7+ Hostages | 2023-10-07 | |
| Nahal Oz attack | Kibbutz Nahal Oz | 80+ | 12+ | 46+ | 20+ missing | | |
| Nahal Oz attack | Nahal Oz | 100+ | 12+ | 61+ soldiers | 7 to 30 Hostages | | |
| Kfar Aza massacre | Kfar Aza | 52+ | | | | | |
| Zikim attack | Zikim | 35+ | 19 | | | | |
| Nir Oz massacre | Nir Oz | 27+ | | | | 2023-10-07 09:45 | |
| Netiv HaAsara massacre | Netiv HaAsara | 21+ | | | | | |
| Alumim massacre | Alumim | 19+ | | | | | |
| Kissufim massacre | Kissufim | 16+ | | | | | |
| Holit attack | Holit | 13+ | | | | | |
| Ein HaShlosha attack | Ein HaShlosha | 5+ | | | | | |
| Nirim attack | Nirim | 5+ | | | | | |
| Nir Yitzhak attack | Nir Yitzhak | 5+ | | | | | |
* ↑ Most of the civilian areas on the Israeli side of the Gaza border had lightly armed volunteer security teams.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ including the Bibas family
* ↑ Rockets were heard at 6:30am and the militants entered the Bibas home at 9:45am

## Hostage rescue operations

| Name | Date | Location | Rescued | Deaths | Injuries |
| Rescue of Ori Megidish | 30 October 2023 | Al-Shati refugee camp | 1 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Operation Golden Hand | 12 February 2024 | Rafah | 2 | 67–100+ | Unknown |
| 2024 Nuseirat rescue operation | 8 June 2024 | Nuseirat | 4 | 270+ | 698 |

## Mass killings in Gaza

On 1 August 2024, Gaza's media office released an updated statistic stating that Israeli forces had committed over 3,457 massacres since 7 October.
Reported violence against unarmed people (from 9 October onwards) :
| Event | Date | Perpetrators | Location | Deaths | Deaths | Injuries |
| Event | Date | Perpetrators | Location | Total | Civilian | |
| Shadia Abu Ghazala School massacre | December 2023 | Israel Defense Forces | Shadia Abu Ghazala School in the Gaza Strip. | 15+ | 15+ | |
| Flour massacre | 29 February 2024 | Israel Defense Forces | Nablusi junction, Gaza | 118+ | 118+ | |
| Al-Maghazi playground attacks | 16 April 2024 | Israel Defense Forces | Al Maghazi | 13 | 13 (11 children) | |
| Tel al-Sultan attack | 26 May 2024 | Israel Defense Forces | Tel al-Sultan camp, Rafah | 45–50 | | 200+ |
| Nuseirat rescue and massacre | 8 June 2024 | Israel Defense Forces | Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza | 276 | | 698 |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ Displaced persons were sheltering at the school in the al-Faluja area, west of the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
* ↑ predominantly women and children

## Attacks
### Long distance attacks

| Name | Date | Attacker | Weapons | Target |
| Rocket barrage into Israel | 7 October 2023 | Hamas | Rockets and drones | Numerous civilian and military locations in Israel, mostly near the Gaza strip. |
| Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2023-2024 | 8 October 2023 – Ongoing | Hamas PIJ PFLP DFLP | Rockets | Israel |
* ↑ There are also reports of attacks from much smaller groups such as the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement.

### Disputed strikes

| Name | Date | Accused | Location | Deaths | Injured |
| Attacks on Palestinians evacuating Gaza City | 2023-10-13 | Israel Hamas | Gaza City | 70+ | 200+ |
| Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion | 2023-10-18 | Israel PIJ | Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza | 100–300 (United States Director of National Intelligence) | 314 (Gaza Health Ministry) |

### Israeli attacks

| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Injuries |
| Jabalia camp market airstrike | 9 October 2023 | Jabalia Camp | 203+ | 147 |
| Al-Shati refugee camp airstrike | 9 October 2023 | Al-Shati refugee camp | 15+ | ? |
| Hajji Tower airstrike | 10 October 2023 | Hajji Tower in Gaza Strip | 3+ | ? |
| Jabalia refugee camp airstrike | 12 October 2023 | Jabalia refugee camp residential buildings | 45+ |
| UNRWA school airstrike | 17 October 2023 | UNRWA school in the Maghazi refugee camp | 6 | ? |
| Church of Saint Porphyrius airstrike | 19 October 2023 | Church of Saint Porphyrius | 18 | ? |
| 31 October Jabalia attack | 31 October 2023 | Jabalia refugee camp | 195+ | 777+ |
| Engineer's Building airstrike | 31 October 2023 | Nuseirat | 106+ | 12+ |
| Al-Shifa ambulance airstrike | 3 November 2023 | Al-Shifa Hospital | 15 | 60 |
| Osama bin Zaid school airstrike | 3 November 2023 | Osama bin Zaid school | 20 | ? |
| Al-Fakhoora school airstrike | 4 November 2023 | Jabalia Camp | 15 | 70 |
| Al-Maghazi camp airstrike | 4 November 2023 | Maghazi (camp) | 40+ | ? |
| Al-Buraq school airstrike | 9 November 2023 | Al-Buraq school | 50+ | ? |
| Sabra mosque airstrike | 15 November 2023 | Sabra mosque | 50+ | ? |
| Al-Falah School airstrike | 17 November | Al-Falah School | 20+ | 100 |
| Abu Hussein School airstrike | 23 November | Abu Hussein School | 27+ | ? |
| Ma'an school airstrike | 5 December 2023 | Ma'an school | 25+ | ? |
| Haifa School airstrike | 15 December 2023 | Haifa School | 20+ | ? |
| Shuja'iyya friendly fire incident | 15 December 2023 | Shuja'iyya | 3 | ? |
| 12 February 2024 Rafah strikes | 12 February 2024 | All across Rafah | 100+ | ? |
| World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack | 1 April 2024 | Deir al-Balah | 7 | ? |
| Al-Maghazi playground attack | 16 April 2024 | Al Maghazi refugee camp, Gaza Strip | 13 | |
| Tel al-Sultan attack | 26 May 2024 | Tel al-Sultan camp, Rafah | 45–50 | 200+ |
| Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack | 28 May 2024 | Al-Mawasi, Rafah | 21 | 64 |
| Al-Sardi school attack | 6 June 2024 | Al-Sardi school, Nuseirat refugee camp | 33 | 70+ |
| Nuseirat rescue and massacre | 8 June 2024 | Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip | 276 | 698 |
| 9 July 2024 Gaza attacks | 9 July 2024 | Deir al-Balah, Gaza City | 50+ | 80+ |
| Al-Awda School attack | 9 July 2024 | Abasan al-Kabira, Khan Yunis | 31+ | 53+ |
| 13 July 2024 Al-Mawasi airstrikes | 13 July 2024 | Al-Mawasi, Khan Yunis | 141+ | 400+ |
| July 2024 al-Shati refugee camp attack | 13 July 2024 | al-Shati refugee camp, Gaza City | 22+ | 20+ |
| 22 July 2024 Khan Yunis attack | 22 July 2024 | Bani Suheila, eastern Khan Yunis | 73+ | 270+ |
| Khadija school airstrike | 26 July 2024 | Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip | 30+ | 100+ |
| Hamama school bombing | 4 August 2024 | Sheikh Radwan, Gaza City | 17+ | 60+ |
| Al-Tabaeen school attack | 10 August 2024 | Eastern Gaza City | 80–93+ | 47+ |
| August 2024 Deir al-Balah attacks | 17 August 2024 | Az-Zawayda, eastern Deir al-Balah | 34+ | ? |
| Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack | 10 September 2024 | Al-Mawasi, Khan Yunis | 19–40+ | 60+ |
| September 2024 Al-Jawni school attack | 11 September 2024 | Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip | 18+ | 44+ |
| Deir al-Balah mosque bombing | 6 October 2024 | Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip | 26+ | 93+ |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ Some were sheltering there after being displaced from Beit Hanoun.
* ↑ There were 195 people were killed according to The Gaza Ministry of Health (Gaza MOH), whose overall casualty counts show no sign of being inflated or fabricated and thus appear to be a reliable minimum death count. The Gaza Indonesian Hospital also reported that "hundreds" had been killed or injured.
* ↑ The Gaza Ministry of Health reported 777+ wounded. Gaza Indonesian Hospital reported that "hundreds" had been killed or injured.