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The war in Gaza, which was triggered by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel, has killed over 35,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials, making it by far the deadliest round of fighting in the history of the conflict. ^ a b El Deeb, Sarah (9 October 2023).
Exchange of strikes between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been occurring along the Israel–Lebanon border and in Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights since 8 October 2023. It is currently the largest escalation of the Hezbollah–Israel conflict to have occurred since the 2006 Lebanon War, and part of the spillover ...
Hezbollah–Israel conflict. Hezbollah, a Shia Islamist political party and militant organization that was established in Lebanon in 1985, has been involved in a long-running conflict with Israel as part of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict and the Israeli–Lebanese conflict .
Hezbollah ( / ˌhɛzbəˈlɑː /; [ 43] Arabic: حزب الله, romanized : Ḥizbu 'llāh, lit. 'Party of God') [ a] is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group, [ 44][ 45] led since 1992 by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, [ 46] and its political wing is the ...
Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas, speculated the war would spread to Jerusalem and the West Bank. [208] Hashim Safi Al Din, Head of Hezbollah's Executive Council, threatened to join the conflict. [209] Max Abrahms, a political scientist at Northeastern University, opined that the conflict could escalate into a war between Israel and Iran. [210]
Timeline of the Israel–Hamas war. The Israel–Hamas war began on 7 October 2023 when Hamas launched coordinated armed incursions on Israel from the Gaza Strip. [ 1] Some developments may become known or understood only in retrospect, so this is not an exhaustive list. Events on the ground for which the precise time is known are in Israel ...
UN OCHA casualties summary, as of 19 June 2024. As of 9 August 2024, over 41,000 people (39,677 Palestinian [ 1] and 1,478 Israeli [ 13]) have been reported as killed in the Israel–Hamas war, including 113 journalists (108 Palestinian, 2 Israeli and 3 Lebanese) [ 14] and over 224 humanitarian aid workers, including 179 employees of UNRWA.
On 7 October 2023, a large escalation of the Gaza–Israel conflict began with a coordinated offensive by multiple Palestinian militant groups against Israel.A number of countries, including many of Israel's Western allies, such as the United States and a number of European countries, condemned the attacks by Hamas, expressed solidarity for Israel and stated that Israel has a right to defend ...