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1 day ago · Israel-Hamas War, war between Israel and Palestinian militants, especially Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), that began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a land, sea, and air assault on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The October 7 attack resulted in more than 1,200 deaths, primarily Israeli citizens, making it the deadliest day ...
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Oct 13, 2023 · 1. What are the roots of the conflict? Nationalism grew among both Arabs and Jews in the Holy Land — which encompasses what today is Israel, the West Bank and Gaza — after the World War I-era...
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Israel–Hamas war. An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas -led Palestinian militant groups [r] has been taking place chiefly in the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023. Clashes have also occurred in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and with Hezbollah along the Israel–Lebanon–Golan Heights border.
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Apr 5, 2024 · 5 April 2024. Getty Images. The Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented assault on Israel on 7 October, with hundreds of gunmen infiltrating communities near the Gaza Strip....
Oct 19, 2023 · Israel and Hamas are at war. How did we get here? Vox offers clarity. Why did Hamas attack Israel? A timeline of Israel and Palestine’s complicated history. What does the US-Israel...
Oct 7, 2023 · In 2014, Hamas kidnapped and killed three Israeli teenagers, prompting attacks from Israel, and rocket launches from Gaza, in a conflict that killed more than 1,881 Palestinians and more than 60...
Oct 8, 2023 · Israel’s conflicts with Hamas, along with the 2006 Hezbollah-Israel conflict, have largely been rocket and artillery exchanges. Even in decades of large-scale Arab-Israeli wars, the battles...