1 January – Two Palestinians are killed and three more injured during confrontations with Israeli soldiers who storm Kafr Dan to demolish the homes of two Palestinians killed in a shootout at a checkpoint in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank several months ago.[1]
12 January – A Palestinian man opens fire on Israeli soldiers in Qalandia, West Bank, and is shot dead. In a separate incident, a Palestinian man is killed by Israeli soldiers after stabbing to death an Israeli settler at a farm.[2]
28 January – A Palestinian civilian home is set on fire by Israeli settlers. The occupants were not there at the time of the attack.[7]
29 January – An 18-year-old Palestinian man is shot and killed by a group of Israeli settlers near the settlement of Kedumim, in the occupied West Bank.[8] The Israeli military claim the man was armed, though Wafa reports that the circumstances around the killing are unclear.[9]
February
6 February – Five Palestinians are killed and three more injured during a raid by Israeli soldiers and subsequent gunbattle at a refugee camp near Jericho, in the occupied West Bank.[10]
26 February – 2023 Huwara shooting: A Palestinian gunman shoots and kills two Israelis in Huwara, Nablus Governorate, West Bank. During revenge attacks by Israelis, a Palestinian is shot and killed and 98 others are injured, many of whom during arson attacks.[12]
28 February – An Israeli-American man is killed during a drive-by shooting at a highway in the city of Jericho, in the West Bank.[13]
March
6 March – Five Palestinians are injured by Israeli settlers attacking a family on a street in Huwara, in the West Bank. At least twenty-five Palestinians are injured by tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during the attack.[14]
7 March – At least six members of the Jenin Brigades are killed by Israeli soldiers during a raid in Jenin, West Bank. Among those killed is the killer of two Israeli settlers last month.[15]
9 March – Three Palestinian fighters are killed by Israeli special units during a shootout in Jenin.[16]
7 April – Two British-Israeli women are killed and their mother is injured in a drive-by shooting at their vehicle near the Hamrasettlement in the West Bank.[21]
9 May – The Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, killing three senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders and at least ten civilians, including four children. At least another 20 people are injured in the attack, which the Palestinian Authority calls a "horrific massacre".[26] Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declares a "special situation" in the home front with border crossings and schools closed, and gatherings of over 10 people banned in open places.[27][28]
Palestinian militants fire more than 260 rockets into Israel from Gaza in response to yesterday's airstrikes. Most of the rockets are intercepted by the Iron Dome.[30]
11 May – An Israeli airstrike kills two commanders of Islamic Jihad. Meanwhile, the total death toll of the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza of the past two days increases to 26. A rocket is launched from Gaza to Rehovot, killing a person and wounding five more.[31]
4 July – The Israeli military's assault in Jenin, Palestine, continues for a second day, killing four more Palestinians and bringing the death toll to 12, with more than 120 others injured.[38]
5 July – Israel ends 2-day West Bank offensive that left 13 dead, more than 100 injured, and property destroyed.[39]
1 September – A Palestinian man is killed and others are injured, a building is destroyed and ambulances are prevented to reach the scene and shot at, during a raid by Israeli soldiers in Aqabah, in the occupied West Bank.[44]
At least 232 Palestinians are killed and over 1,600 are injured in the Gaza Strip by airstrikes launched by Israel. At least 300 Israelis are killed and hundreds more are injured by missile attacks and shootings.[50]
The death toll in Palestine rises to 370 with over 2,200 wounded. The death toll in Israel rises to over 750 with over 2,000 wounded. Dozens of Israelis are also taken to Gaza.[53]
The death toll from the Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip increases to 560 people, with more than 2,900 others injured.[58]
The death toll in Israel climbs to 800 with over 2,500 wounded, while two militants from Lebanon are killed during a shootout at the border between the two countries.[59]
The imposition of a total blockade of the Gaza Strip, including food and fuel items, is announced by Israel.[60]
In Einabus, West Bank, two Palestinians are shot by Israeli soldiers. Twelve people are evacuated for teargas inhalation, with Israeli forces attempting to stop the evacuation.[63]
At least 22 members of a Palestinian family, including seven children, are killed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. Six members of the family remain trapped under the rubble of the destroyed house.[62]
The UN Security Council meets in an emergency session but fail to achieve the unanimity needed for a joint statement.[64]
The UN Palestine Humanitarian Office says four schools and eight healthcare facilities in Gaza sustained damage and expected a severe shortage of drinking water due to the Israeli blockade. (Al Jazeera)
At least six Palestinian journalists have been killed amid Israel's ongoing shelling of the Gaza strip. Funerals for two of the journalists are held at a hospital in Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
The death toll from the Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip increases to 770 people, with more than 4,000 wounded. At least another 18 people were killed and 100 injured in the West Bank. The Israeli death toll passes 1,000. (Al Arabiya)(Telegraph)
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza hit residential buildings, large tower blocks, as well as schools and UN buildings, resulting in civilian casualties. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemns the actions, saying they are in violation of international law. (Reuters)
Israeli airstrikes destroy a Palestinian Telecommunications Company building in Gaza city, causing widespread outage of communications and internet. (Anadolu)
The Palestine Liberation Organization says Israel refused a request to bring food and medical supplies into the Gaza Strip. Israel also threatens a humanitarian convoy from Egypt carrying medical supplies into Gaza with an air strike.[68]
Israeli air strikes destroy the Al-Fakhoora House of the Education Above All Foundation in Gaza. Israeli airstrikes have also hit the Islamic University of Gaza.[69]
Dozens of Israeli fighter jets carry out more than 200 airstrikes overnight on the Al-Furqan neighborhood in Gaza City.[70]
Israeli airstrikes destroy more than 22,600 residential units, 10 health facilities and damage 48 schools as Hamas continues to fire rockets from civilian areas in violation of international law. At least 260 children have been killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza.[69]
The UN Palestine Agency says Israeli airstrikes have killed nine of its staff in Gaza.
At least 30 people are killed in an Israeli air strike on a law expert's house when he was visiting his family in central Gaza City.[71]
The Rimal and al-Karama neighbourhoods are destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, with eight 12-storey towers destroyed.[72]
At least 16 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air raid on the southern city of Khan Younis.[73]
At least three Palestinians are killed and nine wounded by Israeli soldiers in the Qusra, south of Nablus in the West Bank.[74]
The Palestinian Red Crescent says four of its paramedics have been killed in Israeli air attacks.[75]
At least 1,055 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's air attacks and 5,184 wounded. At least 1,300 people in Israel have been killed and 2,800 wounded, according to the Israeli army.[76]
12 October –
The death toll in Gaza rises to 1,200, while the number of injuries has reached about 5,600. The death toll in Israel has reached 1,400.[77]
At least 51 people are killed and 281 injured in Israeli air strikes on several areas of Gaza, including Al Zaytoun, Al Nafaq, Sabra, Tal Al Hawa and Khan Younis.[78]
At a press conference, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says the main goal of the coming military operation will be to "topple Hamas rule in Gaza".[89]
Israeli soldiers open fire against protestors in the occupied West Bank, killing eleven people and injuring 124 more.[90]
At least 15 hospitals are damaged by Israeli shelling and airstrikes, with two currently inoperable. 28 medical staff are killed and 23 ambulances are damaged or destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.[99]
At least 2,268 Palestinians have been killed and 8,700 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. At least 1,300 Israelis have been killed and at least 3,400 others are injured.[100]
Palestine's United Nations envoy says that Palestinians are in danger of mass ethnic cleansing.[102]
The Israel Defense Forces announce that airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have killed Murad Abu Murad, the head of Hamas's air operations and Ali Qadi, a top Hamas commander, both of whom were involved in the October 7 invasion of Israel.[103]
New York Times reports Israeli officers say its soldiers are ordered to "capture Gaza City" and destroy the current leadership, in Israeli's first attempt to capture land since 2008.[104]
15 October –
An estimated one million Gazans have been displaced, according to the United Nations Palestinian agency, as aid groups describe the situation in the besieged enclave as "catastrophic".[105]
The Palestinian Ministry of Health says that about 70 percent of people in Gaza do not have access to health services, although the World Health Organization has been able to deliver medical supplies for 2,000 patients. The ministry also says that at least 50 families in the Gaza Strip have had all of their family members killed by Israeli shelling and air strikes.[106]
The heads of the Arab League and the African Union release a joint statement stating that Israel's planned ground invasion of Gaza "could lead to a genocide of unprecedented proportions".[110]
The World Health Organization said 21 hospitals in Gaza have been ordered to evacuate by Israel, warning this "may amount to a violation of international humanitarian law".[113]
The chief of the UN Palestine agency announces it can no longer deliver assistance to the hundreds of thousands of people in need in Gaza.[114]
UN Palestine agency announces that men claiming to be from Hamas stole fuel and medicine from their offices in Gaza.[115]
At least four hospitals in northern Gaza are no longer functioning following Israeli bombardments, according to the United Nations.[116]
Palestinian protesters rally in the streets of several cities across the West Bank calling for an end to Israeli attacks on Gaza.[116]
Medical Aid for Palestinians says hospitals in Gaza are facing a "catastrophic" shortage of medical supplies, amid Israel's "total blockade".[116]
More than 400,000 Palestinians are sheltering in UN schools and buildings across the Gaza Strip, the global body says. Fourteen UNRWA personnel have been killed in Israeli airstrikes.[116]
Hamas releases the first video of a hostage on Telegram since the war started, a 21-year-old Israeli woman from Shoham who was kidnapped during the Re'im music festival massacre. In the video, she claims to be receiving medical treatment by her captors.[118]
At least six civilians are killed and eight injured in airstrikes targeting the home of an extended family west of Khan Younis, Gaza.[116]
At least seven people are killed, including five emergency workers, following Israeli airstrikes on two civil defense facilities in the eastern and southern Gaza City.[116]
The bodies of more than 1,000 people are trapped under the rubble of buildings in Gaza destroyed by Israeli air strikes, prompting concern of humanitarian and environmental crises.[119]
Israeli military forces carry out raids and make dozens of arrests in multiple areas in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Nablus, Bethlehem, Hebron and the Aqabat Jabr camp in Jericho.[116]
Several dozen raids are conducted by Israeli forces in the West Bank, detaining about 600 people. Most are held without charges under "administrative detention", where the individuals are not told the reasons for their arrest.[116]
17 October –
Israel bombed areas of southern Gaza, after Israel ordered northern Gazans to relocate south.[121]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says that Israel's blockade of Gaza and its evacuation order in northern Gaza may amount to a forcible transfer of civilians, which is a violation of international law.[125]
The World Health Organization says that 2,800 people have died and 11,000 have been injured in Gaza since Israeli air strikes began, with about half of those being women and children.[126]
The World Health Organization says that there have been 51 attacks against healthcare facilities in Gaza, killing 15 health workers and injuring 27 others, and that "we have seen consistent attacks on healthcare in the occupied Palestinian territory".[127]
Hamas announces that Ayman Nofal, a member of the general military council and commander of the central command in the Al-Qassam Brigades, was killed in an Israeli airstrike.[128]
18 October –
The United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have called for a humanitarian pause in Gaza. Twelve other countries voted in favour of the resolution while two abstained.[129]
Palestinian journalist Rushdi Sarraj is killed in an Israeli attack on his home in Gaza.[139]
At least 55 people are killed in overnight raids on the Gaza Strip by Israel.[140]
The United Nations says the lives of at least 120 newborn babies in incubators in Gaza's hospitals are at risk.[141]
The number of mosques destroyed in the Gaza Strip rises to 31.[142]
An Israeli tank accidentally hits an Egyptian position near the border with Gaza. Several Egyptian border guards sustained injuries from fragments of a shell.[143]
At least 300 Palestinians are placed under administrative detention or have had detention orders renewed, allowing Israel to hold them without charge indefinitely under secret evidence.[144]
Paddy Cosgrave, a co-founder of the European tech conference Web Summit, steps down after opposition over public statements on Israel, saying "War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies, and should be called out for what they are.[145]
23 October –
Omar Daraghmeh, a senior Hamas official, dies while in Israeli prison, with Hamas spokespeople saying it was an assassination. He was arrested in the West Bank by the Israel Defense Forces, along with his son.[146]
The Indonesian Hospital, the largest in northern Gaza, loses power after running out of fuel.[147]
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 436 Palestinians, including women and children, in northern Gaza's Al-Shati refugee camp as well as Khan Younis.[149]
Israeli forces launch night raids in the West Bank, with heavily armed troops backed by armored vehicles seen in at least two areas.[150]
Qatar's EmirTamim Bin Hamad Al Thani has warned the escalation of fighting in Gaza poses a threat to the region and the world. He asserted Israel should not be given a "green light for unconditional killing".[151]
24 October –
The World Health Organization says medicine and health supplies have not been delivered to three hospitals in northern Gaza. Nearly two-thirds of hospitals in Gaza are now non-functional.[149]
The UN's agency for Palestinian refugees says the number of aid trucks so far is "a trickle in the face of the immense needs of people" and is calling for an "unimpeded and continuous flow of humanitarian assistance and medical assistance to continue coming into Gaza".[152]
Human Rights Watch has criticized Israel for "deliberately deepening the suffering of civilians in Gaza" by refusing to allow fuel shipment into the enclave and to restore the flow of water.[153]
Human Rights Watch criticizes Israel for "deliberately deepening the suffering of civilians in Gaza" by refusing to allow shipments of fuel into the enclave and for not restoring the supply of water.[155]
25 October –
The Gaza Health Ministry says that at least 704 people have died in the past day. The UN relief agency says this was "the highest fatality toll reported in a single day".[149]
At least 16 people are killed and several others injured following Israeli airstrikes across Gaza residential areas in Jabalia, Tal al-Hawa, Khan Younis and the Nuseirat refugee camp.[156]
At least 11 people are arrested in Hebron in the West Bank following an Israeli raid. Israeli troops stormed several villages including al-Burj and al-Majd.[149]
The UN Security Council holds an open debate, with many of the nearly 90 countries on the speakers' list calling for a ceasefire amid the mounting death toll in Gaza.[157]
Draft resolutions calling for a ceasefire are being considered by both the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly.[158]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and says Hamas is "not a terrorist organization, it is a liberation group, mujahideen waging a battle to protect its lands and people".[159]
US legal organization Palestine Legal says it has responded to more than 260 requests for assistance in the past two weeks, ranging from job losses to the cancellation of classes.[149]
In a televised address to the nation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he has set the date for a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip with the main goals of the operation being to destroy Hamas and to rescue hostages.[160]
26 October –
An Israeli air raid kills the wife, son, daughter and infant grandson of Al Jazeera Arabic's Gaza bureau chief Wael Dahdouh in central Gaza after they evacuated to the area following warnings from Israel.[161]
Oxfam says Israel is using starvation as a "weapon of war" as the blockade of Gaza continues.[162]
The Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch confirms the Palestinian death toll provided by the Health Ministry is reliable, after US President Joe Biden questioned the number of people killed.[163]
Israel continues raids and arrests in the West Bank, where Palestinian authorities say more than 1,200 people have been detained.[163]
UNICEF has condemned the nearly 3,000 child casualties in Gaza, saying it is a "growing stain on our collective conscience, the rate of death and injuries of children simply staggering"[163]
Another three UNRWA staff members have been killed, bringing the total to 38. Around 219 educational facilities have been hit, including at least 29 UNRWA schools.[163]
About 200,000 housing units have been completely and partially destroyed in Gaza, representing 45 percent of all the housing in the enclave.[164]
Amnesty International issues a statement calling for an immediate ceasefire to stop the increasing death toll and ensure crucial aid reaches Gaza amid an "unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe".[163]
The Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch confirms the Palestinian death toll provided by the Health Ministry is reliable, after US President Joe Biden questioned the number of people killed.[163]
IDF tanks enter northern Gaza in a "targeted raid", saying it was in preparation for the "next stages of combat". No Israeli military casualties are reported.[166]
The death toll in Gaza increases to more than 7,000 people. An estimated 1.4 million people are internally displaced.[163]
A total of 101 medical personnel have been killed by Israeli attacks, with 100 more wounded. 50 ambulances have been attacked, half of which are out of service. Hospitals are operating at more than 150 percent of their capacity, with around 166 unsafe births per day.[163]
27 October –
At least 33 Palestinians are killed and several wounded, following Israeli airstrikes on at least three residential neighbourhoods in Gaza City.[167]
At least 10 Palestinians are killed, including journalist Yasser Abu Namous and his mother, in a series of airstrikes carried out by Israeli forces in southern Gaza.[167]
A number of people are killed and injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Shati refugee camp, destroying residential buildings and the nearby White Mosque.[168]
The Palestinian Red Crescent has said that its medics were shot at by Israeli forces as they treated an injured person in Tubas, West Bank.[168]
Four people are killed after a pre-dawn raid by Israeli forces in the West Bank. At least 19 people have been arrested.[167]
Hamas reports that Israel has disrupted most communication and Internet services in the Gaza Strip.[169]
UN agencies say they are unable to contact staff in Gaza amid the near-total communications blackout and call for civilians to be protected.[173]
Human Rights Watch says that the near-total communication blackout "risks providing cover for mass atrocities and contributing to impunity for human rights violations" and will make it more difficult to "obtain critical information and evidence about human rights violations and war crimes being committed, and to hear directly from those experiencing the violations".[174]
The UN General Assembly passes a resolution with a vote of 120–14, with 45 abstentions, calling for an immediate humanitarian truce in Gaza, despite US and Israeli opposition.[178]
The Egyptian foreign ministry has warned of the "humanitarian and security repercussions of the Israeli ground attack" on Gaza, saying "we hold the Israeli government responsible for violating the United Nations General Assembly resolution for an immediate ceasefire and implementing a humanitarian truce".[179]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on Israel to "immediately come out of its state of madness and stop its attacks" on the Gaza Strip, saying they have "targeted women, children and innocent civilians, deepening the humanitarian crisis".
Save the Children says children will "bear the brunt" of Israel's intensified attacks on the Gaza Strip, saying in the event of a full ground incursion, more than one million children's lives, nearly half of the 2.3 million population of Gaza, will be affected.[181]
Thousands of Palestinians have performed the Fajr prayer and staged demonstrations in Nablus, Tulkarem, Jenin and Tubas in the West Bank in a show of support for Gaza.[182]
More children have been killed in Gaza during the war, than the total killed in conflicts around the world since 2019, Save the Children has said. At least 3,324 children have been killed in Gaza, while 36 have died in the West Bank.[184]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war will be "long and difficult", with Israel intensifying its aerial raids and progressing to the "next phase" of operations.[187]
Gaza's Hamas-controlled health ministry reports Israeli airstrikes continue to target hospitals and medical centers, intentionally hitting medical institutions. Fifty-seven institutions have been hit, while thirty-two are out of service because of being targeted or lack of fuel.[193]
An immediate humanitarian ceasefire is "absolutely imperative" in Gaza, said the UN human rights office, adding that "colleagues across the UN are talking about the need".[194]
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem has blamed Israel for the bombing of its cultural centre, saying the attack "represents a stark embodiment of Israel's unwarranted determination to destroy the civil infrastructure and social service centres, as well as shelters for civilians".[195]
The World Health Organization warns that Gaza is on the brink of a "public health catastrophe" due to overcrowding, widespread displacement, and severe damage to water and sanitation facilities, with only five percent of the normal water supplies accessible.[193]
UNICEF says at least 940 children have been reported missing in Gaza, adding infant dehydration is a growing threat, adding that "Gaza has become a graveyard of children".[196]
The UN Children's Fund's executive director says that more than 420 children are being killed or injured in Gaza every day.[197]
Israeli air raids target the vicinity of the European Hospital in southern Gaza. Meanwhile, the director of the Indonesia Hospital reported it was hit for the third time.[193]
Israeli forces arrest 60 Palestinians in the West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said, adding that "arrests are accompanied with torture and abusive attacks, as well as collective punishment and destruction of property".[193]
Australia expresses concern over growing attacks by residents of settlements against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.[193]
Jordanian Foreign Affairs Minister Ayman Safadi calls for an immediate stop to the "humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza caused by Israeli bombardment and the implementation of international law, while stressing the necessity of humanitarian aid.[193]
November
1 November –
About 500 people, including wounded Palestinians, foreigners and dual citizens of Palestine and a foreign country, are being evacuated from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing to Egypt, marking its first opening since the war began.[200]
The Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip is hit by Israeli airstrike for the second consecutive day, with several more people being killed.[201]
The UN Human Rights Office says Israeli attacks on the refugee camp may be "disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes".[203]
UNICEF and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has described attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp as "horrific and appalling".[203]
UNICEF estimates that more than 3,500 children have been killed during the war, saying "children have endured too much already, the killing and captivity of children must stop".[204]
The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, Gaza's only medical facility serving cancer patients, is forced to shut down after running out of fuel. Sixteen of the Gaza Strip's 35 hospitals and more than 50 of Gaza's 72 primary healthcare clinics are now out of service.[205]
The Indonesia Hospital is forced to run on its backup generator after the main generator stalled after running out of fuel.[206]
Craig Mokhiber, the UN human rights official who stepped down over concerns the UN was failing to act on a "textbook genocide", says that "usually the most difficult part of proving genocide is intent, but that this was not the case with Israeli leaders, who "explicitly and publicly stated their positions on the public record".[207]
At least 8,805 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7. In addition, more than 1,400 Israelis have been killed in Israel.[208]
Three Palestinians from Birzeit University have been arrested in raids in Ramallah, including the head of the student organisation.[209]
Israel's agricultural sector is suffering "significant damage" due to an exodus of thousands of foreign workers. More than a quarter of about 30,000 foreign workers have left the country and about 20,000 Palestinian agricultural workers have not been allowed to enter Israel.[210]
At least 60 people were detained overnight across the West Bank. The total number of Palestinians detained since the war started exceeds 1,800. About half of them are being held in administrative detention.[210]
Two Palestinians are killed and six wounded in Israeli raids in Qalqilya and Ramallah in the West Bank.[210]
Eleven bakeries in Gaza have been destroyed in airstrikes during the war, according to the UN relief agency. Six of the destroyed bakeries were in Gaza City, two in Jabalia, two in the Middle Area and one in Khan Younis.[212]
At least two Palestinians are killed and several others injured in separate Israeli air raids that hit the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Hanoun and Al-Quds Hospital in the Tal al-Hawa district of Gaza City.[219]
Job losses in Gaza and the West Bank are costing Palestinians $16m a day, according to the UN's labour agency, with 182,000 jobs lost in Gaza, equivalent to 61 percent of total employment. A further 208,000 jobs were lost in the West Bank, equivalent to 24 percent of total employment.[220]
Gaza's Interior Ministry announces that all bakeries in the Gaza City and North Gaza governorates have stopped operating due to systematic targeting and the lack of fuel and flour.[221]
UN monitors say only about 5000 Palestinians moved from northern to southern Gaza on Monday, saying that "entire families, including children, elderly people and persons with disabilities" could only make the journey by foot as roads had been heavily damaged.[222]
At least eight people are killed after an Israeli airstrike hits a house in southern Gaza.[222]
United Nations monitors say that only about 5,000 Palestinians have been evacuated from northern to southern Gaza on Monday, stating that "entire families, including children, elderly people and persons with disabilities" could only make the journey on foot as roads have been heavily damaged.[223]
8 November –
Human Rights Watch says an Israeli airstrike on an ambulance outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza should be investigated as a possible war crime, adding that it did not find evidence that the ambulance was being used for military purposes.[224]
Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital is hit with intense Israeli bombardment and flares. The hospital is housing tens of thousands of people sheltering from Israel's bombardment.[225]
Sites near the Indonesia Hospital are hit with Israeli bombardment. Electricity at the hospital is expected to be cut off soon due to the short supply of fuel.[225]
Israeli aircraft renew their bombardment of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, resulting in several deaths and injuries. A residence belonging to a local family is hit, with people still trapped under the rubble of the destroyed residential building.[225]
At least 4,237 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war. An additional 1,350 children are reported as missing and most are presumed dead under the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza.[226]
Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital is hit with intense Israeli bombardment and flares. The hospital is housing tens of thousands of people sheltering from Israel's bombardment.[226]
Four people are killed in an airstrike on a house in the Jabalia refugee camp located in the northernmost part of the Gaza Strip.[226]
9 November –
At least 30 Palestinians are killed in Israeli bombardments overnight in the Jabalia refugee camp in north and Sabra in western Gaza.[227]
Israeli forces use bulldozers to destroy streets in Jenin in the West Bank, supported by helicopters and reconnaissance aircraft, following a firefight in the city, killing eight Palestinians.[227]
10 November –
A video is released showing a Palestinian prisoner being used as a human shield during the Israeli operation in the West Bank. The prisoner is handcuffed, blindfolded and kneeling on a street, as an Israeli soldier takes cover behind him, while aiming his rifle.[229]
Six people are killed following an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Shifa Hospital. Human Rights Watch comments "hospitals must always be protected" and "no area is a free-fire zone", urging world leaders to act "to prevent further mass atrocities".[229]
The vicinity of Gaza's Patient's Friends Hospital is hit by an Israeli airstrike. Another Israeli strike is reported near Al-Awda Hospital in the Tal al-Zaatar area, resulting in damage to an ambulance.[229]
The director of Gaza's Al-Rantisi Children's Hospital says that an Israeli airstrike has hit the medical facility, causing a fire.[229]
Digital rights organization Access Now says that shutdowns affecting internet access in the Gaza Strip are providing "cover for human rights atrocities", which are being worsened by Israel's control over internet access.[234]
The Norwegian Refugee Council condemns Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals, calling for an urgent ceasefire and for the protection of medical staff, saying that "it is an affront to wage war around and on hospitals".[234]
At least 11,078 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that 168 Palestinians, including 46 children, have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank. Another eight people, including one child, were killed by Israeli settlers in East Jerusalem.[234]
The UN Development Programme office in Gaza is shelled, with reports of a significant number of deaths and injuries. Office chief Achim Steiner says that "civilians, civilian infrastructure and the inviolability of UN facilities must be always protected".[236]
The United Nations says that several hospitals in Gaza have been directly hit, and that "hospitals are explicitly entitled to specific protection under international humanitarian law", as Israel intensifies its shelling and ground attacks around hospitals in Gaza City and northern Gaza.[237]
Director of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees Thomas White says that humanitarian operations in Gaza will be suspended within the next 48 hours due to a shortage of fuel.[242]
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanoms warns of a "dire and perilous" situation in Gaza's hospitals, saying that more patients, including premature babies, are dying.[238]
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics says that 3,117 students enrolled in schools in Gaza have been killed by Israel, while 4,613 have been injured. A further 130 teachers and school administrators are also killed. Twenty-four students have been killed in the West Bank.[243]
The UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for humanitarian pauses in the conflict, the establishment of humanitarian corridors, and for the unconditional release of hostages taken by Hamas. Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States abstained.[247]
23 November – The Israel Defense Forces detain Mohammad abu Salmiya, the director of the Al-Shifa Hospital, and several doctors working under him, after a convoy belonging to the World Health Organization was stopped by Israeli soldiers. Israel accuses the director and the doctors of having sheltered Hamas fighters in the hospital.[253]
Hamas confirms the deaths of several senior commanders including Ahmed Ghandour, the commander of its Northern Gazabrigade, and Ayman Siam, the head of its rocket firing array. The Israel Defense Forces had previously said it had targeted Ghandour and Siam, but did not confirm that they had been killed.[260]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu becomes the first Israeli head of government to enter the Gaza Strip in two decades, after visiting Israel Defense Forces troops stationed there.[261]
Two children, aged 14 and 8, are shot dead by IDF troops in Jenin during the raid. The shootings are caught by security cameras.[268]
30 November –
A deal is reached to extend the ceasefire for at least one further day, after it had been due to expire at 7:00 am IST Thursday.[269]
December
1 December –
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ends after a deadline expires on the seventh day. Mediator Qatar says that efforts are ongoing to renew the ceasefire and expressed regret over the resumption of Israeli bombardments.
More than 190 Palestinians are killed and hundreds more are wounded by Israeliairstrikes on the Gaza Strip, including Khan Younis in the south.
The United Nations say the fighting will worsen the extreme humanitarian emergency in Gaza. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said that the people of Gaza had nowhere safe to go and very little to survive on.[271]
The United States provides BLU-109bunker buster bombs and other munitions to Israel. Similar bombs made by the US have been used by Israel in the Jabalia refugee camp airstrikes, including a strike that levelled an apartment block, killing more than 100 people.[272]
More than 100 people are killed in strikes near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, as Israeli forces encircle the medical facility sheltering people. Witnesses say anyone attempting to leave was being shot at by Israeli snipers.[276]
Twenty-two members of a family are killed in an Israeli airstrike on the home in which they were sheltering in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.[278]
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warns that the situation in Gaza is "getting worse each minute", and that “another wave of displacement is underway" amidst further military operations by Israel.[280]
Twenty-two members of a family are killed in an Israeli airstrike on the home in which they were sheltering in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.[278]
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warns that the situation in Gaza is "getting worse each minute", and that “another wave of displacement is underway" amidst further military operations by Israel.[280]
The World Health Organization adopts a resolution that calls for the passage of medical personnel and supplies into Gaza, mandates the documentation of violence against healthcare workers and patients, and seeks funding for hospital reconstruction.[290]
Pope Francis accuses the IDF of engaging in war crimes, in response to Israeli snipers killing two Palestinian Christians and injuring seven others who were taking refuge in the Holy Family Church in Gaza City yesterday.
The French Foreign Ministry condemns Israel's Wednesday bombing of Rafah for killing one of its staff members, and demands an "immediate and durable" ceasefire.[297]
21 December – The Israel Defense Forces says that it has established full "operational control" of the Shuja'iyya neighborhood in Gaza City, which has been the scene of intense clashes between Israeli troops and Hamas in recent weeks.[301]
30 December – The Israeli army continues its attacks; dozens of militants have been killed in Gaza with air support, while intense tank and aerial assaults on Khan Yunis persist. Additionally, buildings used by Hamas have been destroyed, and weapons seized.[305]
Deaths
5 February – May Sayegh, 82, poet and political activist.[306]
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