2023 – Present
ONGOINGHamas's October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel killed approximately 1,200 people, the deadliest single day for Jewish people since the Holocaust, and took 251 hostages. The Israeli campaign that followed killed tens of thousands in Gaza, displaced almost the entire population repeatedly, and destroyed most of the territory's housing, hospitals, and schools. The war ran for two years through a failed ceasefire in early 2025, the resumption of the offensive that March, Operation Gideon's Chariots, and the Gaza City offensive of August 2025 — during which the IPC confirmed famine in Gaza Governorate, the first famine ever declared in the Middle East. A twenty-point framework brokered by the United States took effect on October 10, 2025, ending the fighting and establishing a transitional 'Board of Peace' and an International Stabilization Force. The last hostage remains were returned in January 2026, moving the agreement into its governance phase, and in July 2026 Hamas accepted a staged disarmament roadmap that Israel has not publicly endorsed. The war also reshaped the region beyond Gaza — the Hezbollah war of 2024, the Houthi campaign in the Red Sea, and the chain of events that ended with the fall of Assad and open war between Iran and the United States.
Root Cause
The 1917 Balfour Declaration, issued while WWI still raged, promised British support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine — then part of the collapsing Ottoman Empire. Britain's post-WWI Mandate drew the borders and made incompatible promises to both Arab and Jewish populations, setting the stage for a century of conflict.
Founding Context
The Holocaust's devastation of European Jewry was the moral and political catalyst for Israel's 1948 founding. The UN Partition Plan, Palestinian displacement (the Nakba), and Israel's War of Independence all flowed directly from WWII's aftermath and the international community's reckoning with genocide.
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Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel killed approximately 1,200 people, the deadliest single day for Jewish people since the Holocaust, and took 251 hostages. The Israeli campaign that followed killed tens of thousands in Gaza, displaced almost the entire population repeatedly, and destroyed most of the territory's housing, hospitals, and schools. The war ran for two years through a failed ceasefire in early 2025, the resumption of the offensive that March, Operation Gideon's Chariots, and the Gaza City offensive of August 2025 — during which the IPC confirmed famine in Gaza Governorate, the first famine ever declared in the Middle East. A twenty-point framework brokered by the United States took effect on October 10, 2025, ending the fighting and establishing a transitional 'Board of Peace' and an International Stabilization Force. The last hostage remains were returned in January 2026, moving the agreement into its governance phase, and in July 2026 Hamas accepted a staged disarmament roadmap that Israel has not publicly endorsed. The war also reshaped the region beyond Gaza — the Hezbollah war of 2024, the Houthi campaign in the Red Sea, and the chain of events that ended with the fall of Assad and open war between Iran and the United States.
Israel-Hamas War was fought from 2023 to the present day.
Israel-Hamas War was fought between Israel / IDF and Hamas / Palestinian Factions.
An estimated 67,100 people died in Israel-Hamas War, including roughly 16,900 military and 50,200 civilian deaths. Figures are scholarly estimates and vary by source.
Major engagements included Rafah Offensive, Battle of Khan Younis, Battle of Gaza City, and Battle of Jabalia Refugee Camp.