JERUSALEM: Following the launch of a major Israeli ground offensive in Gaza City on Tuesday, here is a snapshot of the Gaza war, sparked by Palestinian militant group Hamas’s unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
Israel’s retaliatory campaign has killed nearly 65,000 Palestinians, mainly civilians, according to health ministry figures from the Hamas-run territory that the United Nations considers reliable.
- Hamas attacks -
At dawn on Saturday, October 7, 2023, during the Jewish festival of Simhat Torah, hundreds of Hamas fighters infiltrate Israel from the Gaza Strip under a hail of rockets.
At least 1,219 people, mainly civilians, are killed on the Israeli side in attacks on kibbutzim and a rave music festival, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures.
