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UN OCHA casualties summary, as of 19 June 2024. As of 8 September 2024, over 42,000 people (40,972 Palestinian [1] and 1,478 Israeli [13]) have been reported as killed in the Israel–Hamas war, including 116 journalists according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (111 Palestinian, 2 Israeli and 3 Lebanese) [14], 134 journalists and media ...
An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [ab] has been taking place in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. It is the fifth war of the Gaza–Israel conflict since 2008, and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War, in 1973. [130]
Hamas. The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas[k] (an Arabic acronym from Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), [61][l] is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islamist [62] political organisation with a military wing called the Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades.
The Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip is a major part of the Israel–Hamas war. Starting on 7 October 2023, immediately after the Hamas-led attacks, Israel began the bombing of Gaza Strip; on 13 October, Israel began ground operations in Gaza, and on 27 October, a full-scale invasion was launched. Israel's campaign, called Operation Swords of ...
A Hamas official told the BBC that Haniyeh was accompanied by three other leaders of the group in the building. [24] Ziyad al-Nakhalah was staying next door, but his room was not badly damaged. Medical personnel stationed in the compound immediately rushed to the site, but found both Haniyeh and Abu Shaaban dead. [8]
The history of Hamas is an account of the Palestinian nationalist and Islamist [1] – described by some as fundamentalist [2] – socio-political organization with an associated paramilitary force, the Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades. [3][4] Hamas (حماس) Ḥamās is an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية Ḥarakat al ...
Hamas reported that nine hostages had been killed over a 24-hour period due to sustained IDF airstrikes. Israeli officials responded that as the hostages were in Hamas custody, the hostages well being was their responsibility. [148] 17 October 2023: Hamas releases a video of hostage Mia Schem; after her release she describes the video as being ...
Ismail Abdulsalam Ahmed Haniyeh[e] (Arabic: إسماعيل عبد السلام أحمد هنية, romanized: Ismāʿīl ʿAbd al-Salām ʾAḥmad Haniyya pronunciation ⓘ; [f] c. 1962 or 1963[c] – 31 July 2024) was a Palestinian politician who served as chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from May 2017 until his assassination in July 2024 ...