2023 attack on Israel by Hamas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 7 October 2023, Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launched armed attacks from the Gaza Strip into the Gaza Envelope of southern Israel. It was the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Palestine War. Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups named the attacks Operation Al-Aqsa Flood (or Deluge; Arabic: عملية طوفان الأقصى, romanized: ʿamaliyyat ṭūfān al-ʾAqṣā, usually romanised as "Tufan Al-Aqsa" or "Toofan Al-Aqsa"),[1] while in Israel they are known as Black Saturday (Hebrew: השבת השחורה)[2] or the Simchat Torah Massacre (הטבח בשמחת תורה),[3] and internationally as the 7 October attack.[4][5][6] The attacks started the ongoing Israel–Hamas war.
The attacks began early on 7 October with a launch of at least 3,000 rockets launched against Israel.[7][8] Hamas fighters entered the Gaza–Israel barrier, attacking military bases and killing civilians in 21 communities. 364 civilians were killed and many more wounded while attending a music festival.[9][10]
As of November 2023, the IDF said that about 3,000 terrorists invaded southern Israel.[11] In total the attackers killed 1,139 people: 695 Israeli civilians (including 38 children),[12] 71 foreign nationals, and 373 members of the security forces.[13] About 250 Israeli civilians and soldiers were taken as hostages to the Gaza Strip, including 30 children.[14][15][16][17] The Hamas attacking forces massively used rape as a weapon against Israeli residents and kidnapped hostages.[18][19]
Attack | Location | Israelis and foreign nationals | Destruction in the area | Claimed responsibility | References | |||||
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Name | Maps | Pop.[upper-alpha 1] | Total killed | Civilians killed [upper-alpha 2] | Combatants killed[upper-alpha 3] | Hostages and POWs | ||||
7 October attacks on Israel | Gaza Envelope and Southern Israel | total pop. = | total = | total = | total = | total = | Gaza–Israel barrier + military bases + kibbutzim + moshav | [23][24] | ||
Attack on Erez crossing | Military: Erez crossing | crossing allegedly made unusable. | [25][26][27] | |||||||
Battle of Sderot | Police station in Sderot | computer server and connections[upper-alpha 4] | [28][29][30] | |||||||
Battle of Sderot | The town of Sderot | 25,138 | 15+ | [31] | ||||||
Re'im music festival massacre | Music festival near Re'im | ~3500[upper-alpha 5] | 357+ | 40 | cars | [34][35][36] | ||||
Battle of Re'im | Military: Re'im headquarters[upper-alpha 6] | 416 (nearby) | [37][38][39] | |||||||
Be'eri massacre | Kibbutz Be'eri | 1,018 | 117+ | Surveillance tower[40] | [41] | |||||
Nahal Oz attack | Military: Nahal Oz lookout base | 100+ [42] | 66[43] | none | 15+ | Base set on fire. | [44] | |||
Kibbutz Nahal Oz | 385 | 12+ | [45] | |||||||
Kfar Aza massacre | Kibbutz Kfar Aza | 712 | 52+ | Weeapons tower destroyed with a drone[40] | [46][47] | |||||
Battle of Zikim | Military: Zikim Training Base | 7[upper-alpha 7] | [49][48] | |||||||
Zikim attack | Kibbutz Zikim | 734 | ||||||||
Zikim Beach massacre | Zikim Beach | 35+ | 19 | [50][51] | ||||||
Nir Oz massacre | Kibbutz Nir Oz | 394 | 27+ | [upper-alpha 8] | [52] | |||||
Psyduck music festival massacre | Music festival between Nir Oz and Nirim | ~100[upper-alpha 9] | 17 | [53] | ||||||
Nirim attack | Kibbutz Nirim | 372 | 5+ | [54][55] | ||||||
Netiv HaAsara massacre | Moshav Netiv HaAsara | 21+ | [56][57] | |||||||
Alumim massacre | Kibbutz Alumim | 487 | 19+ | [58][59] | ||||||
Kissufim massacre | Kibbutz Kissufim | 233 | 16+ | [60][61] | ||||||
Holit massacre | Kibbutz Holit | 163 | 13+ | [62] | ||||||
Ein HaShlosha attack | Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha | 396 | 5+ | [63] | ||||||
Nir Yitzhak attack | Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak | 631 | 5+ | [63] | ||||||
Defence of Nir Am | Kibbutz Nir Am | 553 | none | none | none | none | ||||
Battle of Ofakim | The town of Ofakim | 27,771 | 47 | |||||||
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