Siege of Gaza City | |||||||
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Part of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and the insurgency in the North Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war | |||||||
Gaza City in December 2023 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Israel |
Hamas Palestinian Civil Police Force | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Benjamin Netanyahu | |||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
148+ killed[7][8] | 2+ killed[9] | ||||||
~10,000 civilians crushed under rubble (per the Palestinian Civil Defence) [10] At least 27 dead from famine[11][12][13][14] |
The siege of Gaza City began on 2 November 2023, when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) surrounded Gaza City, amid the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, which was a counterattack to the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel.[15] Gaza City is the most populated city in the Gaza Strip and the battle started on 30 October 2023, when Israel and Hamas clashed in Gaza City.[16] According to Oxfam, there are about 500,000 Palestinians, along with 200 Israelis and other captives, were trapped in a "siege within a siege" in northern Gaza.[17][18]
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