One month after the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, the death toll has already been exceeded 11,000 (4,000 of whom are children from Gaza) we must add to this the 241 Israeli hostages, almost 30,000 people were injured, 1,700,000 people were displaced, The Gaza strip is divided in two and devastated by bombings and a trickle of aid from the international community.
On October 7, the Islamist group Hamas launched a surprise attack from Gaza and, in an unprecedented event, 5,000 rockets and infiltration into Israeli territory by land, sea and air via paragliders.
In parallel, Hamas elements kidnapped people in Israeli territory and carried out an armed attack on an electronic music festival held near the Strip. dozens of Israeli soldiers and civilians and foreigners who wanted to exchange them for Palestinian prisoners.
Hamas militia also attacked Kibbutz BeerA farming community four kilometers from Gaza, where at least a hundred civilians were killed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a state of war against Hamas by launching Operation “Iron Swords”, which constantly bombarded the Strip, plunging the people of Gaza into a painful situation.
These are the most notable dates:
7 October: Hamas launched a combined operation against Israel from Gaza, with surprise launches of 5,000 rockets, infiltration and attacks on Israeli territory by land, sea and air with paragliders. He also smuggles the bodies of dozens of Israeli soldiers along the Gaza border and takes many Israelis and foreigners hostage.
– Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a state of war and launched the operation “Iron Swords” With the bombings in the Gaza Strip.
– Tehran celebrates Hamas attack with fireworks, pro-Iran Shiite groups, Lebanese Hezbollah and Houthi rebels Yemenit also supports the Islamist group.
– While US President Joe Biden supports Israel, Egypt also confirmed contacts with both sides to stop tensions.
8 October: Israel has linked Iran to the Hamas attack, which it helped plan since August.
– At least 260 bodies were recovered from the nearby desert area by Israeli emergency services. Kibbutz ReimNear the Strip, where hundreds of young people were celebrating an electronic music festival when Hamas entered with gunfire.
9 October: Brussels suspended humanitarian aid to Palestine. Spain and France are facing each other. but later the EU arranged and promoted an air bridge with Egypt to deliver this aid to Gaza.
– Israeli bombs 500 targets In Gaza, Hamas is threatening to execute the 239 hostages it says are held by Israel if the bombardment continues without any warning.
– Biden, Macron, Scholz, Meloni and Sunak They condemn Hamas and express their support for Israel.
11 October: Netanyahu forms emergency government gantzopposition leader and former head of the Army.
12 October: Israel condemned baby beheadings During Hamas’ attack on Kibbutz Beeri, about 5 kilometers from the Strip, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken accuses the Palestinian group of using the civilian population as human shields.
13 October: Israel issues a 24-hour ultimatum for more than a million residents of Gaza to evacuate to the south and is extending this deadline in the coming days.
– Lebanese Shiite guerrilla Hezbollah Israel says it is ready to go to war as it kills scores of militants trying to infiltrate its territory from Lebanon.
– Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who met with Blinken in Amman, warned him that the displacement of the Gaza population would mean “a second Nakba” (Catastrophe).
14 October: Hamas wants the Rafah crossing to be reopened for the entry of humanitarian aid and the exit of citizens from Egypt.
17 October: The Israeli Army killed four Hezbollah members.
18 October: Attack on Al Ahli hospital in Gaza 471 dead According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Israel blames Islamic Jihad for the mistaken rocket launch, while Hamas blames the Jewish state.
19 October: Biden came to Israel and argued that the attack on the hospital was from “the other side.”
– Netanyahu will only allow entry “food, water and medicine” via Egypt to Gaza.
21 October: Egypt opens Rafah border gate 20 trucks with stringent humanitarian assistance.
– Hamas released the first two hostagesAn American mother and daughter
– Cairo It hosts a summit that remains inconclusive.
October 22: Israel bombed Hamas and Islamic Jihad infrastructure in a West Bank mosque. On the other hand, the number of deaths in the cross-attacks carried out by Hezbula with Israel has increased to 12 in the last 24 hours.
October 23: London concludes that the massacre at Al Ahli Hospital was caused by a missile launched from Gaza.
October 25: Gaza Ministry of Health announced “complete collapse” health system.
– Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad”Coordination“while climbing.
27 October: The first foreign medical team from Egypt and a convoy of 10 trucks entered Gaza.
28 October: Hamas demands the exchange of all Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli hostages.
30 October: The number of Palestinians increased to 118 West Bank After days of bombings.
31 October: Israel targets tunnels it claims Hamas built 500 kilometers.
November 1: Israel has struck more than 11,000 Hamas targets since the start of the war, as it encircles Gaza on the seventh day of its ground offensive.
– Second Israeli attack on refugee camp yabaliaGaza kills 195 people.
November 2: The siege on the Strip is being tightened.
November 3: During Blinken’s second visit to Israel, hundreds of Gazans with work permits in Israel are deported and sent to the Strip.
– The first public appearance of the Hizbula leader, Hassan Nasrallah He attributes the escalation of the conflict to “what Israel did in Gaza and Lebanon”.
– Netanyahu rejects a ceasefire without rescuing the hostages.
4 November: At least 17 people died in Israel’s attack on a hospital and school in northern Gaza.
– Palestinian deaths now exceed 100 9,700 According to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
5 November: Meeting in Ramallah between Blinken and Mahmoud Abbas, who stated that he was willing to “take responsibility” for Gaza within the framework of an agreement “Comprehensive political solution.”