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Israel-Hamas War: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Israel-Gaza War • Gaza War
Date October 7, 2023 - present
Location Gaza Strip
Participants Hamas • Israel
Context Israeli settlement • Israeli-Saudi peace deal • 12-Day War

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Map of the Gaza Strip showing its boundaries with Egypt and Israel, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, and major cities including Gaza, Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis, and Rafah. An inset locator map highlights Gaza Strip's position on the eastern Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Israel.
A distressed young woman sits at a picnic table with her head in her hand as Israeli rescue workers attend to her and others after a rocket attack in Tel Aviv at night.
Two people look at a wall covered with portraits of Israeli hostages and handwritten messages, during a rally calling for their release in Tel Aviv.
Nighttime view of Israel's Iron Dome intercepting rockets over a city, with glowing interception trails arcing across the sky above illuminated buildings.
People walk through widespread rubble and destroyed buildings in the Jabalia refugee camp, Gaza Strip, after an Israeli airstrike, with damaged cityscape in the background.
Rows of makeshift tents fill a sandy area by the beach in Rafah, Gaza Strip, as displaced Palestinians shelter near the border with Egypt.
Optics in the hostage exchange
A more telling reality
Gaza ceasefire summit
Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners return home
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Benjamin Netanyahu, wearing a dark suit and blue tie with a yellow ribbon pinned to his lapel, speaks emphatically at a podium in the U.S. House chamber.
Benjamin Netanyahu
prime minister of Israel
Ali Khamenei
Ali Khamenei
rahbar of Iran
Gadi Eisenkot, 2022
Gadi Eisenkot
Israeli politician
Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind behind the October 7, 2023, attack
Yahya Sinwar
Palestinian politician
Benny Gantz
Benny Gantz
Israeli politician
Billionaire, presidential envoy, first-family member
Jared Kushner
American real estate developer
The Man in Black
Yoav Gallant
Israeli politician
Ismail Haniyeh and Sheikh Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani
Ismail Haniyeh
prime minister of Palestinian Authority

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