The important moments of the war between Israel and Hamaswhich was triggered by unprecedented scale attack on October 7 by the Islamist Palestinian organization from the Gaza Strip.

Massacre by Hamas attackers

In the early hours of October 7, during the Jewish Sabbath and during the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, A barrage of rockets was fired at Israel from Gaza. Hundreds of Hamas fighters infiltrated by sea, land and air, surprising the Israeli soldiers.

They sowed terror in the small towns of Sderot and Ofakim as well as in the outskirts of Ashkelon, slaughtering men, women, children and the elderly. More than 1,400 people were killed, the majority of them civilians who were shot, burned alive or dismembered, including 270 people who participated in rave parties, according to Israeli authorities. According to the same source, over 240 people, including foreign nationals, were taken hostage and taken to Gaza.

Such “We have seen brutality since the Holocaust”the prime minister said on October 11 Benjamin Netanyahuwho promised to “destroy” Hamas, designated a terrorist organization by the US, the EU and Israel.

Israeli retaliation

The Israeli military retaliated with massive shelling and ground fighting, regaining control of the Gaza Strip on 10 October.

The previous, Israel announced a “total siege” of the Gaza Strip. Electricity and food supply were suspended while the water supply was interrupted.

On October 13, Israel called on residents of Gaza City to leave their homes and move south. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled. The Arab League considers this “forcible displacement” a “crime”.

Bloody violence on the border with Lebanon

Bloody exchanges of fire are taking place along the Israeli-Lebanese border between Israel and Hezbollah, a Shiite movement close to Hamas and backed by Iran.

On October 13, a Reuters journalist was killed and six other journalists from Agence France-Presse, Reuters and Al-Jazeera were injured in an attack. Beirut blames Israel.

In a survey published on October 29, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), without directly blaming the Israeli military, it denounced a “targeted” attack.

Wounded in a hospital in Gaza

On October 17, a strike on a hospital in Gaza killed 471 people, according to the Hamas Health Ministry. According to US intelligence services, the dead are between “100 and 300”.

Hamas and Islamic Jihad blame Israelwhich it denies, saying it has “evidence” that it was a strike carried out by Islamic Jihad.

On October 18, thousands of people protest, expressing their anger, across the Arab world.

Five hostages were released

On October 20 and 22, four hostages were released by Hamas, and on the 30th of the same month, Hamas announced that it had freed a corporal during a ground operation.

On October 28, Hamas says it is ready to release all hostages in exchange for all Palestinians – many thousands – held by Israel.

First aid convoy

A first convoy with food and medical supplies enters Gaza on October 21 through the Rafah crossing (south), on the border with Egypt. By November 4, over 450 trucks had entered the enclave.

Armored in Gaza

Since October 21, the Israeli military has escalated its airstrikes.

On October 22, Iran, a backer of Hamas, warned that the situation in the Middle East risks becoming “out of control”.

On October 26, Israel launches a targeted armored raid on the Gaza Strip. From the evening of the 27th, the army begins ground operations in the Gaza Strip, ever deeper into the enclave.

“Violations of humanitarian law”

On October 27, the UN General Assembly calls for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire”, while at least 1.4 million Palestinians have fled their homes, according to the United Nations. Three days earlier, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke of “clear violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza.”

“Obstructing the delivery of (humanitarian) aid can be a crime,” International Criminal Court (ICI) prosecutor Karim Khan said on October 29.

“2nd phase of the war”

On October 29, Netanyahu announced a “second phase” of the war to “destroy the military capabilities” of Hamas and recover the hostages.

It rules out any ceasefire.

On October 31, the Israeli military reports “heavy fighting” in the Gaza Strip with Hamas men.

Removals of people to Egypt

Since November 1, dozens of wounded Palestinians and many hundreds of foreigners and dual nationals began to leave the Gaza Strip for Egypt through the border crossing of Rafa.

Egypt says it will assist in the removal processs “around 7,000” foreigners and people with dual citizenship, without giving a specific timetable.

Bombings of refugee camps

From October 31 to November 2, the Israeli army bombed the Jabaliya refugee camp, in the northern part of the enclave, three times.

Four UN schools were hit by deadly attacks on November 2, and a fifth two days later.

On November 4, over 30 people were killed and around 100 others injured in an Israeli shelling of the Maghazi refugee camp, in the central part of the Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas Health Ministry.

According to the same source, 9,488 people, including 3,900 children, have been killed since October 7 in the Gaza Strip.

UN experts warn of a “serious risk of genocide” of the Palestinian people.

Gaza: besieged city

After almost a week of fighting on land, the Israeli army announces on November 2 that it has “surrounded Gaza City”.

Israel begins on November 3rd to send thousands of Palestinian workers back to Gaza.

In Tel Aviv, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken reaffirms Israel’s ‘right but also obligation to self-defence’, calling for ‘humanitarian ceasefire’an idea Israel rejected.

Hezbollah threatens

In his first speech since the start of the conflict, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on November 3 that “all options” are open regarding the spread of the war with Israel to the Lebanese border.