EDIS logo

War

Details

War Event icon
Event title

Israel - Palestinian militants launch surprise land, air and sea attack on Israel

Event category

Social incident - War

Source

Source link

Severity

High

Event date (UTC)

2023-10-07 10:12:10

Last update (UTC)

2024-11-29 07:02:51

Latitude

31.502049

Longitude

34.647521

Area range

Multiple cities / districts wide event

Address/Affected area(s)

Israel and Gaza Strip

Palestinian militants launched a deadly land, air and sea assault inside Israel on Saturday, with fighters infiltrating the country’s south and firing a massive barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip. Israel responded to the surprise attack by declaring a “state of war alert” and striking targets in Gaza. At least four people have been killed by rocket fire and fighting so far, Abd al-Aziz Nassara, mayor of the southern Israeli town of Kuseife told local broadcasters. Graphic but unverified video and photos shared rapidly on social media suggested that toll could rise sharply. Militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza, announced said it was behind the operation it dubbed “Al-Aqsa Flood.” “Enough is enough,” the elusive leader of the group's military wing, Mohammed Deif, said in a recorded message that called on Palestinians to join the fight. “This is the day of the greatest battle end the last occupation on earth,” he said, adding that 5,000 rockets had been launched. The violence follows weeks of heightened tensions along Israel’s volatile border with Gaza, and heavy fighting in the Israeli-occupied West Bank — but also years of unresolved grievances over the treatment of Palestinians that have long threatened to erupt. The Israeli military confirmed an infiltration had occurred in several locations near the Gaza barrier in southern Israel. It ordered residents to remain indoors. “The military declares a state of war alert,” it said in a statement. It said Hamas “will face the consequences and responsibility.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top security officials were convening for an emergency meeting. Israel has built a massive fence along the Gaza border meant to prevent infiltrations. It goes deep underground and is equipped with cameras, high-tech sensors and sensitive listening technology. The infiltration marked a major accomplishment — and escalation — by Hamas. Across Israel's Route 3, a highway 15 miles north of Gaza, police armed with assault rifles fanned out across roads, checking cars for gunmen trying to pass further into the country. Highways across the country have emptied out except for emergency vehicles, as security forces erect checkpoints for passing traffic. Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade over Gaza after Hamas seized control of the territory in 2007. There have been four wars since then, most recently in 2021. There have also been numerous rounds of fighting between Israel and Hamas and other smaller militant groups based in Gaza. The blockade, which restricts the movement of people and goods in and out of Gaza, has devastated the territory’s economy. Israel says it is needed to keep militant groups from building up their arsenals, while the Palestinians say it amounts to collective punishment. Saturday's stunning developments come at a crucial moment, as it pursues what would be a landmark deal to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia that is being brokered by the United States. Any new outbreak of fighting is likely to strain that process. The assault also comes during a period of heavy fighting in the West Bank, where nearly 200 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli military raids this year, according to U.N. Mideast Envoy Tor Wennesland. Israel says the raids are aimed at militants, but stone-throwing protesters and people uninvolved in the violence have also been killed. Palestinian attacks on Israeli targets have killed over 30 people so far in 2023, Wennesland said in an August briefing to the U.N. Security Council. The surprise Palestinian offensive comes 50 years since Israel's Arab neighbors launched a coordinated surprise attack that began the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

See on map

Location

Related events

War Event icon
War

2024-11-29 07:02:51

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israeli airstrikes leave massive trail of destruction across Lebanon
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-28 17:56:54

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israel steps up bombing of central Gaza, strikes kill 17 people
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-27 15:14:48

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Ceasefire in Lebanon takes effect after two months of open conflict between Israel and Hezbollah
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-26 20:54:34

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Biden announces Israel-Hezbollah truce
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-26 16:27:30

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Anti-ceasefire demonstrators take to the streets of Tel Aviv in anticipation of a ceasefire
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-26 14:31:46

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israel bombards central Beirut as its leadership prepares to vote on ceasefire with Hezbollah
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-25 16:52:52

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israeli cabinet to vote on Lebanon ceasefire deal after Netanyahu approves ‘in principle,’ source says
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-24 17:31:51

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Hezbollah fires more than 180 rockets and other projectiles into Israel, wounding at least 7
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-24 08:00:59

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Gunman killed near Israeli embassy in Jordan
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-23 19:32:23

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israeli strikes in central Beirut kill at least 15 as diplomats push for a cease-fire
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-23 11:23:21

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Armed clashes erupt as occupation forces storm Jenin camp, city
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-23 07:47:28

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israel fights Hizbollah at Lebanese crusader castle as forces push north
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    Low
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-22 12:12:18

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israel Kills Islamic Jihad Rocket Commander
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-22 07:16:11

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israeli forces storm West Bank city of Nablus
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-21 17:47:44

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Death toll rises to 79 in Israeli airstrikes on Syria's Palmyra: monitor
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-21 15:32:58

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Netanyahu’s office rejects ICC arrest warrant, compares it to ‘Dreyfus trial’
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-21 13:46:57

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-21 11:07:54

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israeli security forces eliminate nine armed terrorists in West bank operations
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-20 07:16:19

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israeli PM Netanyahu offers $5m reward for captives freed from Gaza
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-19 15:43:13

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Eight rockets hit Italian UNIFIL base
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-19 10:22:25

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Nearly a hundred aid trucks looted in Gaza, as UN warns of ‘collapse of law and order’
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-18 19:27:31

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut near key government buildings and embassies
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-18 13:39:46

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - 11 killed, 48 wounded in Israeli strikes in Lebanon's south
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-18 07:45:20

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Hezbollah media chief killed in Israeli strike in Beirut
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-17 15:08:59

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - 30 killed including children in Israeli strike on north Gaza, says civil defence
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-17 09:26:47

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - 2 flash bombs fired into garden of Netanyahu’s home in Israel
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-17 07:49:23

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israel orders Beirut residents to flee after Hezbollah targets Haifa area
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-16 19:34:45

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Entire Gazan communities vanishing as onslaught continues
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-16 13:26:50

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israel pounds southern Beirut as Hezbollah considers fresh ceasefire proposal
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-16 07:32:35

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Airstrike levels Beirut multi-story building
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-15 06:21:26

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israel Air Force strikes Hezbollah terror bases embedded in Beirut civilian area
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-15 06:00:44

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Two soldiers injured by explosion near Alikim
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-14 17:28:27

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Fifteen killed in Israeli strikes on Damascus, Syrian state media say
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-14 14:54:11

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Hezbollah launches counterattack involving rockets, drones aimed at northern Israel
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-13 08:09:25

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Hezbollah reports over 100 Israeli troops eliminated in south Lebanon since October 1
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-12 15:11:54

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israeli strikes kill 11 in Gaza, hit Beirut suburbs; US aid deadline expires
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-12 11:02:47

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - At least 22 killed in Lebanon and Gaza strikes as Israeli defence minister rejects ceasefire
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-12 07:42:51

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Six die, 15 injured after Israel’s strike on Damascus’ neighborhood
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-11 19:07:47

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza while Netanyahu and Trump speak
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-10 12:59:29

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Palestinian hospital official says 17 killed in Israeli strike on northern Gaza
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-10 07:31:56

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - Experts warn ‘famine is imminent’ in Northern Gaza
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-09 14:13:36

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - UN peacekeepers, Lebanese soldiers injured in drone attack
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-09 09:42:42

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - UN peacekeepers, Lebanese soldiers injured in drone attack
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-07 15:49:26

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - At least 12 dead in Israeli strike on school in Gaza
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-07 15:29:04

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - At least 19 injured in central Israel: updated count
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-06 21:59:56

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - At least 30 killed, 35 injured in Israeli strikes on Lebanon's Baalbek-Hermel, says governor
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details
War Event icon
War

2024-11-05 12:10:55

  • Event title: Palestinian Territory - An Israeli airstrike kills 20 people in northern Gaza, Palestinian officials say
  • Last update (UTC): 2024-11-29 07:02:51
  • Latitude: 31.405844
  • Longitude: 34.376889
  • Severity:
    High
  • Details