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2023

October 7	Hamas-led militants attack Israel.
October 7-8	Israel attacks Gaza, Hezbollah rockets target Israel.
October 29	Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza begins.
November 24-30	A temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas takes effect, leading to the release of 105 hostages.

2024

January 10	U.S. and U.K. forces intercept drones and missiles fired by the Houthis at shipping in the Red Sea.
January 12	U.S. and U.K. strike Houthi underground weapon stores.
January 28	Attack kills three U.S. service members at Tower 22 outpost in Jordan.
February 2	U.S. hits targets in retaliatory strikes on Iran’s paramilitary forces and militias that Tehran supports in Syria and Iraq.
April 1	Strike kills Iranian general in Damascus.
April 13	Iran launches barrages against Israel in drone and missile attack.
April 19	Israel strikes targets in Iran.
July 31	Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, killed in Iran.
September 8	Israeli commandos destroy Iran’s underground missile production facility for Hezbollah in Syria, delaying operations by two years.
September 17-18	Hezbollah electronic devices across Lebanon explode in Israeli attack.
September 19-27	Israel steps up strikes in southern Lebanon and Beirut, killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other elite members of the militant group.
September 30	Israeli incursions into Lebanon begin.
October 1	Iran launches ballistic missile barrage against Israel.
October 16	Hamas’s political and military leader, Yahya Sinwar, killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
October 26	Israel strikes military targets in three locations across Iran.
November 21	The International Criminal Court (ICC) formally issues arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for “war crimes and crimes against humanity”
November 27	Ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, signed the previous day, comes into effect.
December 8	The Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad falls; Israel conducts numerous strikes on Syrian military sites and enters the UN-patrolled buffer zone in the Golan Heights.

2025

January 15	Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire and hostage deal.
January 21	Israel launches Operation Iron Wall in Jenin to dismantle terrorist infrastructure.
February 4	President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
February 18	The IDF mostly withdraws from Lebanon but maintains military outposts there.
March 18	Gaza ceasefire collapses; Israel launches Operation Strength and Sword following hostage deal stalemate; Houthi missile attacks on Israel intensify.
May 4	A Houthi hypersonic ballistic missile strikes the perimeter of Ben Gurion Airport.
May 5	Israel launches Operation Port City, a new wave of retaliatory attacks on the Houthis.
May 12	Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexnader released as a “gesture of good will” by Hamas to President Trump.
May 13	Hamas military leader Mohammed Sinwar eliminated in an Israeli airstrike.
May 16	Israel launches Operation Gideon’s Chariots following hostage deal stalemate; the UN Human Rights Commissioner declares Israel’s Gaza escalation and aid blockade “tantamount to ethnic cleansing”.
May 21	Two Israeli embassy staffers were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. A suspect was detained at the scene.
June 12	Israel launches Operation Rising Lion, a preemptive strike targeting Iran’s nuclear and ballistic programs, as well as senior military personnel.
June 21	America launches Operation Midnight Hammer, an airstrike targeting three of Iran’s nuclear facilities.
August 20	The IDF begins an offensive to take over Gaza City.
August 29	Israel launches Operation Lucky Drop, killing Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and other senior officials.
September 9	Israel launches Operation Summit of Fire, an airstrike targeting Hamas headquarters in Qatar.
September 27	UN Security Council sanctions against Iran (as part of the “Snapback” mechanism) reactivated.
September 29	Prime Minister Netanyahu Meets President Trump at the White House; 20-Point plan to end Gaza war announced.
October 3	Hamas’s responds to Trump plan for ending Gaza war, returning hostages.
October 8	Israel and Hamas sign off on the first phase of the 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza.
October 13	Hamas releases 20 living hostages and four hostage bodies; President Trump speaks at the Knesset; President Trump signs “Declaration for Enduring Peace and Prosperity” along with Arab & Muslim leaders.
November 17	UN Security Council passes U.S.-initiated Resolution 2803 derived from the 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza.
October 14 - December 4	Hamas releases bodies of 27 hostages.

2026

January 14	U.S. announces the launch of phase two of Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza.
January 17	National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) mission statement is signed.
January 22	Gaza Board of Peace charter signed in Davos, Switzerland.
January 26	IDF forces locate the body of the last Israeli hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili.

Timeline for the Major Incidents of the Israel-Hamas War