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{{Short description|2023 military invasion into the Gaza Strip}}</noinclude>{{pp-extended|small=yes}}
{{Not to be confused with|2023An '''Israeli groundinvasion operations inof the Gaza Strip}}''' has occurred during the:
* [[1956 Sinai War]]
{{current||ongoing military invasion|date=October 2023}}
* [[Six-Day War]], also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
* [[Gaza War (2008–2009)]]
{{Infobox military conflict
* [[2014 Gaza War]]
| conflict = Israeli invasion of Gaza
* [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip]] (2023–present)
| partof = the [[2023 Israel–Hamas war]] ([[Outline of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war|outline]])
| date = 27 October 2023 – present<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|day1=28|month1=10|year1=2023|day2=|month2=|year2=|duration=yes}})
| place = [[Gaza Strip]]
| status = Ongoing
| combatant1 = {{Flag|Israel}}
| combatant2 = *{{Flag|Hamas}}
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.svg}} [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]]
*{{flagicon image|PFLP Infobox Flag.svg}} [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]]
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.svg}} [[Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine]]
| commander1 = * {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Benjamin Netanyahu]]
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Benny Gantz]]
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Yoav Gallant]]
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Herzl Halevi]]
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Yoel Strick]]
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Tomer Bar]]
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Kobi Shabtai|Yaakov Shabtai]]
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Ronen Bar]]
| commander2 = * {{flagicon|Hamas}} [[Yahya Sinwar]]
* {{flagicon|Hamas}} [[Mohammed Deif]]
* {{flagicon|Hamas}} [[Abu Obaida (Hamas)|Abu Obaida]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.svg}} [[Ziyad al-Nakhalah]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.svg}} [[Abu Hamza (Palestinian Islamic Jihad)|Abu Hamza]]
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox 2023 Israel–Hamas war}}<br />{{Campaignbox Gaza–Israel conflict}}
| units1 = *{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Givati Brigade]]
*{{flagicon|Israel}} 162nd Armored Division
| units2 = * {{flagicon|Hamas}} [[Al-Qassam Brigades]]
* {{flagicon|Hamas}} [[Nukhba (Hamas)|Nukhba]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.svg}} [[Al-Quds Brigades]]
* {{flagicon image|PFLP Infobox Flag.svg}} [[Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.svg}} [[National Resistance Brigades]]
| strength1 = 529,500 total IDF strength
| strength2 = [[Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades|Al-Qassam Brigades]]: 40,000<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nakhoul |first=Samia |date=13 October 2023 |title=How Hamas secretly built a 'mini-army' to fight Israel |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/how-hamas-secretly-built-mini-army-fight-israel-2023-10-13/ |access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref>
| image = October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict.svg
| caption = {{leftlegend|#F08080|[[Gaza Strip]]}}
{{leftlegend|#FFFF00|Evacuated areas inside Israel}}
{{leftlegend|#5788FF|Areas within the Gaza Strip under Israeli control}}
{{left|1={{legend-line|red dashed 2px|Maximum extent of [[Hamas]] invasion}}}}
{{left|1={{legend-line|blue dashed 2px|Areas inside Gaza Strip ordered to be evacuated by Israel}}}}
<br />See [[:Template:Israeli-Palestinian conflict detailed map|here]] for a more comprehensive map.
}}
{{disambiguation}}
On 27 October 2023, [[Israel]] began an invasion of the [[Gaza Strip]] in an escalation of [[2023 Israel–Hamas war|its ongoing war with Hamas]].
== Background ==
{{main|2023 Israeli ground operations in the Gaza Strip}}
Beginning on 13 October 2023, [[Israel]] began [[2023 Israeli ground operations in the Gaza Strip|conducting several raids and operations]] in the [[Gaza Strip]], in response to the [[2023 Hamas attack on Israel|Hamas attack on Israel]], which lasted from 7–13 October. On 27 October, internet and mobile phone services in Gaza were almost completely cut off as Israel intensified its bombing campaign.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 October 2023 |title=Near-total internet and cellular blackout hits Gaza as Israel ramps up strikes |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/internet-blackout-hits-gaza-israel-ramps-strikes-rcna122531 |access-date=27 October 2023 |website=NBC News |ref={{sfnref | NBC News | 2023}}}}</ref> Following this, IDF launched a large-scale ground incursion into the Gaza Strip. Clashes between [[Hamas]] and IDF were reported near the towns of [[Beit Hanoun]] and [[Bureij]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ravid|first1=Barak |date=28 October 2023 |title=Israeli military launches major ground incursion in Gaza |publisher=Axios |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/10/27/israel-hamas-ground-invasion-gaza |access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Israel pummels Gaza with strikes as it expands ground operations |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231027-israel-pummels-gaza-with-strikes-as-it-expands-ground-operations |work=France 24 |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=27 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
==Naming==
It is not clear whether the offensive initiated on 27 October is the "first step" in an invasion or another "probe", according to [[Al Jazeera]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/10/28/analysis-israels-ground-attacks-yield-lots-of-bang-little-success|title=Analysis: Israel’s ground attacks yield lots of bang, little success|work=[[Al Jazeera]]|date=28 October 2023|accessdate=29 October 2023|last=Kusovac|first=Zoran}}</ref>
==Campaign==
On 28 October, the Israeli military reissued a call to Gaza residents to evacuate the north as Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] said that the "second phase of the war had begun".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel-Gaza latest: War against Hamas in 'next stage'; Netanyahu warns conflict will be 'long and difficult' |url=https://news.sky.com/story/israel-gaza-latest-israel-sends-tanks-into-gaza-as-troops-complete-ground-incursion-12978800 |access-date=28 October 2023|website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>
The IDF advanced on three axes, simultaneously air strikes and artillery bombardment increased in intensity.{{cn}} On 29 October, Israeli soldiers captured the town of [[As-Siafa]] in the Gaza Strip and raised their flag in the town.<ref>{{cite web |title=IDF soldiers raise Israeli flag in northern Gaza |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-770650 |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref>
== Reaction ==
On 29 October, [[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus]], the head of the [[World Health Organization]], described as "deeply concerning" reports from the Palestinian Red Crescent that the [[al-Quds hospital]]. <ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Lowe |first1=Yohannes |last2=Hall |first2=Rachel |last3=Ratcliffe |first3=Rebecca |date=29 October 2023 |title=Israel-Hamas war live: WHO 'deeply concerned' by report of evacuation warning to Gaza's al-Quds hospital |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/oct/29/israel-hamas-war-live-netanyahu-declares-offensives-second-stage-gaza-internet-coming-back-online?page=with:block-653e4a1a8f0837aa4c22d148#block-653e4a1a8f0837aa4c22d148}}</ref> The hospital had reportedly received an urgent evacuation warning along with a notice that it was "going to be bombarded".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/oct/29/israel-hamas-war-live-netanyahu-declares-offensives-second-stage-gaza-internet-coming-back-online?page=with:block-653e25148f0880c248191d05#block-653e25148f0880c248191d05|title=Palestinian Red Crescent says Israel asks it to immediately evacuate al-Quds hospital|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=29 October 2023|accessdate=29 October 2023}}</ref> The Associated Press reported that Israeli airstrikes blocked roads leading to the Al-Shifa hospital, making it increasingly difficult to reach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/29/gaza-aid-shipment-israel-00124132|title=Gaza receives largest aid shipment so far as deaths top 8,000|work=[[Associated Press]]|date=29 October 2023|accessdate=29 October 2023}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{2023 Israel–Hamas war}}
[[Category:Military operations of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war]]
[[Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2023]]
[[Category:2023 in the State of Palestine]]