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Gaza war

armed conflict around the Gaza Strip that started on 7 October 2023
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Summary

Gaza war is a war[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of war entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111,915 views/month, #6 of 968).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Israel[3], Gaza Strip[4]
  • Country: Israel[5], Palestine[6], Lebanon[7], Syria[8], Iran[9], Yemen[10]
  • Follows: 2023 Israeli–Palestinian crisis[11]
  • Location: Levant[12], Yemen[13], Iran[14], Israel[15], Palestine[16]
  • Part of: Gaza–Israel conflict[17], Middle Eastern crisis[18]
  • Commons category: Gaza war (2023–present)[19]
  • Has part(s): October 7 attacks[20], Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip[21], attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war[22], attacks on refugee camps in the Gaza war[23], Israeli airstrikes on schools during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war[24], May 2025 Gaza offensive[25], Houthi attacks on commercial vessels[26], Al-Tabaeen school attack[27], Tel al-Sultan camp airstrike[28], September 2025 Israeli attacks in Yemen[29]
  • Start time: October 7, 2023[30]
  • Point in time: 2020[31]
  • Participant: Hamas[32], Palestinian Islamic Jihad[33], Israel Defense Forces[34], Hezbollah[35], Houthis[36], Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces[37], Israel[38]
  • Significant event: Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis[39], Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)[40], Gaza Strip evacuations[41], 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire[42], May 2025 Gaza offensive[43]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gaza war[44], Category:Operation Swords of Iron[45]
  • Number of deaths: 46,000[46], 11,500[47], 16,075[48], 17,180[49], 21,600[50], 24,800[51], 31,475[52], 34,904[53], 64,260[54], 75,200[55], 52,248[56], 67,000[57]
  • Number of injured: 109,378[58], 31,400[59], 58,300[60], 65,000[61], 71,888[62], 167,000[63]
  • Partially coincident with: Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present)[64]
  • Topic has template: Template:Campaignbox Israel–Hamas war[65], Template:Israel–Hamas war[66], Template:2023 Israel–Hamas war infobox[67]
  • Has effect: impacts of the Gaza war[68], casualties of the Gaza war[69], war crimes in the Gaza war[70], international reactions to the Gaza war[71], Gaza war protests[72]

Why It Matters

Gaza war has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[73] It is known by 162 alternative names across languages and contexts.[74]

Related Entities

Abu Obeida Benjamin Netanyahu Douglas Murray Hiba Abu Nada Iran Ismail Haniyeh Israel Khaled Mashal Lebanon Mohammed Deif Palestine Palestinian Islamic Jihad Saleh al-Arouri Syria Yahya Sinwar Yemen Yoav Gallant

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Class ancestry

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  2. [73] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [74] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 28d ago · Vicarage · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant → Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Israel Defense Forces +4
    Significant person → Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Herzi Halevi +12
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Participant: Israel, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789560820491; Israel Gaza War"
  2. 5w ago · آیات محراج · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → October 7 attacks, Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Significant person: Benjamin Netanyahu"
  3. 15w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → October 7 attacks, Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war +7
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Has part(s): Houthi attacks on commercial vessels, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  4. 17w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → sh2023002951
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Library of congress authority id: sh2023002951"
  5. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0449373-valka-Izraele-s-Hamasem-2023
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0449373-valka-Izraele-s-Hamasem-2023, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Levant, Yemen, Iran +2
    Has effect → impacts of the Gaza war, casualties of the Gaza war, war crimes in the Gaza war +13
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987012548576605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  7. 21w ago · NurAy · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    History of topic → timeline of the Gaza war
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+46000'}, {'amount': '+11500'}, {'amount': '+16075'} +9
    Significant person → Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Herzi Halevi +12
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Israel, Gaza Strip
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Location: Israel"
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