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2023 In The State Of Palestine

Events in 2023 in the Palestinian territories.

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2023 In The State Of Palestine  President (PLO) Mahmoud Abbas
2023 In The State Of Palestine  Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Palestine

January

February

  • 6 February – Five Palestinians are killed and three more injured during a raid by Israeli soldiers and subsequent gunbattle at a refugee camp near Jericho, in the occupied West Bank.
  • 22 February – 2023 Nablus clash: Israeli troops conducting a counterterrorism operation clash with Palestinians in Nablus, West Bank, killing nine Palestinians and injuring 97 others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
  • 26 February – 2023 Huwara shooting: A Palestinian gunman shoots and kills two Israelis in Huwara, Nablus Governorate, West Bank. During revenge attacks by Israelis, a Palestinian is shot and killed and 98 others are injured, many of whom during arson attacks.
  • 28 February – An Israeli-American man is killed during a drive-by shooting at a highway in the city of Jericho, in the West Bank.

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

  • 1 September – A Palestinian man is killed and others are injured, a building is destroyed and ambulances are prevented to reach the scene and shot at, during a raid by Israeli soldiers in Aqabah, in the occupied West Bank.
  • 5 September – Israeli security forces kill two Palestinians, destroys even more infrastructure of Nur Shams camp, Tulkarem in a large raid.

October

  • 7 October – October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict begins:
  • 10 October –
  • 11 October –
    • The Palestine Liberation Organization says Israel refused a request to bring food and medical supplies into the Gaza Strip. Israel also threatens a humanitarian convoy from Egypt carrying medical supplies into Gaza with an air strike.
    • Israeli air strikes destroy the Al-Fakhoora House of the Education Above All Foundation in Gaza. Israeli airstrikes have also hit the Islamic University of Gaza.
    • Dozens of Israeli fighter jets carry out more than 200 airstrikes overnight on the Al-Furqan neighborhood in Gaza City.
    • Israeli airstrikes destroy more than 22,600 residential units, 10 health facilities and damage 48 schools as Hamas continues to fire rockets from civilian areas in violation of international law. At least 260 children have been killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza.
    • The UN Palestine Agency says Israeli airstrikes have killed nine of its staff in Gaza.
    • At least 30 people are killed in an Israeli air strike on a law expert's house when he was visiting his family in central Gaza City.
    • The Rimal and al-Karama neighbourhoods are destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, with eight 12-storey towers destroyed.
    • At least 16 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air raid on the southern city of Khan Younis.
    • At least three Palestinians are killed and nine wounded by Israeli soldiers in the Qusra, south of Nablus in the West Bank.
    • The Palestinian Red Crescent says four of its paramedics have been killed in Israeli air attacks.
    • At least 1,055 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's air attacks and 5,184 wounded. At least 1,300 people in Israel have been killed and 2,800 wounded, according to the Israeli army.
  • 12 October –
  • 13 October –
  • 14 October –
  • 15 October –
  • 16 October –
    • The World Health Organization said 21 hospitals in Gaza have been ordered to evacuate by Israel, warning this "may amount to a violation of international humanitarian law".
    • The chief of the UN Palestine agency announces it can no longer deliver assistance to the hundreds of thousands of people in need in Gaza.
    • UN Palestine agency announces that men claiming to be from Hamas stole fuel and medicine from their offices in Gaza.
    • At least four hospitals in northern Gaza are no longer functioning following Israeli bombardments, according to the United Nations.
    • The World Health Organization announces there is only 24 hours of water, electricity and fuel left in Gaza.
    • Palestinian protesters rally in the streets of several cities across the West Bank calling for an end to Israeli attacks on Gaza.
    • Medical Aid for Palestinians says hospitals in Gaza are facing a "catastrophic" shortage of medical supplies, amid Israel's "total blockade".
    • More than 400,000 Palestinians are sheltering in UN schools and buildings across the Gaza Strip, the global body says. Fourteen UNRWA personnel have been killed in Israeli airstrikes.
    • Hamas releases the first video of a hostage on Telegram since the war started, a 21-year-old Israeli woman from Shoham who was kidnapped during the Re'im music festival massacre. In the video, she claims to be receiving medical treatment by her captors.
    • At least six civilians are killed and eight injured in airstrikes targeting the home of an extended family west of Khan Younis, Gaza.
    • At least seven people are killed, including five emergency workers, following Israeli airstrikes on two civil defense facilities in the eastern and southern Gaza City.
    • The bodies of more than 1,000 people are trapped under the rubble of buildings in Gaza destroyed by Israeli air strikes, prompting concern of humanitarian and environmental crises.
    • Hamas forces launch a barrage of missiles at the two largest Israeli cities, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, saying it was in response to Israel's "targeting of civilians".
    • Israeli military forces carry out raids and make dozens of arrests in multiple areas in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Nablus, Bethlehem, Hebron and the Aqabat Jabr camp in Jericho.
    • Several dozen raids are conducted by Israeli forces in the West Bank, detaining about 600 people. Most are held without charges under "administrative detention", where the individuals are not told the reasons for their arrest.
  • 17 October –
  • 18 October –
  • 19 October –
  • 20 October –
  • 21 October –
  • 22 October –
    • Palestinian journalist Rushdi Sarraj is killed in an Israeli attack on his home in Gaza.
    • At least 55 people are killed in overnight raids on the Gaza Strip by Israel.
    • The United Nations says the lives of at least 120 newborn babies in incubators in Gaza's hospitals are at risk.
    • The number of mosques destroyed in the Gaza Strip rises to 31.
    • An Israeli tank accidentally hits an Egyptian position near the border with Gaza. Several Egyptian border guards sustained injuries from fragments of a shell.
    • At least 300 Palestinians are placed under administrative detention or have had detention orders renewed, allowing Israel to hold them without charge indefinitely under secret evidence.
    • Paddy Cosgrave, a co-founder of the European tech conference Web Summit, steps down after opposition over public statements on Israel, saying "War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies, and should be called out for what they are.
  • 23 October –
    • Omar Daraghmeh, a senior Hamas official, dies while in Israeli prison, with Hamas spokespeople saying it was an assassination. He was arrested in the West Bank by the Israel Defense Forces, along with his son.
    • The Indonesian Hospital, the largest in northern Gaza, loses power after running out of fuel.
    • Hamas releases two Israeli hostages following mediation by Qatar and Egypt. The pair were taken to the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt.
    • Israeli airstrikes kill at least 436 Palestinians, including women and children, in northern Gaza's Al-Shati refugee camp as well as Khan Younis.
    • Israeli forces launch night raids in the West Bank, with heavily armed troops backed by armored vehicles seen in at least two areas.
    • Qatar's Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani has warned the escalation of fighting in Gaza poses a threat to the region and the world. He asserted Israel should not be given a "green light for unconditional killing".
  • 24 October –
  • 25 October –
    • The Gaza Health Ministry says that at least 704 people have died in the past day. The UN relief agency says this was "the highest fatality toll reported in a single day".
    • At least 16 people are killed and several others injured following Israeli airstrikes across Gaza residential areas in Jabalia, Tal al-Hawa, Khan Younis and the Nuseirat refugee camp.
    • At least 11 people are arrested in Hebron in the West Bank following an Israeli raid. Israeli troops stormed several villages including al-Burj and al-Majd.
    • The UN Security Council holds an open debate, with many of the nearly 90 countries on the speakers' list calling for a ceasefire amid the mounting death toll in Gaza.
    • Draft resolutions calling for a ceasefire are being considered by both the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly.
    • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and says Hamas is "not a terrorist organization, it is a liberation group, mujahideen waging a battle to protect its lands and people".
    • US legal organization Palestine Legal says it has responded to more than 260 requests for assistance in the past two weeks, ranging from job losses to the cancellation of classes.
    • In a televised address to the nation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he has set the date for a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip with the main goals of the operation being to destroy Hamas and to rescue hostages.
  • 26 October –
    • An Israeli air raid kills the wife, son, daughter and infant grandson of Al Jazeera Arabic's Gaza bureau chief Wael Dahdouh in central Gaza after they evacuated to the area following warnings from Israel.
    • Oxfam says Israel is using starvation as a "weapon of war" as the blockade of Gaza continues.
    • The Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch confirms the Palestinian death toll provided by the Health Ministry is reliable, after US President Joe Biden questioned the number of people killed.
    • Israel continues raids and arrests in the West Bank, where Palestinian authorities say more than 1,200 people have been detained.
    • UNICEF has condemned the nearly 3,000 child casualties in Gaza, saying it is a "growing stain on our collective conscience, the rate of death and injuries of children simply staggering"
    • Another three UNRWA staff members have been killed, bringing the total to 38. Around 219 educational facilities have been hit, including at least 29 UNRWA schools.
    • About 200,000 housing units have been completely and partially destroyed in Gaza, representing 45 percent of all the housing in the enclave.
    • In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates condemned the forced displacement and collective punishment in Gaza.
    • Amnesty International issues a statement calling for an immediate ceasefire to stop the increasing death toll and ensure crucial aid reaches Gaza amid an "unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe".
    • The Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch confirms the Palestinian death toll provided by the Health Ministry is reliable, after US President Joe Biden questioned the number of people killed.
    • IDF tanks enter northern Gaza in a "targeted raid", saying it was in preparation for the "next stages of combat". No Israeli military casualties are reported.
    • The death toll in Gaza increases to more than 7,000 people. An estimated 1.4 million people are internally displaced.
    • A total of 101 medical personnel have been killed by Israeli attacks, with 100 more wounded. 50 ambulances have been attacked, half of which are out of service. Hospitals are operating at more than 150 percent of their capacity, with around 166 unsafe births per day.
  • 27 October –
    • At least 33 Palestinians are killed and several wounded, following Israeli airstrikes on at least three residential neighbourhoods in Gaza City.
    • At least 10 Palestinians are killed, including journalist Yasser Abu Namous and his mother, in a series of airstrikes carried out by Israeli forces in southern Gaza.
    • A number of people are killed and injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Shati refugee camp, destroying residential buildings and the nearby White Mosque.
    • The Palestinian Red Crescent has said that its medics were shot at by Israeli forces as they treated an injured person in Tubas, West Bank.
    • Four people are killed after a pre-dawn raid by Israeli forces in the West Bank. At least 19 people have been arrested.
    • Hamas reports that Israel has disrupted most communication and Internet services in the Gaza Strip.
    • The Israel Defense Forces enter the Gaza Strip from multiple directions with infantry and tanks crossing the border. Heavy clashes are reportedly underway.
    • Israeli troops advance on the city of Beit Hanoun.
  • 28 October –
    • Thousands of Gazan workers employed in Israel go missing amid a campaign of mass arrests. Human rights groups and trade unions say they have been illegally detained in military facilities in the West Bank, following the revocation of their work permits.
    • UN agencies say they are unable to contact staff in Gaza amid the near-total communications blackout and call for civilians to be protected.
    • Human Rights Watch says that the near-total communication blackout "risks providing cover for mass atrocities and contributing to impunity for human rights violations" and will make it more difficult to "obtain critical information and evidence about human rights violations and war crimes being committed, and to hear directly from those experiencing the violations".
    • Israeli airstrikes destroy hundreds of buildings and damage thousands of others in the Gaza Strip overnight, the civil defense service in Gaza said.
    • Israeli warplanes bombed 150 underground targets in northern Gaza, including tunnels and underground infrastructure.
    • SpaceX chief Elon Musk announces that Starlink services will be offered in the Gaza Strip to "internationally recognized aid organizations".
    • The UN General Assembly passes a resolution with a vote of 120–14, with 45 abstentions, calling for an immediate humanitarian truce in Gaza, despite US and Israeli opposition.
    • The Egyptian foreign ministry has warned of the "humanitarian and security repercussions of the Israeli ground attack" on Gaza, saying "we hold the Israeli government responsible for violating the United Nations General Assembly resolution for an immediate ceasefire and implementing a humanitarian truce".
    • The International Organization for Migration has renewed its call for a ceasefire, saying "civilians must be protected. There are no winners in war. The most vulnerable pay the heaviest toll"
    • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on Israel to "immediately come out of its state of madness and stop its attacks" on the Gaza Strip, saying they have "targeted women, children and innocent civilians, deepening the humanitarian crisis".
    • Save the Children says children will "bear the brunt" of Israel's intensified attacks on the Gaza Strip, saying in the event of a full ground incursion, more than one million children's lives, nearly half of the 2.3 million population of Gaza, will be affected.
    • Thousands of Palestinians have performed the Fajr prayer and staged demonstrations in Nablus, Tulkarem, Jenin and Tubas in the West Bank in a show of support for Gaza.
    • Israeli bombardment take place in the vicinities of the Al-Shifa Hospital and Indonesia Hospital while dozens of residents were at the facilities.
  • 29 October –
  • 30 October –
  • 31 October –
    • Jabalia refugee camp airstrikes: More than 50 people are killed and 150 more injured during an airstrike against the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, with the camp reported completely destroyed.
    • Gaza's Hamas-controlled health ministry reports Israeli airstrikes continue to target hospitals and medical centers, intentionally hitting medical institutions. Fifty-seven institutions have been hit, while thirty-two are out of service because of being targeted or lack of fuel.
    • An immediate humanitarian ceasefire is "absolutely imperative" in Gaza, said the UN human rights office, adding that "colleagues across the UN are talking about the need".
    • The Patriarchate of Jerusalem has blamed Israel for the bombing of its cultural centre, saying the attack "represents a stark embodiment of Israel's unwarranted determination to destroy the civil infrastructure and social service centres, as well as shelters for civilians".
    • The World Health Organization warns that Gaza is on the brink of a "public health catastrophe" due to overcrowding, widespread displacement, and severe damage to water and sanitation facilities, with only five percent of the normal water supplies accessible.
    • UNICEF says at least 940 children have been reported missing in Gaza, adding infant dehydration is a growing threat, adding that "Gaza has become a graveyard of children".
    • The UN Children's Fund's executive director says that more than 420 children are being killed or injured in Gaza every day.
    • Israeli air raids target the vicinity of the European Hospital in southern Gaza. Meanwhile, the director of the Indonesia Hospital reported it was hit for the third time.
    • The Palestine Red Crescent Society reports continuous artillery and air strikes in the Tal al-Hawa in northern Gaza near al-Quds Hospital. The hospital currently shelters hundreds of patients and more than 12,000 displaced civilians.
    • The Palestinian Health Ministry says 8,525 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air raids, including 3,542 children.
    • Sixty-four employees of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees have been killed during the war.
    • Israeli forces arrest 60 Palestinians in the West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said, adding that "arrests are accompanied with torture and abusive attacks, as well as collective punishment and destruction of property".
    • Australia expresses concern over growing attacks by residents of settlements against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
    • Jordanian Foreign Affairs Minister Ayman Safadi calls for an immediate stop to the "humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza caused by Israeli bombardment and the implementation of international law, while stressing the necessity of humanitarian aid.

November

December

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