Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip: Difference between revisions

In early January 2024, during the [[Israel–Hamas war]], Israel reoccupied most of the northern [[Gaza Strip]] after Israel claimed that it had dismantled 12 [[Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades]] battalions on 7 January.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-january-7-2024 | title=Iran Update, January 7, 2024|website=Institute for the Study of War|date=7 January 2024|first1=Ashka|last1=Jhaveri|first2=Amin|last2=Soltani|first3=Johanna|last3=Moore|first4=Kathryn|last4=Tyson|first5=Alexandra|last5=Braverman|first6=Nicholas|last6=Carl|access-date=22 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url= https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/counterinsurgency-trap-gaza | title= The Counterinsurgency Trap in Gaza |journal=Foreign Affairs| date= 5 February 2024 | last1= Clarke | first1= Colin P. |volume=103|number=2|publisher=Council on Foreign Relations|issn=23277793|oclc=863038729|access-date=22 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/world/europe/israel-gaza-hamas-war.html | title=As Gaza War Grinds On, Israel Prepares for a Prolonged Conflict|first1=Adam|last1=Rasgon|first2=Aaron|last2=Boxerman|date=23 February 2024|work=The New York Times|access-date=22 March 2024}}</ref> This led to the beginning of the [[Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip]] and also the beginning of the Israeli reoccupation of the Gaza Strip, some 19 years after Israel had [[Israeli disengagement from Gaza|disengaged from the Gaza Strip]] in 2005 due to stiff resistance from the Palestinians. However, Israel has been continuously imposing a [[Blockade of the Gaza Strip|blockade of the Gaza Strip]] since 2007. By April 2024, Hamas was able to expel Israel from [[Siege of Khan Yunis|southern Gaza]],<ref name="auto5">{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-795724|title=IDF withdraws advancing troops from the Gaza Strip - report|work=Jerusalem Post|date=7 April 2024|last=Yonah|first=Jeremy Bob}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israeli-military-pulls-troops-southern-gaza-rcna146754 Israeli military pulls troops from southern Gaza], 7 April 2024</ref><ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/7/israels-war-on-gaza-live-protests-call-for-ceasefire-ahead-of-cairo-talks Israel’s war on Gaza live: Army division reportedly retreats from the south], 7 April 2024</ref><ref name="auto3">[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/7/israel-pulls-out-troops-from-southern-gaza-as-attacks-enter-seventh-month Israel ‘pulls out troops’ from southern Gaza as attacks enter seventh month], 7 April 2024</ref><ref name="auto6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/07/middleeast/israel-khan-younis-withdrawal-gaza-intl/index.html|title=Israeli military says it has withdrawn forces from Khan Younis after months of fighting|first=Vasco|last=Cotovio|date=7 April 2024|website=CNN}}</ref> and partially [[Battle of Beit Hanoun|defeat Israel in northern Gaza]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://royanews.tv/news/317232 | title= صحفيون في شمال قطاع غزة: جيش الاحتلال انسحب من بيت حانون

|work=royanews}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.aljazeera.net/amp/news/2023/12/24/اللواء-الدويري-إسرائيل-مضطربة-وجحر | title= اللواء الدويري: إسرائيل مضطربة وجحر الديك صورة لما تواجهه قواتها بغزة|work=Aljazeera}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-january-16-2024 | title= Iran Update, january 16 |work=ISW}}</ref>

 

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