Duration of Israeli military actions in the Gaza Strip 2008-2023
As part of the 2014 Operation Protective Edge, the Israeli military campaign in Gaza lasted 50 days, in which they attacked targets of Hamas and other terror groups. On October 7, 2023, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) initiated Operation Iron Swords as a reaction to Hamas’s terror attacks on Israeli soil. During the terror attacks, Hamas fired around three thousand rockets on Israeli territories within a few hours and killed hundreds of Israelis close to the Gazan border. Approximately 1,200 Israelis have died during this ongoing military action. Within the Gaza Strip, over 39.79 thousand people were killed, and more than 1.7 million people have fled their homes and are internally displaced.