The Israel Hamas War

Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages, how the war in Gaza has devastated the territory and left thousands dead and the flurry of international diplomacy to bring about a cease-fire.

Highlights

  1. Will Lebanon Deal Break Gaza Deadlock? Experts Doubt It

    Hamas is unlikely to compromise in Gaza, despite the decision by its ally, Hezbollah, to stop fighting. A deal in Gaza would also be harder for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister.

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    Israelis protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and called for the release of hostages held in Gaza.
    Israelis protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and called for the release of hostages held in Gaza.
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    1. Independent Inquiry Blames Israeli Leaders for Oct. 7 Failures

      After the Israeli government delayed a formal investigation into the Hamas attacks, an alliance of survivors and victims’ families set up their own inquiry. Their scathing findings were released on Tuesday.

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      Marking the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks at the site of the Nova Festival massacre.
      Marking the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks at the site of the Nova Festival massacre.
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    2. Israel Approves Cease-Fire With Hezbollah to Halt War in Lebanon

      President Biden said the 60-day truce, which the United States helped broker, would take effect early Wednesday, and was intended to become permanent, ending Lebanon’s deadliest war in decades.

       By Aaron BoxermanAdam RasgonEuan Ward and

      Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon continued on Tuesday, ahead of the proposed cease-fire.
      Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon continued on Tuesday, ahead of the proposed cease-fire.
      CreditDiego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times
  1. In West Bank Raids, Palestinians See Echoes of Israel’s Gaza War

    West Bank residents say Israeli forces are adopting tactics similar to the ones they are deploying in Gaza, including airstrikes and the use of Palestinians as human shields.

     By Raja AbdulrahimAzmat Khan and

    A damaged road at the entrance to the Nur Shams camp in the West Bank.
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  2. ‘This Helps Netanyahu’: Israelis Rally Around Leader Over Warrant, for Now

    An I.C.C. arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the war in Gaza spurred outrage across Israel’s political spectrum. But in the long term, it’s not a good look for a prime minister.

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    Next month, Mr. Netanyahu is expected to take the stand in his own corruption trial. He has been charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate but interrelated cases.
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  3. What to Know About the I.C.C.’s Decision to Issue Warrants for Israeli and Hamas Leaders

    Here is a closer look at the court and its arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and a Hamas leader, Muhammad Deif.

     By Emma BubolaCharlie Savage and

    The International Criminal Court prosecutor, Karim Khan, said in a statement that he was applying for arrest warrants for Israeli leaders and members of Hamas for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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  4. For Netanyahu, Subject to Landmark Warrant, a Smaller World

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has allies among the members of the International Criminal Court. But he will have to plan his travel more carefully than before.

     By Mark Landler and

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel after a speech to the U.N. General Assembly in September in New York City.
    CreditDave Sanders for The New York Times
  5. How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism

    Stricter rules and punishments over campus protests seem to be working. Universities have seen just under 950 protest events this semester, compared with 3,000 in the spring.

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    Students gathered on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin for a pro-Palestinian protest in October. There have been fewer protests around the country this semester, according to one count.
    CreditCharlotte Keene/The Daily Texan

The Scale of Destruction in Gaza

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  2. A picture made available by the family of Shaaban al-Dalou, who burned alive after an Israeli strike at a hospital.
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  5. Gazans assess the damage from an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Wednesday.
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Plight of Hostages Held by Hamas

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  2. “I feel the hostage situation has been put to the back,” said Ofri Bibas-Levy, Yarden Bibas’s sister.
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  3. Posters in November in Tel Aviv showing some of the hostages seized on Oct. 7.
    CreditAmit Elkayam for The New York Times
  4. Amit Soussana in Israel in March, after she was released by Hamas.
    CreditAvishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
  5. Families of American hostages being held in Gaza participated in a vigil at Manhattan’s Columbus Circle on Sunday.
    CreditAdam Gray for The New York Times

The Oct. 7 Attacks

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  1. Israeli soldiers collect the bodies of civilians killed by Hamas militants on Saturday in the village of Kfar Aza.
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  3. Running to a reinforced concrete shelter in Ashkelon, Israel, moments after a rocket siren was sounded on Oct. 7.
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  4. Relatives and friends of victims of the Oct. 7 attacks gathered at the site of the Nova music festival on the morning of the anniversary.
    CreditAvishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
  5. Palestinians surveying the damage caused by Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, last month.
    CreditYousef Masoud for The New York Times

Diplomatic Efforts to End the Conflict

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  1. The aftermath of an explosion on Monday in the Lebanese village of Qmatiyeh near Beirut.
    CreditDavid Guttenfelder for The New York Times
  2. A building in Hod Hasharon, Israel, that was destroyed during Iran’s missile attack on Wednesday.
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  3. An Israeli strike in Khiam, Lebanon, on Wednesday. American diplomats are pushing for a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
    CreditKaramallah Daher/Reuters
  4. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel attending a Holocaust remembrance ceremony this week in Jerusalem. His war decisions could affect his future as prime minister.
    CreditAmir Cohen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  5. A U.N. peacekeeper in the southern Lebanese village of Yarine in July.
    CreditDiego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times
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  2. What We Know About the Cease-Fire in Lebanon

    The truce began Wednesday, bringing a fragile peace to Israel and Lebanon. Israeli troops are to withdraw in phases from southern Lebanon, and Lebanese military convoys headed south to protect the peace.

    By Ephrat Livni

     
  3. Thousands Stream Homeward as Fragile Peace Begins in Lebanon

    The cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah began on Wednesday, but much hardship and uncertainty lie ahead after a yearlong war that killed thousands and left widespread destruction in Lebanon.

    By Euan Ward, Ben Hubbard, Aaron Boxerman and Richard Pérez-Peña

     
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  9. How Israel Uses Palestinian Detainees as Human Shields

    An investigation into an Israeli tactic in Gaza, and what it reveals about the nature of the war there.

    By Sabrina Tavernise, Natan Odenheimer, Mooj Zadie, Jessica Cheung, Luke Vander Ploeg, MJ Davis Lin, Chris Haxel, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Alyssa Moxley

     
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