October 7, 2023: Hamas gunmen launch a horror attack that kills thousands of innocent civilians and takes hostages
October 7, 2023: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is at war and is preparing revenge airstrikes on Gaza
Oct 19, 2023: Yemen's Houthi terror groups begin attacking cargo ships in the Red Sea linked to Israel, including American and British ships
Oct 21, 2023: Aid trucks are sent to Gaza via the Rafah border
Oct 27, 2023: Israel launches a ground offensive in Gaza
November 1, 2023: People try to evacuate Gaza completely as the war intensifies, but many are forced to stay
November 15, 2023: Israeli forces invade Gaza's largest hospital, Al Shifa, after a several-day siege because they believe Hamas is operating inside
November 21, 2023: Israel and Hamas announce seven-day ceasefire and see exchange of hostages and Palestinian prisoners
November 2023: The truce ends when only half of the hostages return
December 1, 2023: Fighting begins again with the first round of airstrikes in weeks
December 4, 2023: Israeli forces launch a massive ground attack in southern Gaza, towards the main southern city of Khan Younis
December 12, 2023: Countries call on Israel to agree new ceasefire to prevent civilian casualties
January 11, 2024: US and British warplanes, ships and submarines launch retaliatory strikes across Yemen
February 29, 2024: More than 100 Gazans die while queuing for humanitarian aid, while Israel and Hamas had different views on what happened
April 1, 2024: Israeli airstrikes kill seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen charity
April 1, 2024: The Iranian embassy in Damascus was hit by a suspected Israeli airstrike, killing several military officers and a top general
April 13, 2024: Tehran responds to embassy attack by firing hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel, but most are intercepted
April 19, 2024: Israel hits back at Iran with a precision strike near a nuclear site in Isfahan
April 23, 2024: Israel is preparing for a six-week assault on Rafah
April 24, 2024: Hostages claim that 70 people held captive were killed after a bombing
April 29, 2024: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could receive an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Gaza
May 4, 2024: Hamas claims ceasefire agreement reached, before Israel labels the move a “ruse” and halts all negotiations
May 10, 2024: Hundreds of thousands of Rafah civilians told to flee the city as Israel prepares a planned attack to eliminate all of Hamas
May 17, 2024: Several bodies of massacred Israeli civilians are discovered in Gaza and returned home to their loved ones
May 19, 2024: Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas terror chief Yahya Sinwar are arrested on war crimes charges
May 22, 2024: Parents of Israeli hostages release video of Hamas thugs threatening to rape female soldiers they captured and left bloodied
May 26, 2024 – Hamas launches multiple rockets at Tel Aviv after months of silence, Israel retaliates by launching a precision airstrike in Rafah that wiped out two senior Hamas leaders