2 January – Israel conducts an airstrike in the Dahieh neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, resulting in the assassination of Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy chairman of the Hamas political bureau.[4]
3 January – The Supreme Court delays the implementation of an amendment to a Basic Law that would protect the prime minister from being forced to recuse himself if ordered to do so by the attorney general or the Supreme Court, by postponing implementation until after the next Knesset is elected, so that it does not apply retroactively to incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for several charges of corruption.[5]
7 January – An Arab Israeli man is killed and a woman is critically injured by a Palestinian gunman north of Jerusalem.[6]
9 January – Hezbollah launches a drone attack on the Northern Command headquarters in Safed, marking its deepest incursion into Israeli territory since the outbreak of hostilities. In retaliation, Israel kills Ali Hussein Barji, a senior Hezbollah commander responsible for dozens of explosive drone attacks on northern Israel in recent months.[8]
An Israeli woman and her son are killed by an anti-tank guided missile which penetrated their home in Yuval in the Galilee near the Israel-Lebanon border.[12]
22 January – In the single deadliest incident for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) since the start of Israel's ground offensive in Gaza, twenty-one Israeli soldiers were killed when they came under attack in the southern Gaza Strip, triggering a blast that collapsed two buildings with soldiers inside them.[14]
26 January – In the case brought by South Africa, the International Court of Justice issues a preliminary order calling on Israel to "take all measures within its power" to prevent genocide and prevent and punish incitement to genocide in Gaza and allow in more humanitarian aid, while taking more measures to protect Palestinians and to report back in one month, but is not required to end military operations.[15]
31 January – Yuval Freilich wins the men's gold medal in fencing in Qatar, a country that does not have ties with Israel, while wearing a shirt with the words "Am Yisrael Chai" (the people of Israel live) embossed in Hebrew on the Israeli flag.[16][17]
4 February – Most of Israel experiences 14 continuous days of rainfall for the first time in 30 years, raising the water level of the Sea of Galilee by 26 centimeters (10.2 inches).[20]
11 February – Hamas announces the death of two Israeli hostages and says that eight others have been seriously injured by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the past 96 hours.[26]
A rocket attack from Lebanon kills one civilian and injures eight others in Safed. Several rockets also hit the headquarters of the IDF's Northern Command.[30]
Two people are killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting at a bus station near Kiryat Malachi. The perpetrator is killed by an off-duty IDF reservist.[31][32]
19 March – Israel announces the death of senior Hamas military leader Marwan Issa, following an airstrike on a tunnel complex the previous week, making him the highest ranking Hamas official killed in the war yet.[42]
25 March – The UN Security Council passes resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, from which the US abstains.[44]
26 March –
The IDF bombs Syria, killing one Quds Force officer and 15 other militants.[45]
Israeli warplanes launch airstrikes against Hezbollah targets near the towns of Ras Baalbek and Hermel in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon, killing at least three Hezbollah members.[46]
28 March – The International Court of Justice, in a unanimous decision, orders Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip unimpeded, warning that famine is already occurring.[47]
29 March – An Israeli airstrike targeting Aleppo International Airport kills 36 Syrian soldiers and six Hezbollah fighters. The incident marks the deadliest Israeli attack on Syria since 2021.[48]
8 April – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders an invasion of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip with a date "being set" for the ground offensive.[53]
10 April – An Israeli airstrike kills three sons of Hamas Chairman Ismail Haniyeh.[54]
11 April – US President Joe Biden says that Iran is threatening to launch a significant attack against Israel and promises Israel US support.[55]
12 April –
Israel prepares for a direct attack from Iran on southern or northern Israel as soon as the next 24 to 48 hours. A person briefed by the Iranian leadership says that while plans to attack are being discussed, no final decision has been made.[56]
The United States restricts travel for its embassy personnel in Israel amid fears of an attack by Iran.[57]
Hezbollah launches dozens of rockets into northern Israel. The militant group says that the missile barrage targeted IDF artillery positions. No casualties are reported.[59]
Killing of Benjamin Achimeir: The body of Israeli teenager Benjamin Achimeir is found in the West Bank a day after he went missing, sparking clashes between settlers and Palestinians.[64]
2024 Iranian strikes in Israel: Iran and other militant groups launch between 400 and 500 drones and cruise missiles at Israel from Iran, Iraq, Syria, southern Lebanon, and Yemen. in response to the attack on its consulate in Damascus.[65]
16 April –
A mob of Israeli settlers in Aqraba kill two Palestinians in revenge for the murder of Benjamin Achimeir amid escalating ethnoreligious violence in the West Bank.[66]
The IDF conducts an airstrike and assassinates Ismail Yusuf Baz, the commander of Hezbollah's coastal sector in Lebanon.[67]
19 April –
Missiles believed to be fired by the IDF allegedly hit sites near the Iranian city of Isfahan, sites in Iraq and radar sites in Syria.[68]
US President Joe Biden signs a 1$ billion military aid package supporting Israel and Ukraine.[73]
26 April –
An 18-year-old woman is injured after being stabbed by an attacker in Ramla.[74]
Thirty rabbis and peace activists from the United States and Israel were arrested near the Gaza border protesting to bring awareness to starvation in Gaza.[75]
30 April – An Israeli police officer is injured in a stabbing by a Turkish national in the Old City of Jerusalem. The assailant is shot and killed by other responding officers at the scene.[76]
1 May – Following American pressure, Israel reopens the Erez Crossing and allows aid trucks into the northern part of the Gaza Strip.[77]
2 May –
Turkey suspends all trade with Israel in response to their conduct in the war in Gaza, after previously suspending exports in a limited category of goods in April.[78]
Al Jazeera goes off the air in Israel after the government announces a decision to shut the broadcaster’s operations following a long-running feud with the network.[81]
Israeli air raids in Meiss Ej Jabal, Lebanon, cause "massive destruction" according to a Lebanese state-run agency, killing four civilians and injuring three others. In response, Hezbollah fires dozens of Katyusha and Falaq rockets towards Kiryat Shmona.[82]
Hamas announces the end of ceasefire talks in Cairo, Egypt, while Israel vows to continue its military operations.[83]
6 May –
Israel tells Gazans to evacuate part of Rafah ahead of a planned ground offensive.[84]
Hamas states that it has accepted the ceasefire proposal from Qatar and Egypt; Israel, however, rejects the proposal, saying it is "unacceptable".[85]
At least 27 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Rafah.[87]
8 May –
Israeli troops reach the outskirts of Rafah with Hamas saying that heavy fighting is underway. The Israeli military says it has "uncovered terrorist infrastructure", and killed a number of Hamas militants as it advances.[88]
14 May – Israeli tanks enter residential areas of Rafah as they attempt to capture the city. Hamas' armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades says that it destroyed an Israeli troop carrier with a Al-Yassin 105anti-tank missile, killing several troops and injuring several others, while the IDF claims to have "eliminated" several terrorists in the city.[96]
15 May – Five Israeli soldiers are killed in a friendly fire incident in Jabalia after IDF tanks open fire on their position.[97]
12 June – Israel kills three Hezbollah fighters and Taleb Abdullah, a senior commander, in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah retaliates by launching over 250 rockets towards northern Israel, the most it had deployed in the war.[130]
14 June –
The United Nations pauses humanitarian aid deliveries at the US-constructed Gaza floating pier pending investigations on if it was involved in the Israeli raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp and on its security for humanitarian workers.[131]
The US military announces plans to temporarily dismantle the Gaza floating pier and move it to Israel following predictions of rough seas, halting its humanitarian aid shipments for the 3rd time in one month.[132]
Prime minister Netanyahu announces the dissolution of the war cabinet following the earlier resignation of Benny Gantz.[135]
Eight Palestinians are killed by Israeli fire while waiting for commercial trucks in Gaza.[136]
Hezbollah commander Muhammad Ahmed Ayoub is allegedly killed in an Israeli airstrike in Selaa, Lebanon, with further strikes occurring against Hezbollah targets across southern Lebanon.[137]
19 June –
Hezbollah announces that an Israeli strike killed three of its fighters.[138]
Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah threatens Cyprus if it allows Israel to use its airports and bases for military exercises.[139]
20 June – The Israel Antiquities Authority announces the discovery of a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land. The ship was discovered last year by a company drilling for natural gas off the coast of Northern Israel.[140]
21 June – Israel and Ukraine mutually impose travel restrictions to each others' citizens, preventing reciprocal visa-free travel without an authorization permit.[141]
23 June –
The Houthis claim to have carried out a joint military operation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq to target four vessels in the Port of Haifa.[142]
More than 150,000 Israelis rally and march in Tel Aviv to protest against Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government, calling for new elections, the return of hostages, and a ceasefire.[143]
Prime Minister Netanyahu rejects the U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal for the war in Gaza, instead committing to continuing the war and "the goal of eliminating Hamas."[145]
25 June –
Israeli forces bomb Gaza, with one strike killing 10 relatives of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh.[146]
26 June – An Israeli airstrike on a home in Beit Lahia in North Gaza allegedly kills at least 15 Palestinians.[148]
30 June –
At least six Palestinians are killed in Rafah, as Israeli tanks re-enter Shuja'iyya and parts of northern Gaza, displacing more than 60,000 people.[149]
1 July – The IDF orders a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the entire eastern half of Khan Yunis and surrounding areas in anticipation of a new ground assault on the city.[151]
2 July –
An IDF airstrike kills at least nine people in Khan Yunis, hours after Israel ordered a mass evacuation.[152]
A dozen resigned US government officials release a joint statement denouncing the Biden administration for its "undeniable complicity" in war crimes against Palestinian civilians by violating U.S. laws to continue sending Israel weapons.[153]
3 July –
Two people are injured in a stabbing at a shopping centre in Karmiel. An Arab citizen of Israel is shot dead by security forces after being identified as the assailant.[154]
The Israeli government approves the seizure of 12.7 square kilometers (4.9 square miles) of Palestinian land in the Jordan Valley, representing the largest land grab in the West Bank in more than three decades.[155]
An Israeli strike kills Mohammed Nasser, a top commander in Hezbollah. He is considered to be one of the highest-ranking figures from the group to die during the conflict.[156] In retaliation, Hezbollah launches a barrage of at least 100 Katyusha rockets towards northern Israel, targeting IDF positions.[157]
4 July –
Israel approves the construction of 5,295 Israeli settler homes in dozens of settlements in the West Bank.[158]
Eleven people die and another 153 patients are diagnosed with West Nile fever in an ongoing outbreak in Israel.[159]
Hezbollah launches at least 200 rockets and several drones at ten IDF sites and threatens to expand its targeting range, in retaliation for the killing of Mohammed Nasser, a top Hezbollah commander.[160]
5 July – At least seven Palestinians are killed during an IDF raid in Jenin in the West Bank that targeted a building that several militants had barricaded themselves in.[161]
6 July – At least 16 Palestinians are killed by an Israeli strike on a school housing Palestinians displaced from ongoing military operations in the Nuseirat refugee camp.[162]
7 July –
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 27 Palestinians. In Gaza City, four are killed in a strike on a UNRWA school sheltering displaced people and six others are killed in a strike on a house. Two people are killed in the Sabra neighbourhood, with six others in a strike on a residential building in Az-Zawayda.[163]
Protesters march in Tel Aviv to call for a ceasefire, the return of all hostages, and for Netanyahu to step down.[164]
Al-Awda School massacre: At least 29 Palestinians are killed in an Israeli attack targeting the entrance of a UNRWA-ran school sheltering displaced Palestinians, becoming Israel's fourth attack on Gaza schools in the past four days.[166]
United Nations human rights experts accuse Israel of carrying out a "targeted starvation campaign" that resulted in child malnutrition and death in Gaza.[167]
Hezbollah launches dozens of rockets at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, killing two Israelis.[168]
At least 12 Palestinians are killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City and Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip.[172]
An Israeli airstrike on Bint Jbeil, Lebanon kills three civilians and injures three others. The IDF says that its fighter jets struck a Hezbollah weapons storage facility in the area.[173]
17 July – At least 42 Palestinians are killed and more than 70 others are injured in Israeli strikes on a United Nations-run school in the Nuseirat refugee camp and on a designated "safe zone" in al-Mawasi, Rafah.[174]
The Knesset votes 68-9 in favor of a resolution describing a Palestinian state as "an existential danger to the State of Israel".[177]
Both the Gaza Health Ministry and the Israeli Health Ministry report traces of type 2 polio in Gaza's sewage system, caused by "severe overcrowding" and Israel's blockade of hygiene products from entering the enclave.[178]
At least five Palestinians are killed and fifteen others are injured in Israeli airstrikes on the Nuseirat and al-Bureij refugee camps in the Gaza Strip.[179]
At least 37 Palestinians are killed and 54 are injured in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, with the confirmed death toll surpassing 38,900 people.[182]
Israeli airstrikes hit oil refineries and power stations in the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, killing and wounding several people.[183]
21 July –
The Houthis target Eilat with multiple ballistic missiles, in response to the previous day's airstrikes.[184]
Israel orders mandatory evacuations across the Gaza Strip, including sections of the heavily populated Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone.[186]
A Canadian citizen is shot and killed by Israeli police after he allegedly tried to stab Israeli soldiers and security personnel at the entrance of Netiv HaAsara, near the border with the Gaza Strip.[187]
At least 70 Palestinians are killed and more than 200 others are injured by Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes in Khan Younis Governorate in the Gaza Strip.[188]
The Knesset votes in favor of classifying UNRWA as a terrorist organization, allowing the motion to undergo supplementary deliberation regarding Israel severing relations with the agency.[189]
25 July – United States President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris hold separate meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House regarding the Israel–Hamas war and plans following its conclusion.[191]
26 July –
A Palestinian governmental body announces that senior Hamas leader Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara has died in Israeli prison after being arrested in October 2023.[192]
Twelve people, including several children, are killed in rocket strikes on the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli Golan Heights. Israel claims that Hezbollah is responsible for the attack, but Hezbollah denies any involvement.[194]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows that Hezbollah will "pay a heavy price" which "it has not paid so far" in response to the attack.[195]
More than fifty people, including fifteen children, are killed in Israeli attacks on a school used to shelter displaced people in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip.[196]
At least fifteen Palestinians are killed and 29 others are injured in an Israeli strike on a school in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City.[202]
2 August –
US President Joe Biden deploys multiple U.S. military warships, troops, and other military assets to the Middle East to support Israel against potential attacks from Iran and its proxies.[203]
3 August – At least 15 people are killed in an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced people in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City.[204]
4 August – Two people are killed and two others are injured in a knife attack in a Egged parking lot and a grove park at Dan Shomron Street of the Holon suburb of Tel Aviv, by illegal migrant Palestinian Ammar Razek Kamel Odeh, 35, of Salfit, West Bank who is then killed by a police officer at a gas station on Moshe Dayan Street.[205][206][207]