Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been at war with the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas (a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, or FTO), which led an attack that day from the Gaza Strip into Israel.

1 day ago - The October 7 attacks were a series of coordinated armed incursions from the blockaded Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel, carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups in 2023, during the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah.

October 14, 2025 - Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.

October 29, 2024 - On October 7, Hamas terrorists murdered over 1,200 Israelis, kidnapped over 250 civilians into Gaza, wounded thousands, and fired thousands of rockets against Israeli cities and towns.

August 8, 2025 - While the events of October 7th ... them briefly. On October 7th 2023, thousands of armed Hamas terrorists tore down large parts of the Gaza security perimeter and invaded southern Israel....

February 24, 2025 - Using commercial quadcopter drones, Hamas dropped explosives onto the observation towers, disrupting Israel’s sensors, communications, and weapons systems—a creative use of drones, which are also being used in new ways by Russian and Ukrainian forces. Hamas fighters also blew holes in the border fence with explosives and then used bulldozers to widen the gaps to allow vehicles to pass through. Figure 7: Footage from Drone Attacks on Israeli Border Fence on October 7, 2023

In addition, Hamas attempted to ... In a manner evocative of ISIS, terror organizations in the Gaza Strip initiated a deadly and barbaric attack on Israeli settlements, villages and population centers in the early hours of Saturday, 7 October....

16 hours ago - The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian militant group Hamas led a surprise attack on Israel, in which 1,195 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed and 251 were taken hostage.

Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza did more than shift public opinion; they ripped open a dangerous chasm between Arab societies and their leaders.

December 11, 2025 - Amnesty International has documented how, in the early hours of October 7, 2023, Hamas forces and other Palestinian armed groups conducted a coordinated attack targeting mostly civilian locations.

GENEVA – Marking the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, the Israeli attack against the Palestinian population in Gaza that followed and consequent expansion of violence to the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory and other countries in the region...

October 7, 2025 - LINCOLNSHIRE, IL – Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) released the following statement marking two years since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023:

Over 1,400 men, women, and children were brutally murdered in the ensuing attack. More than 250 men, women, children, and elderly people were violently kidnapped and taken to Gaza, where many remain until today.

3 days ago - The October 7 attacks were a series of coordinated armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel, carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups in 2023, during the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah.

April 9, 2025 - Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups gave the attack the name “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.” · The attacks began at about 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 7, 2023, with a barrage of thousands of rockets launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel.

October 7th 2023. The world was stunned by the murderous terror attack by Hamas on Jewish young people attending a concert in Israel.

Palestinian protesters attend a rally to mark the first anniversary of Palestinian militant group Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Monday.

3 weeks ago - The October 7 attacks were a series of coordinated armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel, carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups in 2023, during the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah.