Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip

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Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip
Part of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip in the Israel–Hamas war, and the Blockade of the Gaza Strip
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Reported military situation in March 2024
Date7 January 2024 – present
(11 months and 6 days)
Location
Status Ongoing
Belligerents

Coat of arms of Palestine (alternative).svg Palestinian Civil Police Force [1]
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Commanders and leaders

Flag of Hamas.svg Yahya Sinwar  
Flag of Hamas.svg Mohammed Deif   [a]
Flag of Hamas.svg Izz al Din al Haddad
Flag of Hamas.svg Ibrahim Biari [2]

Contents


Coat of arms of Palestine (alternative).svg Faiq Al-Mabhouh   [1]
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Benjamin Netanyahu
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Yoav Gallant
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Yair Palai  [ he ]
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Yisrael Shomer
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Ami Bitton  [ he ]
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Liron Betiteo  [ he ]
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Benny Aharon  [ he ]
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Neri Horowitz  [ he ]
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Ido Mizrahi  [ he ]
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Sebastian Haion   [3]
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Yitzhar Hofman   [4]
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Eyal Shuminov   [5]
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Lior Raviv   [6]
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Matan Vinogradov   [6]
Units involved

Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Israeli Defence Forces

Casualties and losses
Flag of Palestine.svg 20+ militants killed (in early stages, per IDF) [15]
Coat of arms of Palestine (alternative).svg 1+ policemen killed
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg 31+ soldiers killed [6] [16] [17] [18] [19]
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg 1 Namer APC destroyed
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg 1 Merkava tank damaged
Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg 1 IDF Caterpillar D9 bulldozer destroyed

The insurgency in the North Gaza Strip is an armed conflict centered in the North Gaza Governorate, around the besieged Gaza City after Israel announced it had dismantled 12 Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades battalions on 7 January. [20] [21] [22]

Several Palestinian militant groups, led by the Al-Qassam Brigades began resurging in territories formerly cleared, after 4 months of bombardment and 3 months of ground invasion.

Course of the insurgency

Palestinian brigades organised and consolidated areas that Israeli forces had withdrawn from, and rehabilitated civilian services such as police forces. [23]

The brigades launched offensives on areas in the northern Gaza Strip held by Israeli forces. As a result, Israeli troops moved into areas that they have previously withdrawn from. [24] A Namer APC repositioning in Sheikh Radwan on 19 January was ambushed by a militant with a dual attack, first by a Shawadh IED detonation succeeded by a Yasin-105 rocket-propelled grenade fired by a Al-Qassam Brigade militants. [25] Al-Qassam brigades ambushed Israeli forces in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood on 31 January, targeting two Merkava tanks, damaging one and an IDF Caterpillar D9. [26]

In 13 May 2024, fighting has been reported in Jabalia refugee camp. The armed wings of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed that their militants are targeting nearby IDF forces with mortars, anti-tank missiles, and machine guns. [27]

According to the BBC, unnamed senior Israeli military figures told Israeli media that Hamas's resurgence in northern Gaza was due to a lack of a specific plan from Israel's government for the "day after" the war. [27] In January 2024, Channel 13 News said that IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi warned Israeli leadership in private that their military gains could be eroded without a plan for the post-war management in Gaza. [28]

Israeli operations

Zeitoun operation

In late February, Israeli forces targeted the Zeitoun district in southwestern Gaza City with two brigades, announcing they were attacking paramilitaries in close quarters combat and with missile strikes.

The Israeli army acknowledged stiff resistance from paramilitaries in Zeitoun but not while Israeli vehicles advanced on the district, admitting casualties in three different engagements on penetrating forces on February 21. Fighting was mainly led by the Al-Qassam and Al-Quds Brigades, with minor support from smaller paramilitary groups. [29]

Al Shifa Hospital raid

Al-Shifa Hospital Raid
Date18 March 2024–1 April 2024
Location
Status Israel withdraws on 1 April after destroying most of the hospital [30]
Belligerents
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

Flag of Hamas.svg "Hamas" (Alleged) [b]


Coat of arms of Palestine (alternative).svg Palestinian Civil Police Force
Commanders and leaders
Flag of Israel.svg Sebastian Haion  Flag of Hamas.svg Faiq Al-Mabhouh  (per IDF) [31]
Units involved
Flag of Hamas.svg  al-Qassam Brigades (On the outskirts)
Casualties and losses
2+ soldiers killed

On 17 March 2024, Israeli forces raided Rimal and occupied Al-Shifa hospital following supposed intel that senior Hamas officials had regrouped and were using the hospital "to command attacks". [32] Two patients on life support at the intensive care unit in the same building had died because the electricity supply was cut ahead of the raid. [32]

Second Zeitoun Operation

On May 9, Israel renewed operations in North Gaza, sending a force into the Zeitoun district which had faced a major battle months prior. The IDF has admitted that 4 soldiers were killed on the first day. [33]

Jabalia operation

On 12 May 2024, the IDF said that it launched an operation in Jabalia the previous evening "based on intelligence information regarding attempts by Hamas to reassemble its terrorist infrastructure and operatives in the area". According to residents fleeing the area, tanks were seen advancing towards the refugee camp, which was heavily bombarded. [27]

See also

Notes

  1. The assassination of Deif was claimed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). However, it was unconfirmed by independent sources.
  2. The IDF do not distinguish between the Hamas political party and the Al Qassam Brigades militant wing, in their public communications in English they call both "Hamas" and so define all activity of the government "terrorist activity".

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