Israel’s Gaza invasion - Day 447

Published July 16, 2022
A volunteer stirs a food pot as Palestinians wait to collect humanitarian aid portions, in al-Shati camp near Gaza City on December 26, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. — AFP
A volunteer stirs a food pot as Palestinians wait to collect humanitarian aid portions, in al-Shati camp near Gaza City on December 26, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. — AFP

  • Israel’s invasion of Gaza Strip, sparked by Hamas’ Oct 7, 2023 attack, surpasses 14 months

  • Hamas’ top leaders including Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Tehran, while Yahya Sinwar killed in southern Gaza

  • Israel assassinates Hezbollah’s Nasrallah, his likely successor

  • Israel seeking to carve out ‘buffer zones’ and has no reason to slow down until Trump takes office in Jan

  • Lebanon ceasefire secured 2 months after Israel’s invasion but violated within days

  • ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas leader Deif

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