Battle of Beit Hanoun

Battle of Beit Hanoun
Part of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and the insurgency in the North Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war
October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict.svg

  Gaza Strip under Palestinian control
  Gaza Strip under Israeli control
  Furthest Israeli advance in the Gaza Strip
  Evacuated areas inside Israel
Date27 October 2023– 31 May 2024
(7 months and 4 days)
Location
Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip
Territorial
changes		 Hamas government and Palestinian militants retain control of Beit Hanoun[1][failed verification]
Belligerents
 Israel  Hamas
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Commanders and leaders
Israel Moran Omer
Israel Salman Habaka †[2][3][4]		 Hamas Abu Hamza Fayyad
Hamas Abd Allah Bin Mohammed Zaher
Fahad Al-Shammari[5]
Units involved

 Israel Defense Forces

State of Palestine Palestinian Joint Operations Room

Casualties and losses
Israel 60+ soldiers killed or wounded[11]
Israel 1 Namer APC destroyed		 Hamas Unknown
Unknown

The battle of Beit Hanoun began on 27 October 2023 in the midst of the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip.[12][13] On 18 December 2023, Israeli forces had prematurely signalled that they had full control over Beit Hanoun and had destroyed Hamas’ Beit Hanoun Battalion. [14][6] However, clashes continued in the town. Israeli forces withdrew from the town on the 24th of December. Subsequently, some Palestinian militants infiltrated back into the town and conducted attacks against Israeli forces to the east.[15][16]

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  7. ^ "252nd Division conquers Beit Hanoun in Gaza". Israel National News. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
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  15. ^ "قنص ضابط في بيت حانون".
  16. ^ "يلقي قذيفة في بيت حانون".