Battle of Shuja'iyya (2023)
During the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Shuja'iyya was the last district in Gaza City that had not been subject to an Israeli ground invasion, and as a result many Palestinians who had not been able to evacuate south had sought refuge in the district. Despite this, the Israel Defense Forces had shelled and bombarded Shuja'iyya for weeks before invading on December 4. On the 26th of December, Israel withdrew from Shuja'iyya, announcing that the local Hamas battalion had been defeated. Despite this, militants continued to attack Israel forces within the town until Israeli forces eventually withdrew.
| Battle of Shuja'iyya | |||||||||
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| Part of the Israel–Hamas war | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Israel |
Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Yitzhak Ben-Bashat † Tomer Greenberg † |
Amad Abdullah Ali Qariqa Wissam Farhat † | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades [[File:|23x17px|border |alt=|link=]] Al-Quds Brigades Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades | |||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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16 soldiers killed 1 Namer destroyed |
Per Israel: 935+ fighters killed | ||||||||
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1,000+ Palestinian civilians killed 3 Israeli civilians killed | |||||||||
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