Bombing of the Gaza Strip
The bombing of the Gaza Strip is an ongoing aerial bombardment campaign on the Gaza Strip by the Israeli Air Force during the Israel–Hamas war. During the bombing, Israeli airstrikes damaged Palestinian refugee camps, schools, hospitals, mosques, churches, and civilian infrastructure.
| Bombing of the Gaza Strip | |||||
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| Part of the Israel–Hamas war | |||||
Rimal in Gaza City following an Israeli airstrike, 10 October 2023 | |||||
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| Israel | Hamas and allies | ||||
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| Israeli Air Force |
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Numerous aircraft:
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Israel faced accusations of war crimes due to the large number of civilian casualties and the large percentage of civilian infrastructure destroyed. In its defense, Israel stated that it utilized a wide-scale evacuation notification system, and claimed that its targets were used by Hamas. By January 2024, researchers at Oregon University and the City University of New York estimated that as much as 62 percent of all buildings in the Gaza Strip had been damaged or destroyed.