Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip
An insurgency began in northern Gaza, centred around besieged Gaza city after Israel announced it had dismantled 12 Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades battalions on 7 January.
| Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip | |||||||||
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| Part of the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and the Israel–Hamas war | |||||||||
Reported military situation in March | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Hamas Palestinian Civil Police Force | Israel | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Yahya Sinwar Faiq Al-Mabhouh † |
Benjamin Netanyahu Yoav Gallant Yair Palai Yisrael Shomer Ami Bitton Liron Betiteo Benny Aharon Neri Horowitz Ido Mizrahi Sebastian Haion † Yitzhar Hofman † Eyal Shuminov † Lior Raviv † Matan Vinogradov † | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Al-Qassam Brigades |
Israeli Defence Forces 2 battalions (Zeitun operation) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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20+ militants killed 1+ policeman killed |
20+ soldiers killed 1 Namer APC destroyed 1 Merkava destroyed | ||||||||
Several paramilitary groups, led by the Al-Qassam Brigades began resurging in territories formerly cleared, demonstrating Israel's failure to fully subdue the north after 4 months of bombardment and 3 months of ground invasion.