Maps: Tracking the Attacks in Israel and Gaza Jen, 23,2024 Israel bulldozes more of Gaza as its invasion continues to advance south ¢ Israel has bulldozed large areas of Gaza — including beachtronts, farmland, forests and homes — to make fortified positions for military vehicles as they advance across the enclave. Despite Israel's partial troop withdrawal from Gaza and a reduction in operations in the strip’s north, satellite imagery shows ongoing land clearing and military advancement in southern and central Gaza. Dec. 22 Jan.10 Jan. 16 Tiimage shows the rea around Bure dence wide area hag ben buldoze ty mid-Jnuory, Over the nex ek days ae ores pushed abou 2 eghborhood inthe contr ote Gaze Sp, st Blkngs have been Vib attend, farmland raze mil frther south, clearing more aces ot land and 3998 before le ores moved no the area. and dozens of oriied poston erect, ular more frtieations.This pattern of clearing broad areas and building fortified positions has been repeated hundreds of times across the Gaza Strip, a New York Times analysis of commercial satellite imagery found. Often these fortified positions, shown on the map below, are occupied by Israeli forces for only a few days before they move deeper into the enclave. Wide areas surrounding the fortifications also suffered extensive damage, with farmland and roads often destroyed by the movement of heavy tracked vehicles. Tempra eriatins 5 eGyPTIsrael's military capabilities far outmateh Hamas's, with tanks, guided munitions and modern fighter jets, but fighting in a built-up area is still high risk. There are many locations where Hamas fighters can hide and ambush Israeli troops, including the extensive tunnel network below Gaza. Military experts say that Israeli forces build fortified positions in order to guard against the risk of infantry attacks and anti-tank weapons used by Hamas, especially at night, when fewer troops are on patrol. “Troops can move into buildings for security, but vehicles are outside. Thus, the Israelis build these berms for protection,” said Mark F. Cancian, a former White House weapons strategist who is now a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Israeli vehicles in fortified postions near Khan Younis on Jan. 19 As forces advance, they often build new fortifications each night. “The Israelis don't want to pull their vehicles back every night and possibly lose territory,” Mr. Cancian said. A similar pattern can be seen around Khan Younis, the largest city in southern Gaza, which has been the main focus of Israel's operations since early December.Nov. 24 Dec. 19 Jan. 18, Tiswas Khon Younis nmi November, before Withintwoweeksaflsraefsinvasion of southern Over the past month, fae forces have continued sacs advance ino southern Gaza Gaza alerge aren tothe east of Khan Younishad ta advance around Khan Younis, and so orund ben lero. uaa, a border vilage. — Josh Holder and James Glanz Jan, 12,2004 U.S.-led strikes in Yemen signal a conflict ‘The United States and its allies carried out military strikes inside Yemen early Friday local time against targets linked to the Iranian-backed Houthi militia, indicating that violence in the region has escalated into a broader conflict in the Middle Bast. ted Se0 sean Hier ae sont ne ba enurnca ‘tt Bienen te sean tatoos voor % he mae Mi bse tet eco theie Sozcooam UK eye + Oat Radars, missiles and drone launch sites, and weapons storage areas were hit, according to a U.S. official.The strikes were in response to more than two dozen attacks by Houthi militia on commercial ships in the Red Sea, including missile strikes, drone attacks and the hijacking of a cargo ship. The militia has said the attacks are in support of Palestinians under Israeli bombardment in Gaza, although not all of the targets had a clear connection to Israel. ‘The Houthis and their allies condemned the U.S-led airstrikes in Yemen, vowing to retaliate. This comes after a string of attacks in the Middle East following the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7 and Israel's ensuing war in Gaza. Sares ek ¥ SUS oa said saat ber ~ Naa leader in et, Iarel and Hezbollah have ban ata aos Oe. | er \ own \ contining “Towne hve 2 stacked commercial —W oe US. and aed roe Ships he Regen, hitouthetnked sua Vet {oie Yemen, on ci Oyen The military strikes came a day after the United Nations Security Council voted to condemn the Houthi attacks, which it said impeded global commerce. Shipping companies operating in the region have been left with a difficult choice: either continue to use the Red Sea and face higher insurance premiums, or reroute ships around Africa and add 4,000 miles and 10 days to journeys. — Pablo Robles, Zach Levitt, Julie Walton Shaver and Josh HolderDec. 28,2028, Where Israel has invaded central Gaza ¢ The Israeli military advanced along a new front into central Gaza between Dec. 24 and Dec. 26, expanding its ground offensive as Israeli officials warn that war in Gaza could continue for “many more months” despite international calls for a cease-fire. A comparison of commercial satellite images taken two days apart shows clusters of armored vehicles massing on the outskirts of a densely built-up neighborhood, Al Bureij, in Deir al-Balah, about a mile from the border with Israel. The military confirmed in a news briefing on Tuesday that it was expanding the fighting to an area it called “the central camps” saying that it was targeting Hamas infrastructure in the area of Al Bureij and that it had discovered a tunnel shat. Until this week, the Israeli military had focused its ground forces on targeting what it said were Hamas operations in two primary areas: northern Gaza and Khan Younis, the largest city in the south. This latest advance opens a third major front in the military’s ground invasion, Israeli armored vehicles have been visible across large swaths of the Gaza Strip since the ground invasion began in late October, according to commercial satellite imagesanalyzed by The New York Times. [Where satellite imagery has shown Israeli armored vehicles in Gaza Evidence of vehicles since inasion bogan Eee Ser Israel has most recent) 8) =) ‘ecied ts otensive in rorthern Gaza on Jabaliya and Shajaye. evacuation 006 lara vehicles have ‘reached the outskirts of baer @ wel nconlGao co Vy Israel vehicles in southern (Gaza are most coneznirates tothe north and east of han Younis Fein J ISRAEL ~ . corer Se / = TS = In the weeks since the ground invasion of Khan Younis at the beginning of December, ground fighting and airstrikes have intensified there. Israeli military vehicles in southern Gaza are most concentrated to the north and east of Khan Younis, which Israel says has become Hamas's headquarters.Satellite imagery from this week reveals the devastation that has been wrought by the invasion in a large area, northeast of the city. Demolished buildings and bulldozed farmland are visible, along with large craters scattering the landscape. Evidence of armored vehicles and extensive damage near Khan Younis rao began ts ground invasion of Khan Youn nearly December ‘sce Senge Pt a en 28 «6TH wow The most recent evacuation order in the central Gaza Strip comes after orders in northern Gaza and Khan Younis that have caused mass displacement into ever-shrinking pockets of southern Gaza. Hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans have been cornered in Rafah, where they are struggling without sanitation, food or water and where bombing is frequent. — Josh Holder, Zach Levitt and Elena Shao Dee 20 2028 Where Israeli forces are conducting a two- pronged ground invasion of GazaWhile Israel's military has shifted focus toward Khan Younis, the largest city in southern Gaza, Israeli officials say they are still targeting Hamas strongholds in northern Gaza. Groups of Israeli armored vehicles can be seen in multiple areas of northern Gaza in commercial satellite imagery. Locations of lraell armored vehicles in northern Gaza on Dec. 15 aa 4 Nom GAZA 1 ob One } Jebaliya a pe het le © crossing the border aie israel The imagery, which The Times obtained from Planet Labs, a commercial satellite company, is not comprehensive, but it is the clearest evidence yet that Israel is pursuing a two- pronged offensive aimed at targets in the north and south of Gaza simultaneously. Israeli vehicles can be seen crossing the border into Gaza near Shajaiye, a neighborhood to the east of Gaza City, on Dec. 15.Shajaiye has been the f week. Israel suffered o counts of the ground in killed there. The Israeli military has said its aim is to root out Hamas fighters in the area. It is also where Israeli troops mistakenly shot three hostages who had been held by Hamas since the group’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7. The imagery also shows Israeli tanks in at least two other areas where Israeli officials say there are still Hamas strongholds. Tank tracks and fortifications can be seen to the north of Jabaliya, a dense neighborhood of apartment blocks that has been struck repeatedly by Israeli forces, including with at least two 2,000-pound bombs during one airstrike last month. On Dec. 15, about 40 armored vehicles could be seen ina clearing between residential buildings. The largest clusters of tanks are in southern Gaza, to the north and northeast of Khan Younis, which the Israeli military now calls “Hamas's military capital.”Locations of Israeli armored vehicles in southern Gaza on Dec. 1§Sea GAZA c eum) teraen (7 eth Rete cuterar © \ ase ‘ Southern as ie eh eee ~ More than 200,000 people lived in Khan Younis before the war and its population swelled as evacuation orders directed civilians to flee northern Gaza. Khan Younis has been frequently targeted by Israeli airstrikes since Oct. 7, despite its large civilian population, and satellite imagery shows that it is pockmarked with large craters. Israel has ordered civilians to leave Khan Younis, telling them to move into ever-shrinking pockets of southern Gaza. Many have been displaced to Rafah, Gaza's southernmost region, where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are now living in cramped, squalid conditions, with limited access to food, clean water and toilets. — Josh Holder and Leanne Abraham Dec. 7.2028Where Israel’s tanks have invaded southern Gaza 9 Israel’s renewed offensive has reached the outskirts of Khan Younis, southern Gaza's largest city, from which thousands of civilians are now trying to flee. Satellite imagery shows the clearest evidence so far of the extent of Israel's ground offensive in southern Gaza, where armored vehicles can be seen moving toward Khan Younis from several directions. The Times obtained and analyzed the imagery, which was taken on Wednesday morning, from Planet Labs, a commercial satellite company. 5 — Nisan rosin Modterancan GAZA STRIP PT fe Sone anasto ana ep an enn 8. + 6AM OT Israeli tanks, vehicle tracks and defensive fortifications are visible in imagery taken on Sunday, showing that Israeli forces entered southern Gaza via the Kissufim crossing point sometime on Friday or Saturday. Israeli vehicles also crossed the border farther south, to the northeast of Khan Younis, according to a New York Times analysis of publicly available satellite imagery from Copernicus taken on Wednesday. This sequence of images show how quickly the Israeli military has ramped up its operation around Khan Younis, where they believe Hamas leadership is sheltering after fleeing the northern part of the Gaza Strip.Israeli commanders have described intense house-to-house combat with Hamas fighters in the densely populated city of Khan Younis. The city had more than 200,000 residents before the war, and has become more crowded in recent weeks as people fled the intense conflict in northern Gaza,The military confrontations in Khan Younis are unfolding as humanitarian conditions have grown increasingly dire. Israel is ordering civilians — many who were already displaced from their homes in the north — to evacuate into ever-shrinking pockets of the coastal enclave and officials are struggling to get aid through. The United Nations has warned that shelters are far beyond capacity, forcing many people to sleep on the street or in empty lots. Khan Younis is also under heavy aerial bombardment. One neighborhood to the northeast of the city, shown below, has more than two dozen large craters and numerous destroyed buildings, mirroring the destruction in northern Gaza. —Josh Holder Dee. 4, 2023 Israel orders more evacuations in the south & Just over half of the total area of the Gaza Strip was under Israeli evacuation orders as of Sunday. Israel expanded its demands for evacuation in the south, telling those staying in central and eastern Khan Younis to leave, ahead of an expected ground invasion in the area. The Gaza Strip is home to more than two million people and is already among the most densely populated areas of the world.STRIP. aa oes ISRAEL Pata. EGYP ao DT sewb tne Hundreds of thousands of people fled to Khan Younis, Gaza's second-largest city, in the first stage of the war. The expanded orders follow earlier demands to evacuate the large area east of Khan Younis that borders Israel and encompasses the agricultural villages of Al Qarara, Bani Suheila, Abasan and Khuza’a, as well as the order Israel gave in the first week of the war to evacuate all of northern Gaza. — Lauren Leatherby and Leanne Abraham Now 20,2028 Half of all buildings in northern Gaza are likely damaged or destroyed, according to satellite analysis estimatesAn updated analysis of satellite imagery shows that in the month and a half since Israel’s war in Gaza started, about half of all buildings in the northern Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed. That proportion is up from roughly one-third of buildings estimated to have been damaged two weeks ago. Northern Gaza continues to sustain tremendous damage Damage since Nov.5 Older damage The destruction of buildings and other structures in northern Gaza has continued even as the Israeli military has established an increased presence there and continued its advance into Gaza City. Israeli forces have been steadilysurrounding hospitals in northern Gaza, including Indonesian Hospital, which was struck early on Monday morning. Israel says that Hamas, the armed group that rules Gaza and was responsible for the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, has concealed bases inside hospitals, and it has begun releasing videos that it says support its assertion. Hamas has denied Israeli accusations that it uses civilian infrastructure and says Israel is committing war crimes by targeting hospitals. More than 12,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel's bombardment of the strip began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Throughout the entire Gaza Strip, including southern Gaza, at least 56,000 buildings appear to be damaged, or an estimated 20 to 26 percent of all buildings, according to the analysis by two researchers, Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University and Corey Scher of the CUNY Graduate Center. The assessment identified individual building footprints that were most likely damaged based on an analysis of satellite imagery collected on Nov. 18. Damage since Now'S Older damageAccording to the analy: also been damaged in s| line that Israel establis! northern Gazans to rel some residents in and a Gaza have also reporte form of fliers address east of the city. Some at Khuza’a and Bani Suhei damage. — Leanne Abraham receiving evacuation orders In Khan Younis — the largest city in southern Gaza — some residents reported seeing fliers said to have been dropped by Israeli planes warning people in outlying villages to evacuate. The fliers, images of which have circulated online for days, were addressed to residents of four agricultural villages north and east of the city, near the border with Israel: Al Qarara, Bani Suheila, Abasan and Khuza’a. The four villages make up a large geographic area in southern Gaza. ‘Areas of evacuation orders | Area of earer ‘evecuiation order Matierinean ‘Sat sia ISRAEL Aloore Sa)al cover a The villages are east of Salah al-Din Road, the main north- south artery, which people have been using to flee from the north. The origin of the images was not clear and the Israeli military declined to comment on them. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said early Saturday that there had been “intense strikes” by the Israelis in the south as well as “ground clashes” between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups. The agency said that clashes took place in Khan Younis and near Rafah in southern Gaza, as well as in the north during the previous 24 hours. — Karen Zraick, Lauren Leatherby and Leanne Abraham Nov. 17,2003 Frequent clashes continue along Israel’s volatile border with Lebanon ¢ Israel’s military and Hezbollah, an armed militant group and ally of Hamas operating in Lebanon, have continued to clash along Israel's volatile northern border. Violence near the eracl-Lebanon border over the past six weeks, Location reported attacks or ehting BB vcssson [easieza] Rf ri ISRAELSy; = vi The escalating violence has stoked fears that Israel's war in Gaza, which began after Hamas led sweeping attacks on Israelis on Oct. 7, could widen to another front and potentially draw in Iran, which supports both Hamas and Hezbollah, However, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told the political leader of Hamas in early November that Iran would not enter the war on Hamas’s behall, according to Reuters Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, said in a speech last week that the group would keep up pressure on Israeli forces and try to strike targets deeper into Israeli territory, but he stopped short of a war declaration. Mr. Nasrallah previously described Hezbollahs objective as exchanging fire with a portion of Israel's military to keep it occupied along multiple fronts, reducing the burden on Hamas, The border skirmishes have, for the most part, involved Israeli troops and Hezbollah militia members. A few civilians have been killed on either side of the border since Oct. 7, according to reports from Israel's military and Lebanon's state news agency, and thousands more have fled their homes in border-area villages. — Elena Shao Nov. 14, 2028 Where Israeli vehicles are advancing into Gaza City Israeli forces have continued to advance deep into Gaza City, fighting street battles with Hamas and surrounding battered hospitals, where conditions are increasingly dire. Tracks of Israeli military vehicles, indicating the broadoutlines of the advance on the city from the north and the south, are visible in commercially available satellite imagery taken on Nov. 11.Hundreds of patients and thousands of displaced people have been trapped in Al-Shifa Hospital, the Gaza Strip’s largest, as Israeli tanks and troops battle Hamas fighters nearby. The World Health Organization said on Sunday that the hospital was no longer functioning, as three days “without electricity, without water and with very poor internet” had severely hurt its ability to provide care. Israeli officials say that Hamas uses hospitals in Gaza as shields for its fighters, and that the Israeli military is targeting an underground Hamas command center beneath the Al-Shifa complex. Hamas and hospital officials have denied the existence of such a command center. Israeli forces have reached at least three other hospitals in northern Gaza, including Al-Rantisi and Al-Nasr, which, have been evacuated, and Al-Quds, which is no longer operational. Fighting near Al-Quds on Monday disrupted efforts to evacuate patients and made it difficult for medical staff to make it in and out. — Leanne Abraham, Josh Holder and Elena Shao No. 10,2028 Violence escalates in the West Bank as confrontations turn increasingly deadly Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has escalated to nearly four times its level before the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, leading to more than 175 deaths, almost all of them Palestinian. [Number of violent clashes before and after Oct. ‘in each of West Bank’s regions ee rn i s Qaaiva elie: q west BANK ou Romalsh and Eerehwo pe ‘sdiinistatve dsret Jerusalem fo Hebron surged 0 113 260 nthe four weeks ater Oet7, rom 451 the four weeks before GAZA Bethlehem STRIP Hebcon 1.0 domains 108.70 Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli settlers and soldiers have been a longstanding issue. But the war between Israel and Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, has further stoked tensions in the West Bank. The territory is much bigger than Gaza and a more complex Palestinian- majority area, where a growing number of Israeli settlements have also taken root. Many of the confrontations have broken out either between Palestinian civilians and Israeli soldiers, often after an Israeli-led arrest or raid, or they have broken out after attacks and physical intimidation by Israeli settlers. Clashes between Palestinian militants and Israeli troops have also escalated, fanning fears that war could break out ona second front. ‘The confrontations have also become increasingly deadly. A large proportion of the civilian deaths occurred after demonstrations or protests turned violent. These included many instances in which Palestinians threw stones at Israeli forces, who then responded with tear gas, rubber- coated bullets, stun grenades or live ammunition, or a combination of those. A number of deaths also occurred during direct attacks in which Israeli soldiers opened fire on Palestinians. The data does not include episodes of violence that have occurred since Nov. 3, including Israeli military raids in the city of Jenin on Thursday, where 14 Palestinians were killed, according to Palestinian officials. The data was compiled by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, a crisis monitoring organization, which collected information about political violence in the WestBank by examining reports from governments, social media, and local and national news services. The map above does not include cases of looting, land seizure or property destruction in which physical violence ‘was not reported, But these sorts of episodes have also increased in frequency since Oct. 7, often targeting herders and Bedouin communities and destroying homes or sources of livelihood, like olive tree groves. Jewish setters stackad the viago of Wal a-Si inthe West Bank in October sa ten ‘More than 1,000 Palestinians in the West Bank, including entire herding communities, have been forcibly displaced from their homes since Oct. 7, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which has also been tracking the conflict. — Elena Shao and Bora Erden Now9.2008 Strikes hit hospitals, schools and other shelters for displaced people in the Gaza Strip ? Israeli strikes have continued to batter the Gaza Strip since Israel's ground invasion began 13 days ago. As the Israeli military has encircled Gaza City and reached deep into the city, air and ground strikes have hit locations throughout the enclave where thousands of displaced people are known tobe sheltering, including hospitals and schools. {Attacks with known fatalities on hospitals and schools, Oct. 28 through Nov. 8 A Foktura choo, Sites‘Rants Hospital, ‘corned 2 A Nae hres ‘sama bin Zayed oss wo ie Stoo 20 nee “wo soon at 2 i Aosta, * Gaza Sti At least two strikes since the invasion have hit Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical complex, where the United Nations has said 60,000 people are sheltering. On Nov. 3, Israel struck near the hospital's entrance, killing 15 people, according to Gaza's health ministry and the Palestine Red Crescent Society. Israel has said that Hamas has a command center under the hospital and that the strike targeted an ambulance being used by a terrorist cell. On Monday, a strike on the top floor at the same hospital killed one child, said Mohammed Abu Salmiya, the head of the hospital. Israel denied responsibility for the Monday attack, Gaza's health ministry said a strike on Saturday killed 15 people at Al Fakhura school, where 16,000 people were sheltering. Other strikes in the past 13 days have hit a medical complex that contains Al Rantisi Hospital and Al Nasr Children’s Hospital, which has been sheltering about 16,000 displaced people, as well as Al Quds Hospital, which has been sheltering 14,000. Reports from Wala, the state-run news agency of the Palestinian Authority, have additionally mentioned strikes on or in the vicinity of at least three other hospitals and five other schools in the past 13 days. Many strikes since the invasion have also hit densely populated, developed neighborhoods in Gaza that are designated as refugee camps, which are home to Palestinians and their descendants who fled or were expelled from their homes in the 1940s war that surrounded the creation of Israel. Itis unclear how many people remain in each of Gaza's refugee camp neighborhoods, particularly in the north, since tens of thousands of residents followed Israel's orders to evacuate to southern Gaza. What is certain is that manyothers have been unable to flee safely, and strikes in both the north and the south have resulted in numerous casualties. shat 42 ate 2 aga Jabaiye camp Borel camp 116,011 people registered 26,629 people registred (store evsuation orca hati comp Maghazl camp 90,733 peovioreistored 33.255 people registred Strikes on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 on Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 195 people and injured hundreds more, according to Gaza's Hamas-run government media office, and left a 40-foot-wide crater. The Israeli military said that the strike had targeted Hamas militants, including a central figure in the Hamas-led attacks in Israel on Oct. 7. Reports from Wafa have also mentioned attacks on the Jabaliya neighborhood on several other days, some with dozens of fatalities. The casualty counts could not immediately be independently confirmed. Refugee camp neighborhoods in the south, below the evacuation boundary established by Israel, have also been struck, including multiple times in Nuseirat, Bureij and Maghazi. A strike on Maghazi over the weekend killed at least 47 people, Gaza's health ministry said, with the death toll expected to rise. A spokesperson for the Israeli military said it was looking into reports of the strike.Overall in Gaza, about 1.5 million people are internally displaced, according to a United Nations estimate. — Lauren Leatherby and Leanne Abraham Now 72028 A third of buildings in northern Gaza are damaged or destroyed, analysis estimates * The vast devastation from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip continues to worsen, Roughly a third of all buildings in northern Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, an analysis of satellite imagery found — with thousands of buildings showing evidence of new damage just last week. Large swaths of northern Gaza are damaged Damage since Oct.29 Odor damageThe Israeli military has continued to pummel the Gaza Strip, and particularly northern Gaza, with strikes even as ground troops have moved toward Gaza City over the past week and a half. Israel said on Monday that it had struck about 450 targets in Gaza in the previous 24 hours. Israel has encircled Gaza City, effectively cutting northern Gaza off from the south. More than 10,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel’s bombardment of the strip began a month ago, according to the Gaza Health Ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. Throughout the entire Gaza Strip, including southern Gaza, at least 38,000 buildings appear to be damaged, or an estimated 13 to 18 percent of all buildings, according to the analysis by two researchers, Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University and Corey Scher of the CUNY Graduate Center. The assessment identified individual building footprints that were most likely damaged based on an analysis of satellite imagery ending on Sunday. The Israeli military on Monday reiterated its demand that residents of northern Gaza move south, and an evacuation corridor was reopened for four hours. United Nations monitors reported about 5,000 people left the north during that window, while others were unable to make the journey. Because of heavy damage to roads, the only option was to flee on foot, according to a report from the United Nations’ humanitarian and emergency relief office. The damage assessment shows that Israeli forces have continued to strike in southern Gaza, below the evacuation line, though damage there is less concentrated than in the north. ‘Aaditional strikes in southern Gaza [1Damage since Oct.29 Older damageInan interview with AB Israel’s Prime Minister] that he expected Israel responsibility” over Ga fighting there is over, t should govern the encl — Leanne Abraham and Intense clashes have eg northern border with Lf between Israel and He7] militia and political part Mpa peer On Friday, in his first remarks since the start of Israel's war with Hamas, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s leader, described the group's objective as a controlled battle along the border rather than an all-out war. But he also promised an eye for an eye on civilian deaths, raising concerns that the militia’s attacks would expand beyond military targets.Lebanon's state news agency said Sunday that four civilians, three of them children, who were traveling in a car in southern Lebanon were killed by an Israeli strike. Israel and Hezbollah have clashed repeatedly since Oct. 7, the date of Hamas's surprise attack on Israel. Mr. Nasrallah said that Hezbollah’s aim was to keep Israeli forces tied up along the northern border with Lebanon, reducing the burden on Hamas. Reported attacks and fighting over the last four weeks ‘rea of lashes Oct. 7-13, Oct. 14-20 ee ~~; Oct. 21-27 Oct. 28-Nov.3 ._ ee sagt aim, F During the immediate aftermath of the Hamas attack, Israel ordered evacuations of more than 150,000 residents living in villages near the border. — Malika Khurana, Zach Levitt, Elena Shao, Christine Zhang, Molly Cook Escobar and Euan Ward Nov. 3, 2023 Where Israel's invasion has cut Gazaintwo £ Israeli ground forces have reached across the full width of the Gaza Strip, satellite imagery shows, encircling Gaza’s largest city and cutting off the roads running south. ISRAE GAZA+ eavena Saba I STRIP The imagery, taken on E commercial satellite prc moved into Gaza and th where at least five grou south of Gaza City. aie ‘Stat Rival Aoi And the imagery confiri on Thursday night that several directions. Arm: meters from Al-Rasheec 2 the two main north-sou' may It is unclear how deep Israeli forces have entered into Gaza City itself. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on social media on Thursday that Israeli forces were already “beyond the outskirts” of the city. Israel’s recent advances have surrounded Gaza City above ground, but Hamas also relies on a network of tunnels, thought to be hundreds of miles long, to move around the enclave. Israel is targeting the tunnels with airstrikes, but it is hard to know what damage it has caused to the network so far. The imagery also shows entire dense neighborhoods in northern Gaza that look mostly leveled, reflecting the extraordinary level of devastation from Israeli bombardment over the past several weeks. At least a quarter of all buildings in northern Gaza appear damaged or destroyed as of Sunday, an analysis of satellite imagery found,In the small neighborhood of Izbat Beit Hanoun, shown below, dozens of craters are visible, and many buildings are completely destroyed. —Josh Holder and Bora Erden Nov. 2, 2028 Where Israeli forces are advancing toward Gaza Satellite imagery taken on Wednesday indicates that Israeli ground troops are continuing to close in on Gaza City. Heavy-vehicle tracks extend deep into the Gaza Strip along three fronts, the satellite image shows: three miles past Gaza’s northern border along the coast, 1.5 miles past the border in the northeast and along a westward stretch south of Gaza City, nearly reaching the coast.{sraeli troop movements in northern GazaSRAEL Where evidence of Israel foresee vibe Insatelite imagery Rat AvJadidoh Garacity » Israeli soldiers have been encroaching from the north, east and northeast in an effort to cut the northern part of the enclave off from the south. Earlier on Thursday, the Israeli military said that it had “completed the encirclement of Gaza City” and had advanced beyond the city’s outskirts. The military wing of Hamas, Al Qassam Brigades, did not confirm the claim, but said Thursday on Telegram that it had fired on Israeli forces near the Shati area along the coast and near Juhor ad Dik, close to Gaza’s eastern border. In the six days since Israel began its ground invasion, the Israeli military has continued its intensive aerial bombardment of northern Gaza. Several airstrikes earlier this week, which Israel said had targeted Hamas operatives, hit the densely populated Jabaliya neighborhood, leveling whole blocks.— Bora Erden, Zach Levitt, Elena Shao, Tim Wallace and Aaron Boxerman ot. 31,2008, Atleast a quarter of buildings in northern Gaza are damaged, analysis estimates * Tens of thousands of buildings in Gaza, including at least a quarter of all buildings in northern Gaza, appear damaged or destroyed, according to an analysis of satellite imagery. The assessment offers a newly detailed picture of the widespread devastation caused by the Israeli bombardment of Gaza in the past several weeks. Widespread damage in northern Gaza Damage since Oct.25 Older damageWhile only an estimate, the spatial analysis indicates the enormous destructiveness of Israel’s bombing campaign, which has become one of the most intense of the 21st century. Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed more than 8,000 people, according to Gazan health officials. Between 38,200 and 44,500 buildings throughout the Gaza Strip are estimated to have been damaged or destroyed since the beginning of the war, according to the analysis, by two researchers, Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University and Corey Scher of the CUNY Graduate Center. The analysis includes damage from the beginning of the war until Sunday, before a strike hit a densely populated residential area in Jabaliya on Tuesday. Wide swaths of Gaza City and the surrounding area have been damaged, with the greatest damage concentrated north of the city, according to the assessment, which identified individual building footprints that were most likely damaged based on an analysis of satellite imagery. Throughout Gaza, about 14 percent of buildings appear to be damaged or destroyed. Since Oct. 25, the Israeli military's aerial bombardment has damaged many homes and residential buildings, as well as commercial buildings, in northern Gaza. Israeli strikes also hit near Al Quds Hospital in Gaza City, where thousands were seeking refuge. The analysis shows that Israel has continued to strike southern Gaza even as it has renewed warnings for civilians to move there from the north. Continuing strikes in southern Gaza Damage since et. 25 Older damageirstrikes in southern many residences, a bal Prime Minister Benjai dismissed any possibili conference late Monday into the territory and aff populated Gaza City frd — Scott Reinhard, Bora| Shao Israel's military appea at least three sides. Phq show lines of armored northern border and tal farther south.Locations of Israel troops in northern GazzWher eraet troops ISRAEL have costed ofan’ EY¥ ‘armored t ys ae © vehicles, cs an iL 2 rene ese ts ioe » C Sos Sata eye tn + BT eT, Israel has provided limited details about the invasion, four days into what an Israeli official described as an “extended ground operation.” But imagery verified by The Times indicates large groups of tanks and other armored vehicles making their way deep into Gaza, as Israel's military has continued to strike nearby buildings from the air. In northwest Gaza, a satellite image taken on Monday morning by Planet Labs shows large groups of armored vehicles advancing about three miles south of the northern border near the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Groups of vehicles can be seen amassed in open spaces of the densely populated area of Al Karama, north of Gaza City, less than two miles north of the crowded Shati refugee camp. Many nearby buildings appear to have been heavily damaged or completely destroyed by airstrikes.Photographs also show a second group of armored vehicles near the city of Beit Hanoun, on the northeast edge of the Gaza Strip. Beit Hanoun had already been significantly damaged by airstrikes in the past several weeks. Farther south, a video taken by Palestinian media worker Youssef Al Saifi on Monday morning, and verified by The Times, showed an Israeli armored vehicle firing on and destroying a car along Salah al-Din, Gaza’s main north south road. The car was carrying a family, Mr. Al Saifi said. Satellite imagery from around the same time showed, groups of Israeli armored vehicles positioned near the road. Palestinian health officials say more than 8,000 people have been killed in Gaza, many of them children, since Israel began launching retaliatory airstrikes in response to a Hamas attack on Oct. 7. — Lauren Leatherby, Christoph Koettl, Agnes Chang, Josh Holder and Weiyi Cai ct. 29,2028, Amore detailed look at Israel’s advance into northern Gaza % Evidence of new vehicle tracks could be seen in satellite imagery, as Israeli troops crossed the border into northern Gaza over the last few days.“oN eh Te San Pa A screenshot from a video released by Israel's military on Saturday shows bulldozers creating a path for tanks entering northern Gaza. Information about Israel's ground operations has been limited, with internet and phone service just returning to parts of the strip on Sunday after a near-total blackout. — Weiyi Cai, Lauren Leatherby, Christoph Koettl, Elena Shao and Amy Schoenfeld Walker’ ct 28,2028 Where Israeli military videos show ground forces entering Gaza & Few details have emerged of the Israeli military advance into Gaza, where internet connections and phone lines have been almost entirely cut off. But videos released by Israel’s military and geolocated by The Times indicate at least three separate places where Israeli troops have crossed the border into northern Gaza over the past few days. Locations of tanks and strikes inside northern Gaza in videos released sinceThursday° ISRAEL ears 44 2 xy ‘Videos posted Thursday and — Sreaystowd phaser suelaceneaen Tina ovcate ters i AGE rv ope Iuhoraé Die Video posted Friday showed eae tanks moving Into Gaza ana eres on tesa vo areasin te Israeli military officials said on Saturday that troops remained in northern Gaza on Saturday evening after advancing into it on Friday. This marked a departure from the military's earlier releases, which had indicated that troops had exited the areas depicted in the videos after conducting strikes. While basic details of the operation remain shrouded in secrecy, video footage released by Israel's military on Saturday showed lines of tanks operating on the Gaza side of the northern border, along with clouds of smoke rising from significant explosions. Farther south, a line of tanks can be seen in footage released by Israel on Friday traveling west toward the village of Juhor ad Dik, southeast of Gaza City.Buildings, including what appear to be houses and apartment buildings, are seen being bombarded in an area about one mile long in Juhor ad Dik. The village is just north of the evacuation line that Israel established on Oct. 13 when it ordered all northern Gazans to relocate to the south, ‘Activity shown nan Israel itary vdeo posted Friday tsroeltanks onthe ground south ofGaza iy, Ie tanks ing fromthe shore in orthern ‘wavetog west. Gas. Bombing ofan apartment blog south of Bombardment ofbuldings in the vilage of Gazaciy Juhor 24 i. The ground advance on Friday was accompanied by a particularly intense round of Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza, as well as a widespread communication blackout that has made it difficult to assess the extent of the military action. So far, the maneuver appears more limited than some experts had predicted. Hamas's armed wing confirmed on Friday night and Saturday afternoon that its forces were fighting with Israeli soldiers inside Gaza, — Lazaro Gamio, Bora Erden, Scott Reinhard, Pablo Robles, Patrick Kingsley and Ronen Bergman ‘Oct. 26,2023 Anew look at where Israel has hitGaza An analysis of satellite imagery shows the tremendous structural damage that northern Gaza has sustained since Oct. 17, adding to already significant damage from the preceding 1 days. The Israeli military said Wednesday that it had struck more than 7,000 targets inside Gaza.Widespread damage in northern Gaza IDamagesince Det 17 Older damage Photographs taken in Gaza show the enormous range of buildings damaged by strikes in the past week, which include bakeries, a supermarket, a restaurant and many houses and residential buildings. The 19-day bombing campaign has become one of the most intense of the 21st century. The area around Gaza City has been hit particularly hard. On the morning of Oct, 23, smoke blanketed much of that region. A soft drink manufacturing facility in an eastern area of the city, its roof covered with solar panels, was burning.Smoke covers Gaza CityOver the past two weeks, Israel has ramped up airstrikes in southern Gaza even after demanding the relocation of hundreds of thousands of residents of northern Gaza to the south. The increase in strikes in the south also coincides with the arrival of aid convoys through the Rafah crossing on the border with Egypt. These maps do not capture strikes that did not result in damage to manmade structures. Intensitying strikes in southern Gaza Damage since Oct. 17 Oldor damage— Zach Levitt, Leanne / Wallace More Palestinians have West Bank in the past f in at least the past 15 yq authorities and historic} Israeli forces and settle] Israeli-occupied Wes 7, health officials said, a already a particularly d Israeli soldier was also 300 2008 ou ania 2017 2020 2008 Most of the Palestinian deaths in the West Bank have been in clashes with Israeli forces, while others were the result of settler attacks. Masked settlers shot and killed three Palestinians in the village of Qusra on Oct. 11, according to Palestinian health officials. At a funeral procession for the victims the next day, settlers attacked again, killing two more Palestinians, a father and son.Where Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank inthe past weekJenin refugee camp IgRaeL. {wo Paestinsnshled byan sacl arstrike fon amosque on Oc. 22 ‘NurShams Maditeranean Tepes cam ‘Sa Telavy ——Shugha Jemmain WEST Two Palestinian BANK twcnagers killed Budrus ura al ara ISRAEL Jerusalem Aaroud otugee camp Ded GAZA ‘Sea The Israeli military carried out a rare airstrike in the West Bank on a mosque in Jenin on Saturday night, killing two. Israel’s military said it was targeting a “terror compound” beneath the mosque that it said was being used to organize an attack. Araid by Israeli forces on the Nur Shams refugee camp on Thursday ended in the deaths of 13 Palestinians, including five children, as well as an Israeli soldier. The soldier was the first Israeli to have died in the West Bank since Oct. 7, according to UN. data. “We are extremely alarmed by the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied West Bank and the increase in unlawful use of lethal force,” said Ravina ‘Shamdasani, a spokeswoman for the U.N. human rights chief, Volker Turk. — Lauren Leatherby and Josh HolderIntensifying clashes on the Israel-Lebanon border # As Israeli forces prepare for a possible ground invasion of Gaza, frequent clashes along Israel's northern border have amplified fears of a broader conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia backed by Iran, Reported attacks and fighting since Tuesday rca where evacustons were ordered Sun nt ane Fo: abnor ann As + Sangria dng Israeli authorities said on Sunday that they planned to evacuate 14 additional villages near the Lebanese border. The announcement was an expansion of an earlier evacuation order for communities in the area amid intensifying skirmishes between Hezbollah and Israeli troops. Hezbollah has increased its attacks aimed at northern Israel in recent days, and Israel has retaliated in southern Lebanon, But it is not possible to attribute all of the reported clashes individually to one side or the other. Reported attacks and fighting by day ea where evacustons were ordered Oct. 17 Oct, 18 Oct. 19 Oct. 20Oct. 21 Oct. 22 ‘ascent orn en tana tom amy» Set ap am iedoan Chet, St Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said on Sunday that he did not know whether Hezbollah would join the conflict, but said it would result in “devastating, consequences to Hezbollah and the state of Lebanon’ if it did. Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s deputy chief, said on Saturday that the clashes near the border were keeping Israeli troops tied down in the north instead of leaving them free to deploy against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. — Molly Cook Escobar, Elena Shao and Charlie Smart tae oe, 2003 First aid trucks move through Rafah crossing as southern Gaza is pummeled by strikes The first convoy of aid trucks moved through the Rafah crossing on Saturday at Gaza's southern border with Egypt. The convoy of 20 trucks came after days of intense negotiations. Satellite imagery from Tuesday showed crowds in Gaza waiting at the gate, aid trucks stuck in Egypt and several craters where U.N. officials said Israeli strikes had damaged the road. 1,000 feet Crowds vaitre steate EGYPT GAZA strike path lars crossing ate Adéitona ening Humanitarian ais track wangsore pen tang rad The convoy of aid, which the World Health Organization warned would “barely begin to address the escalating health needs” in Gaza, comes as conditions have further deteriorated in southern Gaza. With clean drinking water in short supply, many Gazans have resorted to drinking, polluted water. The Israeli military has intensified strikes throughout the region over the past week, despite ordering the entire population of northern Gaza to relocate to the south last Friday. Israel has hit dozens of targets in the south since Oct. 13, according to The Times's reporting, news imagery and WAFA, the official news agency of the Palestinian Authority —arival of Hamas that administers parts of the Israel- oceupied West Bank. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said on Thursday that at least 81 Palestinians had been killed in southern Gaza in the previous 24 hours. ‘Structures in southern Gaza reported damaged or destroyed since Oct. 13, Damage sen in satelite anatss, Oct. 12-17 Retugoe camp Area ot evacuation / Nusrat 2hovses 1 apariment burg 1 mosque Tokery mart 2other ules ‘Ar Zawayd | Sitegtl Tove [een Deipat Bath i Teravses ISRAEL Medteronson es khan Younis:.| Bani Subeila {sparen bala mr Sather resents! igs a ‘schoo Rafah \ Shauses Nosees 1 apetnen ling ne Sotne resaerial bases etal organization Aotheroulengy EGYPT Smile Gazan authorities also reported Israeli airstrikes throughout the week in the southern areas of Khan Younis and Rafah, as well as Deir al Balah in central Gaza, which also falls below the evacuation zone. In photos and videos, many children appeared to be among those killed. Gazan authorities have also reported that at least 21 members of the same family died in one Israeli strike. Israeli strikes in southern Gaza since evacuation order ‘home in etl Bala was stuck on et 15 The Nuselrat refugee camp was suck on Ot. | ‘residential tui in Khan Younis wes The Rafah refuge camp was srk on Oc. struckonOct. 17 veut Tenenok 17 rian ame Pe Tho Burl refugee camp wassiruckonOct, Astike lot largo cater n Khan Younis on 18 itn sR ese (et. 19 ative ree About one million Gazans have been displaced from their homes since the beginning of the conflict, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, some 367,500 in central and southern Gaza. While the exact number and location of internally displaced people who evacuated from the north is unclear, satellite imagery and photos show that, in at least one instance, tents were erected in the past week in the courtyard of a U.N-run vocational training center.Khan Yours Training College Tents A ssttite Image often nthe court of @ UN. traning center on Oct. 20. ‘The tensin the courtard as photosapied Get. 19. Pay in en Scores of U.S. citizens and Palestinians with foreign passports have been waiting at the border with suitcases, trash bags and other belongings in the hope of receiving permission to leave Gaza. It remains unclear if or when they will be permitted to do so, eo a) “The Gaza side o the Rafeh border crossing has bosn crowded wth poopla wating o leave. — Lauren Leatherby, Karen Yourish, Scott Reinhard, Eleanor Lutz, Agnes Chang, and Leanne Abraham ee 19,2028 How Israel is preparing for an invasion ¢ The Israeli military has outlined plans to launch a ground invasion of Gaza soon, with tens of thousands of soldiers ordered to capture Gaza City and wipe out the top leadership of Hamas. Here's how Israel is preparing for the invasionIsrael deployed hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles to two fields north of Gaza, which could be seen in satellite imagery captured earlier this week. 1 2 The sites are not a secret: Photographers have been allowed access to the vehicles, which arrived at the site sometime between Oct. 8 and Oct. 14, according to imagery from Planet Labs. Photographs taken at the same location on Saturday show a range of armored vehicles, including Merkava tanks, armored personnel carriers and militarized bulldozers. The military buildup seen in these images is about four miles north of the Erez Crossing, the primary entry point on Gaza’s northern border. The Erez Crossing has remained closed since Israeli forces recaptured it following its seizure by Hamas fighters on Oct. 7.Fold where tanks 3/F ieee cara ity | SRAEL While an exact accounting of every part of Israel’s buildup is not possible, Israeli tanks have also been seen in other locations. Tanks and armored vehicles were photographed on Oct. 14 at a repair center near Be’eri, about two miles north of the site of the music festival Hamas attacked. Ahead of the ground invasion, Israel has demanded that the entire population of northern Gaza — some 1.1 million people — evacuate to the southern half of the territory. But many people are unable to move, and on Tuesday Israel said it had intensified its bombing in cities in southern Gaza, leading some Palestinians to consider returning home. — Josh Holder (ct. 18,2028 An updated look at where Israel has hit Gaza ¢ An updated analysis of satellite imagery shows areas in Gaza that have been significantly damaged in the first 11 days of Israet’s retaliatory airstrikes. Northern Gaza has continued to receive the brunt of the attacks in recent days, as airstrikes pummeled large parts of Beit Hanoun and the regions near Rimal and Al Jadidah. Strikes also inflicted more damage on the Shati and Jabaliya refugee camps, both of which were previously hit in the earliest days of the war.‘The majority ofthe damage is concentrated in northern Gaza [Damage since October 12 Older damage Bat Lanaa abaya caza et ss Gaza city ISRAEL é é AiMoghaca Neseiot But — Areas along the Salah Al-Din Road, one of two major routes used by Gazans escaping to the southern part of the territory, were also significantly damaged. Dozens of civilians were killed by strikes as they attempted to flee south, according to the Interior Ministry in Gaza. On Friday, Israeli officials warned 1.1 million civilians living in northern Gaza to evacuate to the south for their own safety, even as Israeli forces intensified bombings in the southern cities of Khan Younis and Rafah. Pockets of Abasan al-Kabira and Khuza‘a were also damaged, along with parts of the Nuseirat, Bureij and Rafah refugee camps.The Israeli military has said that its airstrikes have targeted command centers, operatives and hide-outs that belong to Hamas, including “terror targets” in Khan Younis and Rafah, ‘Southern Gaza has also experienced extensive damage [Damage since October 12 Older damage eae seat Bua etal alah tm ST sp HN Wala Salen Ngarra passives BaniSunola ——Atosenal- Kaba %, % ston sok a EGYPTLiving conditions have deteriorated rapidly in southern Gaza as food, clean water and other essential supplies dwindle. On Wednesday, President Biden announced that Egypt would allow 20 trucks of humanitarian aid into Gaza asa test to see if a more sustained flow can begin. The analysis does not yet show the damage to the Ahli Arab Hospital campus in Gaza City, where hundreds of people were killed in an explosion on Tuesday evening that Israeli officials and Palestinian fighters each blamed on the other. — Elena Shao and Leanne Abraham (18,2028 The aftermath of the hospital explosion in Gaza % Daylight Wednesday made clear the scale of the explosion at the Ahli Arab Hospital, even as the exact cause remained in dispute. Over the past week, hundreds of families, fleeing airstrikes, had sought refuge on the campus of the hospital. Photos and videos showed the extent of some of the damage.A small impact crater, caused by the munition that hit the area, was visible close to the parking lot. Damage could be seen on some of the surrounding buildings and structures: roof tiles were blown off a church, an ambulance port anda building. Windows in a building housing a cancer diagnostic center were shattered. The imagery also showed more than a dozen vehicles in the parking lot that were burned, overturned or otherwise damaged. Parts of the parking lot were charred, and fencing was destroyed. The hospital was also hit on Oct. 14, which damaged the diagnostic center and injured four staff members. Video and images reviewed by The Times indicate that most of the damage shown here was likely caused by Tuesday's, explosion. Two hours before the explosion, the courtyard was filled with people singing for peace and children playing, Hosam. Naoum, Jerusalem's Anglican archbishop, told reporters on Wednesday. A frame from a video taken Wednesday showed some of the personal items left by people who had been sheltering in the courtyard. Playground ‘equipment ‘Sleeping mats ‘and cushions thing“retenvet nner ety Some eeehale wosPiTaL Gazan officials have said that hundreds of people wepwRtvAaR> killed in the explosion, but the exaaiecasualty numbers were unclear. Many of those killed were women and children, said Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra, a spokesman for the Health Ministry in Gaza. — Lauren Leatherby, Karen Yourish, Scott Reinhard, Josh Holder, Eleanor Lutz, Hiba Yazbek and Christoph Koett! Updated Oct. 18,2028, Childrens backoacks Explosion at Gaza hospital kills hundreds, Palestinians say & Hundreds of people were killed by an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday, according to Gazan officials, Palestinian officials said the explosion was caused by an Israeli airstrike, while Israeli officials blamed a rocket launch by militants in Gaza. i 6 Hundreds reprtaty fied n nlesor at Datasisat As of Wednesday morning local time, the precise death toll was still unclear. Many civilians had been sheltering at the hospital. The Civil Defense in Gaza said medical teams were overwhelmed and unable to respond adequately because the hospital was so badly damaged. EI) ‘axaPhotos and videos from Wednesday morning showed that, the courtyard area appeared to receive the most damage. The courtyard area ofthe An Arab Hospital on Wednesday morning. Maannas So The Israeli Defense Forces said on Tuesday night that its intelligence indicated the Islamic Jihad was responsible for a failed rocket launch. A spokesman for the Islamic Jihad denied the assertion, saying the group's armed wing was not operating in the area. This video, verified by The New York Times, is the moment a munition struck the hospital in Gaza City, causing an explosion that the Gazan health ministry said killed hundreds.Ahli Arab Hospital, founded in 1882, is operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. It is the only Christian hospital in Gaza. — Lauren Leatherby, Eleanor Lutz, Scott Reinhard, Josh Holder, Aric Toler, Riley Mellen and John Ismay ct 18,2008 Protests arise after deadly hospital blast in Gaza ¢ Anger over the hospital blast in Gaza led to a spate of prot cross the Middle East and North Africa on Tuesday night, fueling tensions in a region already rocked by war. People took to the streets from neighboring Lebanon and Jordan to Morocco. Protests were also reported in Europe, South America and the United States. Protests after Anli Arab Hospital blastHezbollah, the Lebanese militant group that has fought escalating clashes with Israel in recent days, denounced the hospital strike as an Israeli “massacre” The group called for a “day of rage” on Wednesday against Israel and President Biden’s visit, according to a statement. The Israeli military and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the blast had resulted from a failed rocket launch by Islamic Jihad, a group allied with Hamas. Protesters marching n support of Palestinians in ont ofthe Brtish Embassy InTeen. ea The cause of the blast at Ahli Arab Hospital, as well as the death toll, remained unclear as of Wednesday morning. — Agnes Chang and Karen Yourish (oct. 16,2028 Violence along the border between Israel and Lebanon ¢ Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah intensified over the weekend along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, fueling fears of a wider regional conflict. Civilians were killed on both sides of the border.oct. 8, oct-14 Bact positions ons & et. 15 ‘Givin Wied | un Shae cone = toe ° & matt | Baie ‘ters ned Chian Mee aac a say id a feral “eset 8 persian On Monday, the Israeli military announced it would. evacuate all residents who live within two kilometers of the border with Lebanon, strengthening orders from Sunday that civilians must stay close to safe rooms in their homes. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a strike that killed at least one Israeli civilian and injured three others on Sunday, saying the attack was in response to the death of a Reuters cameraman, Issam Abdallah, on Friday, as well as two other civilians killed in a separate strike on southern Lebanon on Saturday when their house was hit by shelling. Prime Minister Najib Mikati of Lebanon blamed Mr. Abdallah’ death on Israel, whose military said it was investigating, On Sunday, a rocket hit the headquarters for U.N. peacekeeping in southern Lebanon. No injuries were reported.‘shal rom sacl aril expledes over a house in a Bustan, Lebanese bordarvilage with eae, on Sunday. Mer Ace re Attacks have been ongoing at the border since last weekend, when Hamas launched a surprise assault. - Lauren Leatherby, Ashley Wu and Agnes Chang, Updated Oct. 17,2023 Outside of Gaza, instability and uncertainty throughout the region # As attention has been focused in and around Gaza, tensions have mounted elsewhere in the region.LEBANON Clashes and sheling continued ‘Sunday on Israels northern order with Lebanon. SvRIA ccovan rts had strck HEIGHTS punseut nd Aepo Mediterranean ‘Se The US. sent a second ‘Atleast 61 Palestinians sireraft carir tothe WEST ied clashes nthe taster Mediterranean SW BANK West one ‘on Saturday Juss = ae ey aaza The Esypt-Gaza border oe remained closed Sunday as ° Splomats negotiated to alow JORDAN ‘and foregners through the Rafah crossing. ISRAEL EGyPT Since Oct. 7, the Israeli military and Hezbollah, a Lebanese political party and militant group allied with Hamas, have each carried out multiple attacks along the Israel-Lebanon border. Israel has been seeking to prevent Iran from moving weapons through Syria, and attacks on Syrian airports have been reported. Egypt’s Rafah border crossing remained blocked as of Sunday, preventing Gazans as well as foreign nationals from escaping Gaza. Casualties in the West Bank have not approached the levels, in Gaza. But at least 6] Palestinians have been killed with clashes with the Israeli army and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since Oct. 7, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, reported that some of those people were shot and killed by Israeli forces during confrontations or protests, while others were civilians killed in a series of attacks by settlers. Israeli