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10/9/23
The IDF announces its jet fighters struck 130 targets in the Gaza Strip, and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant orders a "complete siege" of Gaza, cutting electricity to the region and blocking fuel and food from entering the territory from Israel.
10/13/23
The IDF calls for "all residents of Gaza City to evacuate their homes" and " move south for their protection.&qout;
10/14/23
Egypt, Israel and the United States agree to allow foreigners in Gaza to pass through the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, causing a chaotic rush to the southern border by Palestinians and foreigners hoping to escape. But no firm timeline is set on when the border will open.
10/16/23
The Israel Defense Forces say the number of hostages believed to have been taken by Hamas has climbed to 199.
10/17/23
Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says hundreds of people are killed in an explosion outside the al-Ahli Hospital in the middle of Gaza City
Oct. 24, U.S. intelligence officials confirmed a preliminary U.S. government assessment "with high confidence that Israel was not responsible for the explosion of the hospital and that Palestinian militants were responsible."
10/19/23
Meanwhile, the IDF says it has determined that the number of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas is up to 203.
10/28/23
Prime Minister Netanyahu announces that the war on Hamas had entered a "new phase," including increased aerial attacks and broader, sustained ground operations.
11/6/23
Israeli Air Force planes continued their bombing campaign throughout Gaza, striking some 450 targets overnight, as other Israeli forces captured a Hamas compound, IDF officials said in a statement.
11/9/23
Israel will start to implement four-hour pauses in fighting in areas of northern Gaza each day, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby announces.
11/10/23
The fighting around Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza intensifies, and a strike hits the courtyard outside the hospital. The hospital loses power and ceases functioning as a hospital.
11/14/23
The IDF announces the temporary opening of evacuation corridors in the war-torn Gaza Strip to allow more people in the north of the Hamas-run enclave to move south via the Salah al-Din highway. Israeli Defense Minister Gallant says during a briefing that "Hamas has lost control of Northern Gaza."
11/16/23
Israeli ground troops continue to carry out a raid on Al-Shifa Hospital for a second day. A spokesperson for the IDF tells ABC News that, as of 1 p.m. local time, soldiers were still inside the hospital, some 34 hours after launching the raid.
11/21/23
The World Health Organization says at least three hospitals in the war-torn Gaza Strip have requested help with evacuating patients, and that planning is underway to evacuate AlShifa Hospital, Indonesian Hospital and Al-Ahli Hospital in northern Gaza –– but that such an event was a last resort.