Battle of Beit Hanoun
| Battle of Beit Hanoun | |||||||||
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| Part of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and the insurgency in the North Gaza Strip during the Gaza war | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Israel |
Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | ||||||||
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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60+ soldiers killed or wounded 1 Namer APC destroyed | Unknown | ||||||||
The battle of Beit Hanoun began on 27 October 2023 in the midst of the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. On 18 December 2023, Israeli forces had prematurely signalled that they had full control over Beit Hanoun and had destroyed Hamas’ Beit Hanoun Battalion. However, clashes continued in the town. Israeli forces withdrew from the town on the 24th of December. Subsequently, some Palestinian militants infiltrated back into the town and conducted attacks against Israeli forces to the east.