Insurgency in the northern Gaza Strip

Insurgency in the northern Gaza Strip
	Part of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip in the Gaza war
	; Reported military situation in March 2024
Date	7 January 2024 – 19 January 2025; (1 year, 5 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location	North Gaza Governorate and Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Result	Inconclusive Ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from northern Gaza; Israel fails to remove Hamas from power;
Belligerents
Hamas; Palestinian Islamic Jihad; Popular Resistance Committees; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine; Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades; Palestinian Mujahideen Movement; Palestinian Security Services Palestinian Police; ;	Israel
Commanders and leaders
Yahya Sinwar †; Mohammed Deif X; Mohammed Sinwar; Izz al-Din al-Haddad; Faiq Al-Mabhouh †	Benjamin Netanyahu; Yoav Gallant; Israel Katz; 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
Palestinian Joint Operations Room Al-Qassam Brigades North Brigade Beit Lahia Battalion; Beit Hanoun Battalion; Al Khalifa al Rashidun Battalion; Martyr Suhail Ziadeh Battalion; Jabalia al Balad (Abdul Raouf Nabhan) Battalion; Imad Aql (Western) Battalion; Elite Battalion; ; Gaza Brigade Sabra-Tal al Islam Battalion; Daraj wal Tuffah Battalion; Radwan (al Furkan) Battalion; Shujaiya Battalion; Zaytoun Battalion; Shati Battalion; ; ; Al-Quds Brigades; Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades; Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades; National Resistance Brigades; Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades; Mujahideen Brigades; ; Palestinian Security Services Palestinian Police; ;	Israeli Defence Forces Israeli Ground Forces Bislamach Brigade; Givati Brigade Rotem Battalion; ; Golani Brigade 13th Battalion; ; Israeli Combat Engineering Corps Yahalom; ; Kfir Brigade Netzah Yehuda Battalion; ; Paratroopers Brigade 202nd Battalion; ; 7th Armored Brigade 75th Battalion; ; 8th Armored Brigade 129th Battalion; ; ; Israeli Air Force; Israeli Navy; ;
Casualties and losses
20+ militants killed (in early stages, per IDF); 1+ policemen killed	31+ soldiers killed; 1 Namer APC destroyed; 1 Merkava tank damaged; 1 IDF Caterpillar D9 bulldozer destroyed

The insurgency in the northern Gaza Strip was a series of armed engagements centered in the North Gaza Governorate, beginning after Israel announced it had dismantled 12 Al-Qassam Brigades battalions on 7 January 2024, as part of the Gaza war.

Several Palestinian militant groups, led by Hamas, began resurging in territories formerly cleared by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), after 4 months of bombardment and 3 months of ground invasion.