Nahal Oz attack

Nahal Oz attack
	Part of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel
	; Buildings in the Nahal Oz kibbutz
Date	7 October 2023
Location	Nahal Oz, Southern District, Israel31°28′21″N 34°29′50″E / 31.47250°N 34.49722°E
Result	Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad victory.
Belligerents
Hamas; Palestinian Islamic Jihad	Israel
Commanders and leaders
Wissam Farhat	Shilo Har-Even †; Ilan Fiorentino †
Units involved
Palestinian Joint Operations Room Al-Qassam Brigades Shuja'iyya Battalion; ; Al-Quds Brigades; ;	Israel Defense Forces Israeli Ground Forces Golani Brigade 13th Battalion; ; 98th Paratroopers Division 35th Paratroopers Brigade 890th Battalion; ; ; ; Israeli Air Force; ; Israel Police Israeli Border Police Yamam; ; ; Kibbutz Nahal Oz security team;
Strength
Military outpost:; c. 215 fighters (65 first wave, 50 second wave, 100 third wave); Kibbutz:; c. 180 fighters	Military outpost:; 162 soldiers (90 armed); Kibbutz: 16 security team members (4 armed); 11 Border Police officers; Maglan and Givati Brigade reinforcements
Casualties and losses
Military outpost:; 71 fighters killed; Kibbutz:; c. 80 fighters killed	Military outpost:; 53 soldiers killed; 10 soldiers captured; 2 Merkava tanks disabled; 1 Namer APC disabled; Kibbutz:; 2 kibbutz security officers killed; 4 security forces personnel killed; 11 civilians killed; 8 taken hostage

The Nahal Oz attack was an assault on the kibbutz of Nahal Oz and the adjacent military base near the northern Gaza Strip on the morning of 7 October 2023 as part of a 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel. In the attack, more than 60 Israeli soldiers and fifteen civilians were killed. Some soldiers and eight civilians were kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip. The IDF claims that several dead bodies were also taken to the Gaza Strip after being killed at the base or kibbutz.