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December 2008 Gaza Strip airstrikes

Gaza War
Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict
Gaza Strip map2.svg
Map of Gaza
Date 27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009
(3 weeks and 1 day)
Location Gaza Strip and Southern Israel
Result

Israeli military victory

Belligerents
Israel Israel (IDF, ISA)

 Gaza Strip

Commanders and leaders

Israel Ehud Olmert
Prime Minister
Israel Ehud Barak
Minister of Defense
Israel Gabi Ashkenazi
Chief of General Staff
Israel Yoav Galant
Southern Command
Israel Ido Nehoshtan
Air Force
Israel Eli Marom
Navy
Israel Eyal Eisenberg
Gaza Division

Israel Yuval Diskin
Internal Security Service

Flag of Hamas.svg Khaled Mashal
Flag of Hamas.svg Ismail Haniyeh
Flag of Hamas.svg Said Seyam (KIA)
Flag of Hamas.svg Mohammed Deif
Flag of Hamas.svg Abu Zakaria al-Jamal (KIA)
Flag of Hamas.svg Ahmed Jabari
Flag of Hamas.svg Tawfik Jaber (KIA)
Flag of Hamas.svg Osama Mazini
Flag of Hamas.svg Nizar Rayan (KIA)
Flag of Hamas.svg Mahmoud al-Zahar

Flag of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.svg Ramadan Shallah
Strength

IDF: 4,000–20,000 deployed in ground invasion and tens of thousands of reservists mobilized (176,000 total active personnel)

Hamas (Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigades and paramilitary police): 20,000 (est. total)
Other Palestinian paramilitary forces: 10,000

Casualties and losses

Total killed: 13
Soldiers: 10 (friendly fire: 4)
Civilians: 3

Total wounded: 518
Soldiers: 336
Civilians: 182

Total killed: 1,417 (PCHR), 1,391 (B'Tselem), 1,166 (IDF)

Militants and police officers:
491* (PCHR), 600* (B'Tselem), 709 (IDF), 600–700 (Hamas)
Civilians: 926 (PCHR), 759 (B'Tselem), 295 (IDF)

Total wounded: 5,303 (PCHR)

Total captured: 120 (IDF)

One Egyptian border guard officer killed and three wounded, and two children wounded.
Over 50,800 Gaza residents displaced.

Over 4,000 homes destroyed; around $2bn worth of damage to Gaza
*255 (PCHR) or 265 (B'Tselem) police officers were killed.

Israeli military victory

 Gaza Strip

Israel Ehud Olmert
Prime Minister
Israel Ehud Barak
Minister of Defense
Israel Gabi Ashkenazi
Chief of General Staff
Israel Yoav Galant
Southern Command
Israel Ido Nehoshtan
Air Force
Israel Eli Marom
Navy
Israel Eyal Eisenberg
Gaza Division


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