All events marking 3 years since 10/7 - and the war axis
ynet publishes a comprehensive timeline marking three years since the October 7, 2023 attack, including the key events that have shaped Israel since: the Hamas attack, the ground maneuver in Gaza, the campaign against Hezbollah, direct confrontations with Iran, hostage deals, assassinations of senior figures, and additional operations.
ynet publishes a comprehensive timeline marking three years since the October 7, 2023 attack, including the key events that have shaped Israel since that morning. The timeline begins with the Hamas surprise attack on October 7, 2023, in which about 1,200 people were murdered and 251 Israelis and foreigners were kidnapped, and the declaration of the 'Swords of Iron' war. It then describes Hezbollah's joining the fighting on October 8, the evacuation of residents of the Gaza envelope and the north, and the formation of a national emergency government with Benny Gantz. The timeline details the release of the first female hostages in humanitarian gestures in October 2023, the start of the ground maneuver in Gaza on October 27, the rescue of observer Uri Magidish, and the first hostage deal in November 2023 in which 105 hostages were released. It then describes the assassination of Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut in January 2024, Operation 'Golden Hand' to rescue Fernando Marman and Louis Har from Rafah in February, the first Iranian attack in April 2024, the start of the operation in Rafah in May, Operation 'Arnon' to rescue four hostages from Nuseirat in June, the departure of the National Camp from the government, the assassination of Mohammed Deif in July, the assassination of Fuad Shukr in Beirut and Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July, the rescue of Farhan Qadi in August, the murder of six hostages in a tunnel in Rafah in September, the pager operation in September 2024, the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah in September, the second Iranian attack and the ground maneuver in Lebanon in October, the assassination of Yahya Sinwar in October, Operation 'Days of Repentance' in Iran in October, the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in November, the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon in November 2024, the fall of the Assad regime in Syria in December 2024, the second hostage deal in January 2025, Operation 'Sword and Bow' in March 2025, Operation 'Chariots of Gideon' in May 2025, and the combined Operation 'Like a Lion' by Israel and the US against the Iranian nuclear program in June 2025. The timeline ends with the attack on the General Staff headquarters in Damascus in July 2025 following massacres of the Druze population.