Kwanaki biyu da suka wuce, Isra’ila ta marka shekarar hijarar da kungiyar Hamas ta kai ta a ranar 7 ga Oktoba 2023. Hijarar ta faru ne lokacin da ‘yan tada kai na Hamas suka kai harin makamancin na farin ciki a kan Isra’ila, inda suka harbe roketi da dama da suka shiga cikin yankunan farar hula na Isra’ila da sansanonin sojoji.
Harin na Oktoba 7 ya kashe mutane 1,195 na Isra’ila da waje, ciki har da fararen hula 815, kuma an kama mutane 251 a Gaza. Hamas ta ce harin nata na nuna adawa da ci gaban da Isra’ila ke yi na yankin, katsewar Gaza, da kuma zargin cutar da masallacin Al-Aqsa da halin da aka sanya wa Filistini.
A ranar 27 ga Oktoba 2024, sojojin Isra’ila sun kaddamar da yakin neman kasa a yankin arewacin Gaza, da nufin suna neman kawar da Hamas da kuma saki wa wadanda aka kama. An yi wa yankin al-Quds hospital na Gaza bom, inda aka yi imanin cewa kusan mutane 14,000 ke neman mafaka a can.
Kungiyar Hamas ta shirya wani harin mai girma don marka shekarar hijarar ta Oktoba 7, amma sojojin Isra’ila sun hana shi. An kashe daya daga cikin masu tsara harin, Islam Oda, a yunkurin da aka yi a Tulkarm.
