1 January — The Palestinian Authority orders the suspension of broadcasts and operations by Al Jazeera in the West Bank, accusing it of broadcasting "inciting materials" and "misleading reports" that "provoke strife and interfere in Palestinian internal affairs".[1]
2 January — Mahmoud Salah, the chief of police of the Gaza Strip, is killed along with his deputy, Hussam Shahwan, and nine others in an Israeli airstrike in Al-Mawasi, Rafah.[2]
The IDF announces that the body of Oron Shaul, who was killed and captured by Hamas during the 2014 Gaza War, was recovered in an operation in Northern Gaza.[7]
20 January – The first batch of 90 Palestinian prisoners to be released as part of the ceasefire agreement arrive in the West Bank.[8]
21 January – The IDF conducts drone strikes and a ground raid in Jenin in a counterterrorism operation codenamed "Iron Wall", killing at least eight Palestinians and injuring 35.[9][10]
25 January –
Four female IDF soldiers captured by Hamas during the 7 October attacks, including Naama Levy, are released by the group as part of the ceasefire agreement.[11]
Two hundred Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.[12]
27 January – Displaced Palestinians are allowed to return to the north of the Gaza Strip as part of the ceasefire agreement.[13]
30 January –
Three Israelis and five Thais captured by Hamas during the 7 October attacks are released by the group as part of the ceasefire agreement.[14]
110 Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement.[15]
Three Israelis captured by Hamas during the 7 October attacks are released by the group as part of the ceasefire agreement.[17]
183 Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement.[18]
4 February –
A gunman kills two IDF soldiers at a checkpoint in Tayasir in the West Bank before being killed by responding soldiers.[19]
US President Donald Trump announces that the US would take over the Gaza Strip.[20]
8 February –
183 Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement.[21]
Three Israelis captured by Hamas during the 7 October attacks are released by the group as part of the ceasefire agreement.[22]
9 February – The IDF withdraws from the Netzarim Corridor in the Gaza Strip as part of the ceasefire agreement.[23]
10 February – Israeli police raid two bookstores in occupied East Jerusalem, including the Educational Bookshop. The store's owner and his nephew are arrested and the books are seized.[24][25]
15 February –
369 Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement.[26]
Three Israelis captured by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad during the 7 October attacks are released by both groups as part of the ceasefire agreement.[27]
20 February – Hamas returns the bodies of Kfir and Ariel Bibas and Oded Lifshitz, who were captured during the 7 October attacks but later died in captivity, as part of the ceasefire agreement. A fourth body, which Hamas claimed was Shiri Bibas, is later found to have been misidentified as a hostage.[28] Hamas subsequently says that Shiri's remains had been mixed with those of other victims following an Israeli airstrike[29][30] and that it will examine allegations over Shiri's remains, while asking Israel to return the body, which it identifies as a Palestinian woman.[31][32]
21 February – Hamas says that it had handed over the remains of Shiri Bibas, which are subsequently identified by forensic experts.[33][34]
22 February – Four Israelis captured by Hamas during the 7 October attacks and two others held in captivity after entering the Gaza Strip on their own in 2014 and 2015 are released by the group as part of the ceasefire agreement. They are the final living hostages held by Hamas to be released in the first phase of the deal.[35][36]
26 February –
Hamas returns the bodies of four hostages captured during the 7 October attacks but later died in captivity, as part of the ceasefire agreement.[37]
596 Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement.[38]
27 February – 46 Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement.[39][40]
18 March – Israel carries out attacks on the Gaza Strip, marking the end of the ceasefire with Hamas.[42]
23 March – Senior Hamas official Salah al-Bardawil is killed along with his wife by an Israeli airstrike on their tent in Khan Yunis.[43]
24 March – Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal is detained by the IDF after being assaulted by settlers who attack his home in Susiya in the West Bank. He is released the next day.[44]
12 May – Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American soldier held captive in Gaza, is released by Hamas and returned to Israel following a deal mediated by the United States.[48]
14 May – A pregnant Israeli woman is killed and her husband is lightly injured in a shooting in the West Bank settlement of Brukhin.[49]
16 May – The IDF launches the first phases of Operation Gideon's Chariots, a major military offensive seeking to "seize strategic areas" in Gaza.[50]
18 May – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders that the delivery of "basic" humanitarian aid to Gaza be resumed, ending the two-month total blockade.[51]
21 May – The IDF fires warning shots near a delegation consisting of diplomats from almost two dozen countries visiting Jenin, claiming that they deviated from an approved route and entered an unauthorized area. It later apologizes for the incident.[52]
9 June – The Madleen, which was en route to the Gaza Strip in an attempt to break the blockade and carried prominent activists such as Greta Thunberg and Rima Hassan, is raided by Israeli forces and diverted to Israel, with its passengers detained.[53] Thunberg and several passenger are deported from Israel the next day.[54]
10 June – The UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway announce travel bans and sanctions against Israeli far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, accusing them of inciting settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.[55] In response, Smotrich orders the cancellation of a policy allowing correspondence between Israeli and Palestinian Authority banks, which is crucial for sustaining the Palestinian economy.[56]
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