Talk:Gaza–Israel conflict/Archive 1

0.5 killed?
Whats up with that? Have the Israelies discovered a way to sepearate their soldiers so that they can increase their numbers? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.68.17.198 (talk) 11:49, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

forced
NPOV anyone? Oh, I forget, this is about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, where all pages should have a permanent NPOV tag!--Cerejota 01:07, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Arab-Israeli Conflict
I removed Arab-Israeli Conflict but it should be there. However the other nav template won't play nicely for unknown reasons (I tried a bunch of stuff!!!). If someone can take a look at that other template and fix it it would rule!--Cerejota 01:43, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Map for this article
I believe there should be a map for this article. I may try to make one, but if I don't happen to someone might want to do it. Hello32020 19:17, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * done quickly :) -- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 20:47, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Name
Still, 95 % of fighting occurs in Gaza, like in the 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict. I suggest returning the previous name.

Also - not all Palestinians are fighting, like Fatah for example -- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 00:26, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, the name of the entire broad conflict is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and of course not all Palestinians have fought in any war with Israel. Also, the arrests in the West Bank have totaled around what the total kills in Gaza have been. Hello32020 02:11, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Are media and other independent sources saying that the operations in the Gaza Strip are part of the same conflict as those in the West Bank?  Tewfik Talk 04:23, 28 May 2007 (UTC)


 * That is a great question. If we don't find that then we are in deep WP:OR crapola! I really don't care otherwise, its all the same killing and dying, just a different year.--Cerejota 09:23, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * When the arrests were made, they were put in the same article as the fighting in Gaza, in the Reuters article seen here. The shootout south of Jerusalem was also put into the same article. 2007 Israel-Hamas conflict might be a better name, but then you have to address why Islamic Jihad and Popular Resistance Committees aren't in the title. Hello32020 11:47, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I bet then that other Gaza-Israel conflicts (2004, 2006) had events in the Gaza Strip -- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 14:39, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Putting them in the same article doesn't necessarily mean they think that there is a connection greater than the overarching Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Try to find a few mainstream news sources that consistently relate the two as part of one campaign, otherwise Cerejota's conclusion is probably very true. Either way, I support returning to the previous name per TheFEARgod's logic. Cheers,  Tewfik Talk 04:29, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Are there any sources saying this is a conflict between Israel and a sub-set of the Palestinians? There has been mentions of Fatah not fighting now, and Ftah has a hell of a lot of Palestinians as followers. Might point is that if this Fatah non-involvement is sourced then a better title might be 2007 Israeli-Palestinian factions conflict... If not such difference is made, then the title as of today holds: Hamas controls the PNA and hence are "official" Palestinians from the perspective of State-State conflict.--Cerejota 06:29, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I want to see it back to Israel-Gaza conflict as it's name is geographic, not featuring combatants. And 99% fighting is in or around Gaza. -- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 22:47, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

I again want to make clear that I agree with you. The information about the West Bank should probably be moved to the "2007" entry, which I think works with Cerejota's suggestion. Someone should get WP:Bold...  Tewfik Talk 21:04, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup

 * I'm currently in the process of performing some tidying. I'm not too sure about the following: "The airstrikes may have been chosen because Hamas has very little AA weapons to defend themselves ..." I'm assuming that AA is an acronym for 'Anti-Air', but I'm not quite sure. No prior references are made in the article, and as far as I know, it isn't common knowledge to the average reader. We should probably reword and hotlink to the appropriate article, but I may be wrong about the intended meaning, so I'll leave it for the original author to sort out. Cheers. -Etafly 13:35, 28 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm noticing some subtle POV issues, as well as some attribution issues (the two are related in this case). I've encountered several instances of "Israel says" and "Palestinians say" -- Unfortunately Israel doesn't talk, so specificity is required. Palestinians are capable of talking, but again, specificity is key. I'm also noticing a slight POV in this area -- namely, a skepticism in the wording; if at all possible, I'd like to stick to established facts -- if 'Palestinian medics' make a statement that's worth including in the article, then it should be included with a citation, rather than an ethnic/political qualifier. I believe I was successful in NPOVing the Prelude section, at the very least. -Etafly 14:00, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Again, regarding POV, when describing Palestinian casualties, please refrain from quantifiers such as "a few", as it's highly POV (it downplays their significance.) -Etafly 18:55, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Merge
I think than rather than a full merge, we could move all timelines from both into Timeline of the 2007 Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and redirect 'Violence here. I think this is better for size and quality reasons. This is done in a bazillion other articles.--Cerejota 06:29, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * agree, go ahead. -- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 10:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Please note the existence of several articles in a "series":


 * I have no strong opinion on how to deal with them, other than that they should be dealt with together (and, preferably, not deleted). --Eliyak T · C 00:36, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Back to the old question - do RS talk about a "2007 Israeli-Palestinian conflict", or just the "Israeli-Palestinian conflict" in 2007? If the latter, then we may as well conduct a full merge.  Tewfik Talk 04:29, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Disagree, this is and has been direct conflict between these two hating sides, west bank and israel have their problems, but gaza and israel, wow, it's totally out of line...


 * Oppose any merge of 2007–2008 Israel-Gaza conflict with Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2007 because the latter only deals with the Gaza Strip front vs. Israel, and not with the West Bank or other areas. IZAK (talk) 09:12, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree with the opposition, but I think the incidents covered in this Article should also be in the Standard Israeli-Palestianian conflict series and vica versa. Ideally, the more general series would note violence in Gaza vs. violence in the West Bank.  It would be nice if Wiki had an underlying database, all these timelines could just be Views of an underlying data structure.  This would be similar to the Iraqi Bodycount Web site.ITBlair (talk) 15:59, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I see the following Wiki Articles dealing with Israel-Gaza conflict separately. I added them into the See Also section. We could build them into a a related series of articles.


 * Timeline up to 2006 Gaza crisis
 * 2004 Israel-Gaza conflict
 * 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict
 * 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict casualties timeline
 * 2007–2008 Israel-Gaza conflict
 * 2008 Israel-Gaza conflict
 * List of Qassam rocket attacks

We should consider integrating these articles a little bit better and probably also X-ref to the Second Intafada articles and Hamas articles. Also, we are missing a 2005 Israel-Gaza conflict article. Finally, we might want to take the 2008 portions of this article and put them in the 2008 article (i.e., this article should be the 2007 Israel-Gaza conflict). ITBlair (talk) 05:56, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Naming
The name "Israel-Gaza" conflict confuses me. Israel is a nation-state and Gaza is a geographical / subnational entity. I have the same issue with 2004 Israel-Gaza conflict and 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict. I'm not sure exactly what the best alternative is. Actually, the difficulty of naming might be because these articles are more like sections of an ongoing timeline than articles about specific well-defined incidents. Any thoughts? Eleland 21:53, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm open for proposals :) -- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 13:44, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

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table of contents
The table of contents is very unwieldy. I suggest having only the months in the table of contents, not each date separately. The entries are so short that no one should have trouble finding the date for which they are looking. Hraesvelgr (talk) 18:57, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

2008 conflict
Now that there's an article about the 2008 Israel-Gaza conflict, perhaps the 2008 sections could merged into that one, and this one moved to "2007 Israel-Gaza conflict"? Nudve (talk) 05:22, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Bot report : Found duplicate references !
In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)
 * "Post" :
 * . Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert signalled willingness to stop attacks after the five-day offensive, which killed many civilians in the territory, if the Islamist group Hamas stopped firing rockets into Israel. Hamas says attacks from Gaza, including rockets fired by its own militants and others, are a response to Israeli military operations in both Gaza and the occupied West Bank and would end if Israel stopped all such activity and lifted its blockade.

International response
DumZiBoT (talk) 22:51, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 🇺🇳 United Nations - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon states that he believes that the Qassam rocket attacks by factions in Gaza are "completely unacceptable." He has also stated that he believes that the Palestinian Authority should "take the necessary steps to restore law and order, and for all factions to abide by the ceasefire." Ki-moon also stated he is "deeply concerned by the mounting number of civilian casualties from Israeli military operations in Gaza." The Secretary General also called on Israel "to abide by international law and to ensure that its actions do not target civilians or put them under risk.""UN chief concerned about Palestinian, Israeli attacks"
 * 60 Gazans Killed in Incursion By Israel Operation Follows Use of Longer-Range Rockets by Hamas Washington Post. 2008-03-02.

2008 Israel–Gaza conflict merge
I propose we merge into here, as this article has been more updated, and the conflict from 2007 and 2008 are extremely related. Thanks!--Cerejota (talk) 11:52, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Please Discuss
Use this format


 * Oppose Reasons. --Signature
 * Support Reasons. --Signature

Try to keep discussions in the section for it.

Support

 * Support -- Nudve (talk) 06:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Support the same thing -- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 10:38, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - Number of articles in this topic is ridiculously confusing and there's a good number of POVforkings. Getting the volume down would be beneficial to Wikipedia's purpose.  Jaakobou Chalk Talk  21:17, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Discussion
Please remember that from the perspective of WP:CONSENSUS, silence implies consent. This has been widely called upon the community.--Cerejota (talk) 03:55, 30 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Oppose I oppose this because the present attacks are unprecedented in scale in recent times, and therefore deserve an article in their own right. Also, as the situation is evolving and worsening it isn't yet known if they will become even more historic, ie. an Arab neighbour may become involved.  It would be better to wait for  events to run their course before discussing the merge.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.105.255.98 (talk) 00:18, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Wrong article, you want 2008-2009 Palestinian Lovefest ;)--Cerejota (talk) 09:47, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Merge Page
Since this discussion has been going on since last year (he-he), and based on Jaakobou's (should have replied in mine, I didn't get to it till now :D) suggestion in his talk page, I am creating a merge proposal sub-page here at the talk page Talk:2007–2008 Israel–Gaza conflict/merger-proposal. The idea is to reach a rough consensus on the merge, determine sub articles needed and all that boring crap ;). This way we move forward. Thanks! --Cerejota (talk) 09:56, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Some points after looking at it:


 * We need an intro, bad.
 * There is a need for a narrative, as it stands it is really a collection of events.
 * We have to think of it as an index to sub-pages, even if there is not enough content and the content stays. For example Operation Hot Winter, the content should mostly go into that page, the air strikes probably would need that, etc.
 * We need to have an eyes for the connecting narratives, like 2006 Israel–Gaza conflict etc.
 * If we have differences that cannot be resolved, lets stick to the pre-merge language/narrative - and continue the conversation with the article merged. Since we are merging articles that have been more or less the same for a while, I think we can assume it as a rough consensus and move on: the merger of a so-so article is way better than no merger, I think.

I will start doing edits to this end, feel free to comment, and edit, but lets try to not edit war ;) (I mean its not the main article, its the proposal).--Cerejota (talk) 10:26, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Technical move
I moved from 2007–2008 Israel–Gaza conflict to 2007–2008 Israel-Gaza conflict, they look the same, but the "Israel-Gaza" hyphen are encoded differently. If you use a Hebrew or other language keyboard, please remember this is English Wikipedia. It break linking to this article, a possible reason for the unnecessary forking we have. Thanks!--Cerejota (talk) 12:07, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Cerejota - it seems to me that the Manual_of_Style recommends the en-dash (UTF8 0x2013) both for a range of dates and for e.g. the "versus" sense:
 * "or marking a relationship involving independent elements in certain compound expressions (Canada–US border, blood–brain barrier, time–altitude graph, 4–3 win in the opening game, male–female ratio, 3–2 majority verdict, Lincoln–Douglas debate, diode–transistor logic"
 * while the exception
 * "but a hyphen is used in Sino-Japanese trade, in which Sino-, being a prefix, lacks lexical independence."
 * does not seem to apply unless we have something like "Israelo-Gaza conflict". So in fact, 2007–2008 Israel–Gaza conflict seems to be correct according to Manual_of_Style. i admit that personally i'm not terribly fussy about the difference between hyphens, en-dashes, em-dashes or even figure dashes, and in practice i expect that most people will use hyphens. On the other hand, you have retained the en-dash in 2007–2008, so i think that in that case we might as well go all the way to following wikipedia style recommendations. Boud (talk) 17:07, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Timeline section - split?
This section is 80kb and IMO needs to be split into an article - dunno what we could call the new page, maybe something along the lines of "Timeline of the 2007–2008 Israel-Gaza conflict" at a guess. In it's place, we can keep a timeline section in this article, but only have it about 30kb with actual prose in there instead of bullet points. Thoughts? D.M.N. (talk) 17:55, 2 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't oppose it in principle (one would have to be crazy to, if WP:SUMMARY exists, its for this very purpose ;-) however, lets merge the articles first? I am saying because the timeline needs to be modified a little, plus I have some other proposals around it to make it shorter and more workable, as it stands is not really useful. Thanks!--Cerejota (talk) 10:14, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

There is no movement here
What about we, erm, talk? Thanks!--Cerejota (talk) 23:36, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

2008 material for 2008 Israel–Gaza conflict
Please see:
 * User:Timeshifter/List of Palestinian fatalities resulting from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in 2008
 * User talk:Sandstein
 * Articles for deletion/List of Palestinian fatalities resulting from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in 2008

The Timeshifter subpage contains the last revision of the article. It also contains the full history of the article. I disagree with User:Sandstein's deletion of the article, but rather than go to Deletion review and fight to keep separate one-sided timelines such as these:


 * List of rocket and mortar attacks in Israel in 2008
 * List of Qassam rocket attacks.

I think it would be easier to summarize much of the info about violent 2008 attacks from both sides, and provide a useful 2008 narrative for the lay reader here:
 * 2008 Israel–Gaza conflict

It would be a much-needed WP:NPOV background article for these articles:
 * 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict
 * Timeline of the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict

It could incorporate 2008 info from here too: and other articles.
 * Category:2008-2009 Israel-Gaza conflict
 * Category:Israel-Gaza conflict
 * Blockade of the Gaza Strip‎
 * 2008 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
 * 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict

Please see also: WP:PRESERVE (Editing policy). --Timeshifter (talk) 17:46, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

No consensus to delete the 2008 article
Please see this diff: 

User:BobaFett85 tried to merge and delete 2008 Israel–Gaza conflict. He gave no warning, and did not have consensus on that talk page, or on this talk page here either. He did not reply to my comments on either talk page before doing this.

Please note the previous talk section where I point out the large amount of material in various articles, including new material, that could be summarized and added to 2008 Israel–Gaza conflict. So that article needs to remain a separate article.

I suggest making this article here strictly for 2007. We can change the name to 2007 Israel–Gaza conflict

This would fill in the years better. We could use a 2005 article.

See: Category:Israel-Gaza conflict

2008 Israel–Gaza conflict is the background article to 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict, and so it is a very important article that needs a lot of referenced WP:NPOV info in order to be encyclopedic and fair. --Timeshifter (talk) 19:41, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

DO WHATEVER! I DO NOT CARE! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.136.215.180 (talk) 04:11, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

User:Trachys did most of the editing of the page moved to User:Timeshifter/List of Palestinian fatalities resulting from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in 2008. I suggest contacting Trachys at User talk:Trachys about incorporating/summarizing parts of that article into 2008 Israel–Gaza conflict. Or just go ahead and incorporate/summarize as needed into 2008 Israel–Gaza conflict. --Timeshifter (talk) 03:27, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

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Collective Punishment
I removed this section because it is weasel words and adds nothing useful to the article.--Metallurgist (talk) 04:24, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Battle of Gaza (2007)
The Battle of Gaza (2007) should be mentioned in the lead. Zeq (talk) 05:16, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. Thank you, IZAK (talk) 05:47, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Frustrated?
"The Gaza Strip has been separated from Israel by the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier since 1996, which frustrated infiltration into Israel." I think "frustrated" has a connotation that Israel is "getting in the way." Better might be "...which has helped reduce infiltration..." -Keyed In (talk) 18:06, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

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Qassam attacks
The incomplete section on Qassam attacks should be referred to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Qassam_rocket_attacks,_2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.212.66.174 (talk) 22:18, 14 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Exactly, why do we have a sub section in each year about Qassam attacks? that's just not-neutral. There are Israeli offenses going on as well from the other side. Imad marie (talk) 17:29, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Gaza–Israel-Egypt conflict
This title is more accurate than the current one since Egypt also blockaded Gaza. SteveSims (talk) 00:00, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

2004 Israel-Gaza conflict
The first paragraph text:


 * The 2004 Israel-Gaza conflict refers to the series of battles between Palestinian militants and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Several qassam rocket attacks on Israel (Sderot and the Negev) forced the IDF to retaliate with airstrikes and land incursions into Gaza...

ascribes cause and effect (x forced y to do z) with a selective sampling and interpretation of circumstances and events. To fix this suggest either:


 * ''The 2004 Israel-Gaza conflict refers to the series of battles between Palestinian militants and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Palestinian fighters launched Qassam rocket attacks on Israel and the IDF launched airstrikes and land incursions against Gaza..."

otherwise why not:


 * The 2004 Israel-Gaza conflict refers to the series of battles between Palestinian militants and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Expulsions and land disputes forced an Israeli military occupation of Gaza which forced Palestinians to resort to suicide bombings in Israel which forced Israel to respond by imposing a blockade on Gaza which forced Palestinians to retaliate by firing Qassam rockets into Israel which forced the IDF to retaliate with airstrikes and land incursions into Gaza...

~ Actually this last text only goes back a decade or so but maybe the point is made? I support the first fix. RomaC (talk) 08:41, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

2011 Clashes
A new section describing the rescent clashes in Gaza should be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dms77 (talk • contribs) 22:16, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Done, though due to be expanded.Greyshark09 (talk) 07:27, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

POV edit
Regarding to User:EditorInChiefSD edit. He has replaced well sourced material, with un-sourced material and inconsistent with WP:NPOV. --Mor2 (talk) 10:54, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Gaza–Israel conflict
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Orphaned references in Gaza–Israel conflict
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Redirect Timeline of the Israel–Gaza conflict here?
Timeline of the Israel–Gaza conflict really is 90% a timeline of casualities. So I've put the below on the article's talk page and Israel-Palestine Collaboration Wikiproject; but gotten no response. Since this is the most relevant article and there is some activity, here's what I'm proposing. Tell me if there are any big problems before I proceed.
 * ...probably the best thing is to create an article called Israel–Gaza conflict casualties 2006-2008 and move this content and talk page there, and then redirect Timeline of the Israel–Gaza conflict to Gaza-Israel_conflict. Any objections, do tell soon. 

Thoughts? CarolMooreDC 17:33, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Done, fyi. CarolMooreDC 05:29, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Under "Ascendancy of Hamas"
"At the same time, Palestinian armed groups in Gaza continued firing rockets into Israel, killing several Israeli civilians ..." -- which period of time does this sentence refer to? Shouldn't it also state that at the same time Israeli attacks killed dozens of Palestinian militants and civilians every month?--84.108.212.141 (talk) 21:10, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Enumerating Israeli casualties and infrastructure damage while deleting Palestinian casualties and infrastructure damage
Seems to be a clear violation of the encyclopedias' WP:NPOV policy. I would be interested to see an explanation from the editors involved. Dlv999 (talk) 15:50, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

>>I agree with Dvl999 comment. This is clearly a one sided article and not to mention I have seen SEVERAL one sided (pro-Israel) articles on this so called "encyclopedia" site. Not to mention wikipedia's editors, staff and owners are well aware of this racist writings against Palestinians on this site, and considering they are not doing anything about it, one would say they are in agreement, especially that it keeps happening.

I would not break a sweat over this type of one-sided site though (pro-Israel and pro-occupation and pro-mass killing of Palestinians). No wikipedia or similar racist site is winning such battle. The truth about Israel's repeated attacks on Palestinians - innocent men, women and children - is being recorded elsewhere on social media and human rights organizations.

Anyone reading this should only feel sorry for this site, as history proves racism never wins! Peace... 98.176.116.160 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:41, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Merger
Apparently there are several forked articles which mirror parts of the Israel-Gaza conflict, and not describing any specific events (operations, terrorist acts, infiltrations etc.). Those should be merged into this article. The articles, nominated to be merged are the 2007–2008 Israel–Gaza conflict, Timeline of the 2007–2008 Israel–Gaza conflict. Please vote on this issue.Greyshark09 (talk) 22:30, 16 April 2012 (UTC) Relisted.Greyshark09 (talk) 22:21, 5 January 2013 (UTC) Relisted.Greyshark09 (talk) 07:47, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Should 2007–2008 Israel–Gaza conflict be merged here? People's thoughts? CarolMooreDC 00:18, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Merger 2007–2008 Israel–Gaza conflict

 * Seems only you and i are into this, what is your position? should 2007-2008 article remain? are there any sources on this period as a unique operation or phase of the Gaza-Israel conflict or is it just another timeline which happened to become an article?Greyshark09 (talk) 13:32, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * The question is, what specifically would you move over there from here, or or is this just about deleting the content of this article? Is too much stuff going down the memory hole? CarolMooreDC &#x1f5fd; 10:15, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * The problem with this "2007-08 conflict" article is that it pictures three separate events of the Gaza-Israel conflict (2008 breach of the Gaza–Egypt border, Operation Hot Winter and the 2008 Israel-Hamas ceasefire), as if they were some kind of one conflict/operation. It seems to me this article is a fringe "survivor" from the period when it was popular to create articles for each year of conflict. Evidently, somebody decided to change the name of this article from original "2006 Gaza-Israel conflict" to "2007 Gaza-Israel conflict", and eventually add 2008 events, including the Gaza War to make it "2007-08 Gaza-Israel conflict". It seems now like a completely useless collection of data on the Gaza-Israel conflict, with articles already existing on notable events through this period (2008 breach of the Gaza–Egypt border, Operation Hot Winter, 2008 Israel-Hamas ceasefire). Since this article is a summary of several events on Gaza-Israel conflict, it should be a redirect and extra material merged if relevant.Greyshark09 (talk) 11:51, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, at least give anyone interested a chance to think about it or make sure they notice if they come by here after the merger and want to go looking for anything important; thus created subsection to this merge to draw newbie eyes to it. I might even want to do it myself someday in some spare moment :-) CarolMooreDC &#x1f5fd; 16:13, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * No one is interested apparently...Greyshark09 (talk) 21:30, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Since no one is interested after all this time in opposing the merge, go ahead and do it. From the comments I've read on this talk page, you'd be doing Wikipedia a service, IMO.  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 19:08, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅Greyshark09 (talk) 18:58, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Minor events
I revert you revert, because it interrupted a merger procedure, also including restructuring of this article and removal of minor timeline events. Specifically, if you desire to put every tiny incident you can do it in the Timeline of Israeli-Palestinian conflict article and its subarticles. Cheers.Greyshark09 (talk) 16:14, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Gaza–Israel conflict
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Gaza–Israel conflict's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "rockmort":<ul> <li>From Blockade of the Gaza Strip: Summary of Rocket Fire and Mortar Shelling in 2008. (pdf) Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. Retrieved 14 January 2009. pp. 5–7. Drop in rocket fire calculated from data provided in report.</li> <li>From Gaza War: Summary of Rocket Fire and Mortar Shelling in 2008. (pdf) Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. Retrieved January 14, 2009. pp. 5–7. Drop in rocket fire calculated from data provided in report.</li> </ul>

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 16:57, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Political manipulation of information
In the beginning of the article, it had been written that:

" This conflict is seen by many humanitarian organizations and world's peace activists as "Israel’s Genocidal War on Palestine" . "

I added the following sentence and references after this:

" The latter proclamation of 'Genocide' is not supported by the number of casualties in he conflict (numbering few thousands over several years), and is also controversial due to Hamas' wide-spread use of civilians as human shields    , which had been a major contributing factor to the number of innocents killed in the conflict.  "

Within two hours, my addition was deleted without proper justification or addressing the solid sources I have brought forth. The user who reverted my addition wrote that: "human shielding was a very strong accusation", ignoring the content of the five sources and the fact that "genocide" is also a very strong accusation! I protest at this politically inclined silencing and deletion of content. I believe my edit should be restored.

Jonathan.bluestein (talk) 00:47, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Needed: 2005 Israel-Gaza conflict article
There is a need for an article about 2005 Israel-Gaza conflict. Thanks, IZAK (talk) 07:20, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * WP:OR, no such event exists per WP:RS.Greyshark09 (talk) 19:46, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't understand how there can be a conclusion that an article on "2005 Israel-Gaza conflict" should not be created based on a subjective presumption that Original Research (?) would be involved, and on the reasoning that "no such event exists per WP:RS". What do Reliable Sources have to do with the existence or not of a 2005 timeline, and in particular, how do they negate such a creation? Erictheenquirer (talk) 14:44, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

2006
Together with 2008, 2012 and 2014, this year was critical in the complex interplay between Gaza in general, Fatah, Hamas and Israel. But the sub-section contains no discernable timeline; instead it is currently made up of salami slices for which no through-going (if existent) interconnection and contextual relation is displayed. There is no identification of a particular period of conflict, and no chain-of-events data to evaluate that as a whole.

Given the above, as a relative newcomer I post a pair of questions: Is it worthwhile to rewrite this sub-article, or does "Israel-Gaza Conflict - the 2006 timeline" deserve an article on its own so as to manage "length"? Erictheenquirer (talk) 14:53, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

2014 Gaza War
There really needs to be more focus given to the 2014 war. I know it just ended at the end of August but there are very long sections on the other war/events while only a paragraph on the 2014 war. Again I know this might take some time, but it was the longest and bloodiest of the wars. Just thought I'd make that point. I began adding some stuff to it myself, like the end date. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.91.178.88 (talk) 23:24, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Lead critique
Parts of the Lead contain unsupported attributes such as 'some', 'decreased', 'not fully' and 'not completely', together with text unsupported by the citation such as 'Hamas hoped' and 'Israel hoped'. It does not mention the ceasefire obligations. It needs to contain hard data in support. I am suggesting that the sub-section "2008 Hamas-Israeli ceasefire" from Gaza–Israel conflict is far more informative and better supported, and should therefore be substituted here. Erictheenquirer (talk) 11:48, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree. The current lede is sub-standard. -DePiep (talk) 11:51, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * It's worse. The whole concept of this article is a POV. -DePiep (talk) 23:43, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Arbitrary part of Israel-Palestine history, arbitrary part of Gaza Strip history, suggestion this history only started after ~2006 arbitrary. And given the notes by Erictheenquirer above (bad lede, incorrect lede): why not AfD? -DePiep (talk) 23:51, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Obvious bias. Sections repeatedly follow the pattern... '(some international party) condemns (some Palestinian action)' and then, almost as an aside, add '(party) also disapproves of (some Israeli action)'.  Still, Wikipedia... US-ian perspective... not really that surprising. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.101.222 (talk • contribs) 06:45, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

Manipulation of International response
International response section starts with Ban Ki-Moon condemnation of the Qassam missiles element of the Palestinian resistance in Gaza, but does not quote him for also justifying it: "As oppressed peoples have demonstrated throughout the ages, it is human nature to react to occupation." http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.699686

Also, it also states that Egypt is a belligerent in the conflict alongside Israel since 2014. That is inaccurate, as Egypt was a mediator. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Simpatico qa (talk • contribs) 11:40, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

2018 Border Protest
On the 8th of April I added a section on the current protests and fatalities. I used (2) pro-Palestinian stories and a single pro-Israeli story with three short sentences. The Al Jazeera story carried the photo of the slain Palestinian photographer and the likely ICC investigation. The Al Jazeera story mentioned the illegality of the military use of civilian cover which is important in any militarized border as well as the use of excessive force by a militarily superior force. The second Al Jazeera story critiqued the Hebrew language press. The Jerusalem Post story provided some depth and analysis in contrast, but was not developed in text of my edit. The three sentences were removed in favor of a single first day Al Jazeera story.

The current and developing news stories need some perspective and analysis. The editor who removed my three sentences in favor of a single sentence from a first day story lacks the updated facts of mortality and injuries as well as perspective and analysis after additional information is available. The edits have not improved the section and have not demonstrated a balanced view. I hope others will review the developing story and arrive at a consensus Church of the Rain (talk) 18:44, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The content added was not neutral. You didn't present Palestinian actions and violence leading to the Israeli response.Icewhiz (talk) 07:32, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The facts in regard to mortality are a good place to start. The most current figure from the Jerusalem Post is (32) fatalities. See http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Report-80-percent-of-Palestinians-killed-in-Gaza-border-crisis-were-terrorists-549511 .This story notes the alleged terrorist affiliations of the slain. That leaves the question of why they were shot i.e. proximity to the fence, violent actions, etc. Church of the Rain (talk) 22:24, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Merge this article?
I can’t see any sources, either in this article, or outside, which describe a Gaza-Israel conflict between 2006 and today. All others contextualise it more broadly (e.g. tit-for-tat rockets and incursions had been ongoing ever since the Second Intifada) or more narrowly (the various operations for which we already have articles.

This seems to be WP:OR designed to fit the narrative that “Israel left Gaza and Gaza immediately started attacking it”.

Onceinawhile (talk) 06:19, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * There definitely are sources that cover the conflict over a wider time span than one war. We can dicker over the time frame for the article. Rocket fire from gaza 2005-8 is not OR and is a well covered topic, often tied to 2009, 2012, and 2014. Whether the current post 2014 is related is perhaps a question.Icewhiz (talk) 06:31, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 29 September 2018
Please add into the infobox, in the Belligerents section, beside PFLP to help identify the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Thespündragon 20:03, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ <u style="text-decoration:none;font:1.1em/1em Arial Black;letter-spacing:-0.09em"><u style="text-decoration:none;color:#38a">Fish +<u style="text-decoration:none;color:#B44">Karate 10:49, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Orthographic: Erdogan to Erdoğan
Just an orthographic suggestion: Under International response § Turkey, please correct the prime minister's last name from anglicized Erdogan to accented Erdoğan. Spade6179 (talk) 23:59, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done DannyS712 (talk) 00:21, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Mossad/Shin-bet
- neither of the sources you added support Mossad Or Shin-Bet involvement. The book review (questionable source - but it is in the book) - describes an operation in Dubai. The Haaretz article describes the foiling of a West Bank Hamas cell's plans to bomb Tel Aviv. For the Mossad specifically, Gaza proper is outside of their general operational jurisdiction.Icewhiz (talk) 15:42, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * The cell(s) are believed to have been directed by Hamas in Gaza. ImTheIP (talk) 15:52, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * By that standard we could also add the border police (actually not a bad idea), police, fire fighters, etc. And you are connecting Mossad via Dubai how? Icewhiz (talk) 15:59, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Aren't you being a little obtuse now? Orgs are listed if they are involved in the conflict in a non-civilian capacity. It's like asking the question "Can the opposing side kill them without feeling bad?" if you will. Yes, had the Israeli border police been deployed outside Gaza we would have listed them as they are routinely involved in violence against Palestinians . But the Gazan border happens to be manned by the IDF and not the police, so we don't list them. ImTheIP (talk) 16:27, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * No, not at all, your source for the Mossad does not connect them to anything in Gaza. This article is about Israel/Gaza - not about Israel vs. the global Hamas movement.Icewhiz (talk) 17:06, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, you are definitely being obtuse if you claim that an operation involving Hamas doesn't also involve Gaza. ImTheIP (talk) 17:39, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * so, an operation in Lebanon against Hamas MUST involve Gaza?? The article can quickly lose its focus if we drag in all sorts of unfounded theories. 50.111.22.12 (talk) 16:40, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Analysis of David Norris
Here is the analysis of David Norris about the conflict, as expressed in a speech at the Senate of Ireland:. Maybe this could be used a a source for the reactions in other countries? Sedarr oup gr (talk) 19:33, 11 August 2014 (UTC).
 * Yes Dennis Norris should be mentioned in there. One of the very few (nigh zero) politicians who called a spade what it is. Also, let us take care that Obama does appear correctly, if at all, in this article. -DePiep (talk) 23:25, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
 * That's just your opinion. And he'll always take the opposite side of the U.S., the U.K., or Israel. 50.111.22.12 (talk) 16:59, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 11 May 2021
April 2021 suggest that Israel striked Gaza after 'a rocket' was fired towards Israel, when in fact, hundreds of rockets were fired towards Israeli territory. JoshRichards98 (talk) 14:05, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:14, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Unlivable
I cannot edit this article. Could someone please remove the line in the "Impact" section about Gaza being unlivable by 2020? It seems that life has found a way to persist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HaileJones (talk • contribs) 05:29, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Subtle numbering bias
Cited doc BTselem shows close to 6500 Palestinian deaths, a third less than stated. "The death toll, both military and civilian, over the entire period in question (2000–2007) is estimated to be over 4,300 Palestinians and over 1,000 Israelis. To date, 64 foreign citizens have also been killed (54 by Palestinians, and 10 by Israeli security forces).[37]" 204.15.38.11 (talk) 08:34, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Update the commanders
Can you update the isreail side, naftali is no longer the prime minister 41.236.218.77 (talk) 19:57, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Taliban opinions on it
How other countries reacted Taliban The Taliban has reportedly asked Iran, Iraq and Jordan to grant them passage to Israel so that they can "conquer Jerusalem". https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1821152/taliban-israel-palestine-jerusalem/amp Dopplegangman (talk) 17:14, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

There's an another Conflict today
In this afternoon, Gaza decided to invade Israel & has kidnapped several Israelis to Gaza & killing them 24.235.144.97 (talk) 19:41, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 8 October 2023
2A02:C7C:E21F:E600:C7A:FEDD:2F0B:6455 (talk) 06:08, 8 October 2023 (UTC) Auiii
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 06:22, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Typo "causalities" should be "casualities"

 * What I think should be changed (format using textdiff):

This is a typo 'causalities' to 'casualties'. It was probably missed because it would not be noticed by a spellchecker. From context and from recent news articles (e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/08/world/israel-gaza-attack-hamas-news) it's clear this was meant to be 'casualties' Wilmot13 (talk) 05:03, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Why it should be changed:
 * References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):


 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done by . <b style="background:linear-gradient(90deg, #8B008B 0%, #191970 100%);color:white;"> BelowTheSun </b> (T•C) 17:44, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Append/Update to Timeline - October 2023
We need to add more here:

... In response, on October 8th, the government of Israel declared war on Hamas [1]. This was followed by their announcement of a “total” blockade of the Gaza Strip including a ban on food, water, electricity, fuel, supplies, and international humanitarian aid [2][3][4]. On October 13, the IDF dropped leaflets from above northern Gaza, ordering the total evacuation of the densely populated region's 1.1 million residents, within 24 hours. The order was condemned by the UN, claiming the it was 'impossible'. [5] Israel began its bombardment of Gaza immediately after the Hamas attacks, and in the first 6 days, claimed to have dropped 6000 bombs on the Gaza Strip [6]. Israel denied accusations by Human Rights Watch of using white phosphorus munitions in its ongoing military operations. [7] The allegations were later confirmed by Amnesty International’s Crisis Evidence Lab [8] Several accusations of genocide have been made [9][10][11][12], among them, Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who likened the situation to the actions of Nazi Germany [13].

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/08/israel-hamas-war-gaza/ [2] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/9/israel-announces-total-blockade-on-gaza [3] https://thewire.in/world/israel-palestine-total-blockade-gaza [4] https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142232 [5] https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/13/middleeast/israel-gaza-hamas-war-friday-intl-hnk/index.html [6] https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-palestine-confilct-bombing-gaza-strip-hamas-united-states-isis-2023-10 [7] https://time.com/6323482/israel-white-phosphorus-gaza-lebanon/ [8] https://citizenevidence.org/2023/10/13/israel-opt-identifying-the-israeli-armys-use-of-white-phosphorus-in-gaza/ [9] https://jewishcurrents.org/a-textbook-case-of-genocide [10] https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/genocide-emergency-alert-israel-and-gaza [11] https://brazilian.report/liveblog/politics-insider/2023/10/16/lula-party-israel-genocide-gaza/ [12] https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/16/headlines/protests_across_the_us_call_for_israel_to_end_its_siege_and_genocide_in_gaza [13] https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israel-suspends-military-exports-colombia-presidents-criticism-gaza-104023088 VeronikaStein (talk) 03:15, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Talk:List of Islamist terrorist attacks
An editor has started an RfC asking "Should Operation Al-Aqsa Flood by Hamas be included in the List of Islamist terrorist attacks?" at Talk:List of Islamist terrorist attacks. Interested editors are invited to participate. TarnishedPathtalk 23:05, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Turkey support to HAMAS has stopped a long time ago if it even existed.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israels-envoy-turkey-says-too-early-talk-mediation-calls-end-hamas-presence-2023-10-08/ and government has announced neutrality. The support there has been before has been little and stopped before this due to Palestinian stand in Azerbaijan, Cyprus and East Med. AikoEiko (talk) 01:45, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I second this. Turkey should not be here. Mavreju (talk) 09:01, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * On very long scope pages such as this, it's pretty typical to simply date the periods when supporting actors are deemed to have been in support - rather than to simply removed them. Iskandar323 (talk) 09:21, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah it could be done too but as of 2023 I wouldn't say Turkey is an ally of Hamas. Orange-Puppy-2221 (talk) 08:51, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Oops. These comments didn't age well. Mavreju (talk) 18:45, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Correction of incorrect statement within 'Israel-Gaza barrier'
Please remove the sentence "Since the beginning of the Second Intifada, Gazans have not been permitted to enter Israel for work purposes."

Supporting this correction see the following extracts.

The Times of Israel states:

Unable to return to Gaza, hundreds of laborers detained by IDF in the West Bank Their Israeli work permits revoked, many Gazans seeking to stay in PA-ruled areas were apprehended and are being held in IDF facilities awaiting war’s end By GIANLUCA PACCHIANI 23 October 2023, 8:39 pm

The BBC News states, on Sun 20 June 2004:

Israel allows in 500 Gaza workers By Barbara Plett BBC correspondent in Jerusalem

Palestinian workers wait to enter Israel at Erez crossing point Israel's tight restrictions have hurt the Gaza economy Israel has allowed 500 Palestinian labourers in from the Gaza Strip for the first time in three months. They had been barred from entering since Israel assassinated Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in March. (faulty copy-paste corrected BlueWren0123 (talk) 15:24, 2 November 2023 (UTC))

PBS Newshour states:

Israel closes border crossing to Gaza workers after rockets fired, Palestinians denounce ‘collective punishment’ World Apr 23, 2022 11:02 AM EDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Saturday that it would close its border crossing to thousands of Gaza workers after a series of rockets were fired from the territory ruled by the militant Hamas group in recent days.

Aljazeera states:

By Federica Marsi and Ylenia Gostolir crossing to Gaza Published On 28 Oct 2023 28 Oct 2023 Thousands of workers from Gaza, who were employed in Israel when the war started, have gone missing since then amid a campaign of mass arrests. BlueWren0123 (talk) 15:20, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 11 November 2023
The page incorrectly describes the origin of the conflict "The conflict originated with the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005 and the ensuing power struggle between Hamas and Fatah". It completely ignores the true origin of the true conflict and the displacement or expulsion of Palestinians from their homes in the north, now known as Israel during the 1948 Nakba. 69.116.170.94 (talk) 17:00, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: "The Gaza–Israel conflict is a localized part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict." Emphasis mine on the localized, as this is clearly only part of the larger story, but things have been cut to fit into a smaller, more focused, spinoff article. If readers want to learn more, they can follow the links to Israeli–Palestinian conflict and any other pages they wish. Cannolis (talk) 19:59, 11 November 2023 (UTC)


 * What I think should be changed (format using textdiff): Please remove the sentence "Since the beginning of the Second Intifada, Gazans have not been permitted to enter Israel for work purposes."
 * Why it should be changed:False statement
 * References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):Supporting this correction see the following extracts.

The Times of Israel states:

Unable to return to Gaza, hundreds of laborers detained by IDF in the West Bank Their Israeli work permits revoked, many Gazans seeking to stay in PA-ruled areas were apprehended and are being held in IDF facilities awaiting war’s end By GIANLUCA PACCHIANI 23 October 2023, 8:39 pm

The BBC News states, on Sun 20 June 2004:

Israel allows in 500 Gaza workers By Barbara Plett BBC correspondent in Jerusalem

Palestinian workers wait to enter Israel at Erez crossing point Israel's tight restrictions have hurt the Gaza economy Israel has allowed 500 Palestinian labourers in from the Gaza Strip for the first time in three months. They had been barred from entering since Israel assassinated Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in March. (faulty copy-paste corrected BlueWren0123 (talk) 15:24, 2 November 2023 (UTC))

PBS Newshour states:

Israel closes border crossing to Gaza workers after rockets fired, Palestinians denounce ‘collective punishment’ World Apr 23, 2022 11:02 AM EDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Saturday that it would close its border crossing to thousands of Gaza workers after a series of rockets were fired from the territory ruled by the militant Hamas group in recent days.

Aljazeera states:

By Federica Marsi and Ylenia Gostolir crossing to Gaza Published On 28 Oct 2023 28 Oct 2023 Thousands of workers from Gaza, who were employed in Israel when the war started, have gone missing since then amid a campaign of mass arrests.

BlueWren0123 (talk) 23:38, 13 November 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ Cannolis (talk) 02:28, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Okt 7
Hi please fix your description of hamas attack on Israel okt. 7. It was far more severe than what you wrote. At least 1400 Israelis were killed not 1000. Hamas militants raped, tortured, beheaded and murdered civilians of every age including babies and children. Foreign workers were murdered as well. 240 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage by Hamass and are still hostage as of today 15.11. 2023. Please correct ASAP it's not ok 2A02:6680:2104:8073:8096:D91D:30F0:378E (talk) 22:52, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

By the way, are you not aware that the Whitehouse have backtracked on statements about having seen pictures of human rights attacks against the youngest children? For, given that many media outlets now have doubts, are you asking that the article pushes some dodgy claims?

P.S: While you claim that at least 1400 Israelis were killed by Hamas, how many civilians were (and continue to be) killed by the Israeli bombing/terror attacks? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.166.219 (talk) 10:22, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

United States in danger of supporting war crimes
The US risks complicity in war Crimean by continuing to provide Israel with weapons and “diplomatic cover” as it commits atrocities in Gaza, Human Rights Watch has made clear. Louis Charbonneau, HRW UN director, posted a statement after the US vetoed a security council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian territory.

Give a flood of such of concern following the resent United Nations vote, might not this article highlight how the US government is almost alone in supporting Israel and its' human rights outrages inside Gaza? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.110.75.4 (talk) 19:18, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Started in 2005
I removed from the lead "The Gaza–Israel conflict is a localized part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The conflict originated with the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005." That is unsourced, and patently untrue. Gaza-Israel conflict has been raging for a while. For example, Rachel Corrie was notable killed in 2003 after being crushed by Israeli bulldozers destroying Gaza homes. Further back, Gaza Strip played a major role in the First Initfada (1980s). Even further back, Israel conducted the Rafah massacre in 1956. Clearly, this has been going a while.VR talk 05:22, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

NPOV dispute-2012 Events
Trying to "control" info written regarding Israel's illegal actions is in itself bias and not promotion of peace, as writers of such content want the public to believe.

Content in the majority of Wiki's info is missing the vital information that Palestinians and other Arabs want a peaceful resolution. The content is also missing the vital info regarding Arab spring, who are asking for democracy and to live in peace.

Hateful content against the Palestinians is such:


 * pointing to info that is outdated, while new info regarding peaceful content is not given


 * pointing to info regarding the rare occurrences of suicide bombings, while blatantly dismissing info that the MAJORITY of Palestinians are participating in peaceful protests, along with their supporters.


 * pointing to books and hateful speeches regarding anti-Semite is a promotion of hate toward Palestinians. These rare speeches are not what the majority of Palestinians and Arabs believe in.


 * Also, info regarding Israeli individuals that are refusing to serve in the Israeli military due to its violent behavior toward Palestinians is also missing.

Pro-Israeli individuals and organizations that are stating in public they want peace with their neighbors, yet are writing content against Palestinians is the promotion of hate and violence. They are also agreeing with the MASS KILLINGS of Palestinians. Please note that this is hatred and violent behavior. The mass population is now seeing this and will not tolerate it.

- — Preceding unsigned comment added by EditorInChiefSD (talk • contribs) 19:18, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

The whole section concerning the latest operation is biased.

(I've done some changes but I think this section needs serious editing + there are no references)

1. It does not mention any Israeli casualties only Palestinian casualties

2. rockets where fired at Jerusalem as well

3. and these sentences sound POV: <li>" As is typical of Israeli attacks on the Palestinians" <li>"Israel addressed the nation stating it was using "targeted" and "precision" air strikes, however, the majority of buildings hit were residential and some were media buildings." <li> "The growing support for the Palestinians has been surprising to some Americans due to the lack of them seeing Palestinians' struggles in American media. Palestinians have received an unprecedented support from European and other countries due to seeing their hardships and living conditions while they are occupied by Israel." <li> " Israel's government decided to resort to a forceful military response. " <li> " As is typical of Israeli attacks on the Palestinians" K260260 (talk) 19:49, 23 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Somebody's got to clean it up. Cutting and pasting short version of lead of Operation Pillar of Defense (current name) with references might be best thing to do. Maybe leave a note on that article asking someone to do it. I'll do it at my leisure but busy right now. CarolMooreDC 18:47, 23 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I agree, but didn't want change anything in the article before bringing it up here... K260260 (talk) 19:49, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

I think that all events since 2010 in this article could use some work, most of them are just copy paste from the lead of articles that deal with each event. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mor2 (talk • contribs) 22:19, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

>>There is a lot of POVs on this page, which makes editors look bad. Further, there is outdated info that needs to be updated! Is there a reason why some of the info included by past editors, which was correct, was removed. Is there a reason for the one sided content. this is supposed to be factual info, yet I see many POVs. Wiki is loosing its weight as a reliable source!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by User: (talk • contribs)

<li>why was information about the Israeli casualties deleted (it was factually correct and with reference) and we are back to one sided information?
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The difference between the two hasn't been highlighted. M.Bitton (talk) 19:48, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The article doesn’t mention them, but they are involved as sizable parts of the Palestine military. <span style="color: rgb(6,69,173); text-decoration: inherit;">Aaron Liu (talk) 15:46, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Edit request
Please changetoas the aricle contains no mention or reference to PRC, PFLP or DFLP.

89.206.112.11 (talk) 17:33, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 * ❌ Sorry, this request is too complicated to review, and as such has languished for over a month with nobody willing to review it. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 16:30, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 25 December 2023
I would like your permission to add the following comment: "Israel demanded 150,000 Gazans to flee south. Israel then bombed the south". I would like to cite the following article in support of my comment. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-12-25/ty-article-magazine/.premium/israel-said-150-000-more-gazans-must-flee-south-then-the-south-was-hit-by-bombs/0000018c-9c9e-dedf-a9ce-9fbef8380000. Thanks. Itamara2000 (talk) 21:04, 25 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: First of all, this content belongs to 2023 Israel–Hamas war. Secondly, the article already has the relevant content (written in a more neutral style, of course): All Palestinians in that region, including those in Gaza City, were given 24 hours to evacuate to the south. On 17 October, Israel bombed areas of southern Gaza.  Delta  space <sup style="color:#013220">42 (talk • contribs) 11:26, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 27 December 2023
Israel war on Gaza 2001:8F8:1921:2FE9:45E:F61D:4B34:F51 (talk) 21:14, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. - FlightTime  ( open channel ) 21:18, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Change the phrasing "The conflict originated with the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005"?
The phrasing "The conflict originated with the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005" is misleading since it is well known that the conflict has origins at least since 1948. After all, 70% of the population of Gaza are refugees from Israel well before 2005.

I propose we change it along with the following sentence to:


 * Following the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, Hamas won the 2006 Palestinian legislative election. A civil war between Hamas and Fatah in 2007 culminated in Hamas gaining control over Gaza.

DMH43 (talk) 16:58, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Another table
I added another table. This one to give an overview of the history of Gaza wars. I was inspired by it based on scheme of ordering the Israel-Gaza wars by Jean-Pierre Filiu. VR (Please ping on reply) 06:30, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Infobox
I removed the infobox for a few reasons: VR (Please ping on reply) 06:35, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The biggest reason was it gave WP:UNDUE weight to a long list of salafists, who are essentially irrelevant in most of Israel-Gaza conflict. It gave more space to salafists than to Hamas or Israel!
 * Not much is added by it. The casualty figures are best tabulated, as in the table I've added in the "Overview" section. They were out of date anyway
 * It would need to be unnecessarily long. The list of Israeli PMs alone (let alone defense ministers and IDF chiefs) that have presided over conflicts against Gaza is very long. To say nothing of the leaders of every Palestinian faction that has fought against Israel from Gaza. Most of that would again be WP:UNDUE for the lead.

First intifada Israeli death toll - wrong information
it is stated here that "During the First intifada, in the Gaza Strip alone, 142 Palestinians were killed, while no Israelis died"

It is misleading and false. Many,(and mostly) Israeli civilians were killed.

Palestinians committed hundreds of terror attacks against civilians inside the Israeli territories.

Again, this is misleading, creating a narrower point of view, shaping one's thought to side with the palestinians as if they are the only victim. Biased content. Missing details while mentioning others, as a repetitive strategy shown all over in this article, expanding on one's suffering and neglecting the other - isnt neutral as Wikipedia should be. 2A02:6680:2105:8104:799C:EB84:2E27:21E5 (talk) 16:51, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Israel–Hamas war which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 10:21, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Missing citation for claim
This linked revision which re-added a claim that the Oct 7th counter attack killed "mostly women and children" has no support in the given citation. The cited article does not mention women or children, it just gives an estimate of the total people killed, so either a new citation should be added if it's indeed true or the unsupported claim should be removed again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaza%E2%80%93Israel%20conflict&diff=1200750398&oldid=1200718275 2601:600:947F:9CD4:DCAD:2918:6970:F476 (talk) 17:59, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The claim appears true going by the vast majority of sources and our linked article Israel–Hamas war. It's only unreferenced. Feel free to add references. — kashmīrī  <sup style="color:#80f;font-family:'Candara';">TALK  18:06, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Use ndash as per MoS
in "(2018-2019)" in the lead and further down in "1967-1970". 82.36.70.45 (talk) 16:43, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 13 January 2024
It says that over 27,000 Palestinians were killed in Gaza but the source cited (betselem) does not supply that number but a much lower one. 73.16.64.162 (talk) 21:21, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Numbers corrected. — Sirdog (talk) 03:07, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
 * It is worth noting here that the IDF estimated 12,000 Hamas fighters eliminated, since it is known that the 27,000 number includes Hamas and other militants. Benjaminbergstein (talk) 08:36, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * not to mention the fact that the health ministry of Gaza is basicaly Hamas as well.
 * The deceptive enemy of Israel that commits crimes against humanity.
 * And it is not mentioned other than the number itself as if it was a fact for the readers.
 * Again, missing specific information to shape one's mind.
 * Wikipedia should be neutral and informative. Not political as clearly shown in this article 2A02:6680:2105:8104:799C:EB84:2E27:21E5 (talk) 16:54, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Adjudication in lead
Shouldn't we say that the number of 27,000 death is according to the Hamas government? 82.36.70.45 (talk) 16:40, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * This number is widely accepted as accurate, although it includes Hamas fighters and other militants.
 * [This article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war) includes citations to IDF estimates of Hamas fighters.
 * The most balanced thing would be to note both numbers – 27,000 dead Gazans of which as many as 30% (12,000) are Hamas fighters. Benjaminbergstein (talk) 08:38, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm not married to this position, but I wonder whether that information wouldn't be more properly situated in the section on the 2023 war below? The lead just seems like a strange place to start delving into statistics on the identities of the dead, especially given how large this article's already is. In fact, I notice the current death toll is in the lead twice, with two different statistics (I assume the top one was first). I would suggest cutting the first mention of the current death toll in favor of the last (since the section goes chronologically) and, if anyone is so inclined, to add breakdowns of casualties further down, or simply to link to the page @Benjaminbergstein linked above. Arcendeight (talk) 12:57, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

There were far more deaths in 1948 alone than in the 2023-2024 Israel-Hamas War
Per Gelber, Yoav (2001). Palestine 1948: War, Escape and the Emergence of the Palestinian Refugee Problem (Second Edition (2006) ed.), p. 12, an estimated 112,000 Israelis died during the fighting in 1948 and between 51,100 and 63,500 Arabs. To say that the Israel-Hamas conflict which began in 2023 has a higher death toll than all other wars of the Arab-Israeli conflict is historically inaccurate. This point needs to be corrected. Chipchiperoo (talk) 16:41, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 3 March 2024 (2)
Under the "Impact" section, the information contained therein is misleading. Most notably, it utilizes press statements made by members of Channel 14 news as impacting the conflict. Such statements, without also citing statements of the other side, including statements made by the Arab language press, or, for example, the Queen of Jordan, who publicly denied the attacks on October 7th on mainstream Arabic language television, creates a biased interpretation of the conflict. Israel has multiple other news outlets, who present news in a less "politicized" manner. To pass off the statements of Channel 14 News as being indicative of any impact of this conflict is misinformation.Chipchiperoo (talk) 17:05, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Please ping me or reopen the request if necessary. ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me! 01:19, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 3 March 2024
Per Gelber, Yoav (2001). Palestine 1948: War, Escape and the Emergence of the Palestinian Refugee Problem (Second Edition (2006) ed.), p. 12, an estimated 112,000 Israelis died during the fighting in 1948, alone, and between 51,100 and 63,500 Arabs. This is much higher than the 27,000 Palestinians who died in the 2023-2024 Israel-Hamas War. To say that the Israel-Hamas War which began in 2023 has a higher death toll than all other wars of the Arab-Israeli conflict is historically inaccurate and straight-up misinformation. This needs to be corrected and is backed up simply by inaccurate press statements and no academic sources (unlike the 1948 numbers). Chipchiperoo (talk) 16:50, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done:, I can't find a passage on page 12 in the source you cited that supports this. Please provide a quote. ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me! 01:27, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

People in Scotland
Shy should we look after 3rd world world countries 90.240.81.223 (talk) 22:39, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Concerns regarding unbiased and misleading topic
This article contains many points at hand that place it in a problematic position of unbiased and, at times, grossly misleading. The main issues are with the general description of the page, and the list of conflicts table. Suggestions for editors:

1) Add a statement placing the Gaza conflict within the framework of the entire Isreal - Palestinian conflict. In addition, throughout the text, the conflict is staged as front of "Israel against Arabs", which is outright wrong and promotes hate speech. For instance - how would you count an Israeli-Arab killed in the conflict? All statements portraying this as an Arab-Israel conflict should be changed to Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

2) Add reference to the Egyptian border control in addition to the Israeli one.

3) Change wording of "Israel has fought 15 wars against the Gaza strip". A nation does not go to war on a region, but rather over political bodies or ethnic groups. In all the listed clashes, the IDF military actions were limited to a confrontation with specific military organizations (defined by Israel, and many other countries, as terror organizations). Perhaps the phrase more fitting will be: "Since 1948, 15 armed conflicts were fought between Israel and Palestinian armed forces in Gaza."

4) The conflict list-table metrics is clearly designed to elicit an biased response from readers, and not to detail the stage of each conflict. Adding columns regarding the military organizations participating in the conflict, the instigator of the conflict, the resolution ending each conflict.

5) Additional issues with the table: - Internal displacement is a non-informative metrics and needs to be removed. When displacement is done to create "empty zones" it is one thing, but when the displacement is temporary to prevent civilian casualties by IDF targeting of militants - it is a different story. - Unify the metrics of casualties to include killed only. - Remove "other impacts" column. It seems to just be a place to "cherry pick" facts or postulations that should be placed in context in the paragraph for each conflict.

The entire page is new - and was formed during the recent 2024 conflict in the region. It seems to be page dedicated to offer an alternative - confrontational - stance to the page informing people on the Israel-Palestinian conflict (detailed in an article of its own). This of its own is problematic and prolongs hate and strife, as many people fall into the traps of rampant disinformation. It would be right to issue a warning on the page, as it is far from delivering information in accordance to Wikipedia philosophy. Walking the Middle Ground (talk) 02:24, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

october 2023
in the paragraph about October 2023, there is some missing information:

sacre, 240 people were on the oxtober 7 attackkidnappe if them ost were civilians, the youngest was 8 months old and the oldest more than 80 years old. in the current negotiations between Israel a this war, one of the main issues is the demand for  releas of  130 people still held in captivity  by also, women who were mn captivity and came back after a "deal" with hammas, report sexual violence on the day of the attack and in the captivity in gaza. imas.ing ohis information causes disinformation. to include the info about the kidnapped does not mean cwithout taking a stand of pro-israel or pro- Palestinvi it is vital to write about the kidnapped civilians as a factor nn the cobflict and as a factor for the ability to reach ( or not reach) an end to this war. Mnm2023 (talk) 21:16, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 24 April 2024
This entire article solely describes the Palestinian narrative which at best is half truths and totally disregards many facts such as the tens of thousands of rockets that were shot on Israel since 2006 till October 2023, how Israel left Gaza on its own accord and how Hamas which is a renowned terrorist organization came into power supported by Gazans, the multiple Israeli attempts to offer peace confronted with the Hamas charter of death to Jews and much more. People read this as comprehensive truth when it clearly isn’t. This entire topic should be re-edited to reflect the full facts, or stated that it is edited solely according to Hamas narrative. ZZ1960 (talk) 08:57, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template.   (talk | contribs) 00:25, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 * @CanonNi, the user cannot "establish consensus" as you're telling them to, because non-EC users are only allowed to place edit requests on this page. — kashmīrī  <sup style="color:#80f;font-family:'Candara';">TALK  09:25, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Right, my mistake.   [[User:CanonNi ]]  (talk • contribs) 09:30, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * No worries. — kashmīrī  <sup style="color:#80f;font-family:'Candara';">TALK  09:32, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Section on South Africa is missing
Section about South Africa is missing. This is probably a mistake but South Africa as taken Israel to the International Court of Justice and laid out a genocide case against Israel.

This is fact. Bubbles2143 (talk) 04:44, 17 May 2024 (UTC)