Tel al-Hawa incursion

The Battle of Tel al-Hawa was a 4-day military battle between Israel and the Hamas-led Palestinian forces during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, in the neighborhood of Tel al-Hawa in Gaza City. It lasted from 8 July 2024 to 12 July 2024, and ended in an Israeli withdrawal from most of Tel al-Hawa.

Background
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had begun an ongoing general siege of Gaza City on 2 November 2023 as part of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, itself a response to the October 2023 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel which began the war.

Previously in February 2024, the IDF had killed Hind Rajab, a six-year old Palestinian girl, in Tel al-Hawa.

Battle and aftermath
The IDF invasion of Tel al-Hawa began on 8 July with a large wave of airstrikes followed by a ground offensive. During this time, the IDF was also still operating in Shuja'iyya, another Gaza City neighborhood.

During the battle, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement fought IDF troops, detonating explosive devices and firing shells and rockets. During one engagement, the IDF fought Palestinian militants who had fortified themselves inside an abandoned UNRWA compound.

On 12 July, the IDF withdrew from Tel al-Hawa. It was reported that dozens of Palestinians had been killed, and there was significant infrastructural damage. However, it was reported that IDF snipers and tanks remained in "control [of] some high ground", warning residents against trying to return.