2024 in the State of Palestine

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Events in 2024 in the Palestinian territories.

Incumbents

Photo	Post	Name
	President (PLO)	Mahmoud Abbas
	Prime Minister	Mohammad Shtayyeh

Events

Ongoing — Israel–Hamas war

• 1 January –
  • At least 20 rockets are fired by Hamas at Jerusalem and southern Israel.
  • The IDF withdraws seven brigades, consisting of thousands of soldiers, from the Gaza Strip and says the war will enter a "different mode of operations".

• 23 January – Twenty-one Israeli soldiers are killed in an explosion and subsequent building collapse in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, making it the deadliest day for the Israel Defense Forces since the ground invasion began.
• 24 January – A building complex sheltering tens of thousands of displaced people in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, has caught fire after being hit by Israel, causing mass casualties. Also, at least 214 people were killed in the city during the past 24 hours by Israeli airstrikes.

• 1 February – U.S. President Joe Biden signs an executive order imposing sanctions on four Israeli settlers in the West Bank who are implicated in acts of violence against Palestinians in the region.

• 3 February – The Gaza Health Ministry reported that 127 Palestinians (including at least 92 people in Rafah) were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 27,365.
• 9 February – Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders the Israel Defense Forces to plan evacuations of the city of Rafah.
• 10 February – The IDF claims to have discovered a Hamas data center under UNRWA's Gaza Strip headquarters.
• 11 February – Hamas announces the death of two Israeli hostages and says that eight others have been seriously injured by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the past 96 hours.
• 12 February:
  • At least 67 people are killed during overnight Israeli airstrikes in the Palestinian city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
  • Israeli special forces conduct a raid on a building in Rafah, rescuing two Israeli-Argentinian Hostage.
  • Dutch court orders halt to export of F-35 jet parts to Israel within 7 days over serious violations of international humanitarian law.
• 14 February – The Hostages and Missing Families Forum files a complaint of war crimes against the leadership of Hamas at the International Criminal Court.
• 18 February – Channel 12 reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will restrict Palestinian citizens of Israel's access to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem during the month of Ramadan due to security concerns.
• 22 February –
  • One Israeli is killed and 10 others severely injured in a shooting attack by three Palestinians near Ma'aleh Adumim in the West Bank.
  • Forty people are killed and 100 others are injured in Israeli airstrikes against residential buildings in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
• 23 February – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken declares that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law, overturning a policy instated under former U.S. President Donald Trump.
• 25 February – Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell: A United States Air Force active-duty member is in critical condition after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., in solidarity with Palestinians and expressing his outrage over the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip.
• 26 February:
  • Aaron Bushnell, a United States Air Force active-duty member who set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy yesterday in Washington, D.C., in solidarity with Palestinians, has died at hospital due to his wounds.
  • 2024 Palestinian government collapse: The entire Palestinian government, including Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, resign from office, amid popular opposition and pressure from the United States during the Israel–Hamas war.
• 29 February:
  • Al-Rashid humanitarian aid incident: At least 112 people receiving humanitarian aid are killed and 760 others are wounded in Gaza City after Israeli forces fire on civilians receiving humanitarian aid. Israeli officials claim most of the deaths were from a stampede.
  • Two Israelis are shot and killed in an attack at a gas station near Eli, West Bank.
• 7 March – U.S. president Joe Biden announces the construction of a temporary pier on the coast of the Gaza Strip to facilitate large-scale delivery of humanitarian aid.
• 8 March – Five people are killed when an aid package airdropped from a C-17 aircraft into the Gaza Strip fails to deploy its parachute and subsequently crushes them.
• 9 March – Canada and Sweden resume funding for UNRWA, which had been suspended following the UNRWA October 7 controversy.
• 18 March – Dozens of people, including at least 20 “terrorists” and a senior Hamas leader, are killed after an attack on the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.
• 19 March – Israel announces the death of senior Hamas military leader Marwan Issa, following an airstrike on a tunnel complex the previous week, making him the highest ranking Hamas official killed in the war yet.
• 25 March – UN security council passes resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as US abstains.
• 28 March – The International Court of Justice, in a unanimous decision, orders Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip unimpeded, warning that famine is already occurring.
• 1 April – World Central Kitchen drone strikes: Seven volunteers from the World Central Kitchen, including six British, Polish, Australian and Palestinian nationals and a dual American-Canadian citizen, are killed in an Israeli airstrike south of Deir el-Balah.
• 7 April – Siege of Khan Yunis: Israeli forces withdraw from Khan Yunis.
• 8 April – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered an invasion of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip with a date "being set" for the ground offensive.
• 10 April – An Israeli airstrike kills three sons of Hamas Chairman Ismail Haniyeh.
• 14 April – Killing of Benjamin Achimeir: The body of Israeli teenager Benjamin Achimeir is found in the West Bank a day after he went missing, sparking clashes between settlers and Palestinians.
• 16 April – A mob of Israeli settlers in Aqraba kill two Palestinians in revenge for the murder of Israeli teenager Benjamin Achimeir amid escalating ethnoreligious violence in the West Bank.
• 20 April – Fourteen Palestinians are killed in an Israeli raid in the West Bank.
• 21 April – 22 people are killed, including 18 children, in overnight Israeli strikes in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, according to local health officials.
• 22 April – Israeli troops and tanks re-enter Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip after abruptly withdrawing from the city earlier this month.
• 23 April –
  • A mass grave containing over 300 bodies is found at a hisoital in Khan Yunis.
  • Jamaica becomes the 140th UN member state to recognize the State of Palestine.
• 25 April – Israel intensifies strikes on Rafah.
• 1 May – Following American pressure, Israel reopens the Erez Crossing and allows aid trucks into the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
• 2 May – A Palestinian National Security Forces patrol kills a Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunman in Tulkarm in the West Bank.
• 5 May –
  • Ten Israeli civilians are injured after Hamas launches a rocket barrage at the Kerem Shalom border crossing.
  • Hamas announces the end of ceasefire talks held in Cairo, Egypt, while Israel vows to continue its military operations.
• 6 May –
  • Israel tells Gazans to evacuate part of Rafah ahead of a planned ground offensive.
  • Hamas states that it has accepted the ceasefire proposal from Qatar and Egypt; Israel, however, rejects the proposal, saying it is "unacceptable".
• 7 May –
  • Israeli forces enter Rafah in a "limited" operation, taking control of the Rafah Border Crossing on the Egypt–Gaza border.
  • At least 27 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Rafah.
• 8 May –
  • Israeli troops reach the outskirts of Rafah with Hamas saying that heavy fighting is underway. The Israeli military says it has "uncovered terrorist infrastructure", and killed a number of Hamas militants as it advances.
  • Israel reopens the Kerem Shalom border crossing, allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza. However, no aid has entered according to the UN.
• 9 May –
  • Israeli tanks and warplanes strike eastern Rafah, killing more than 65 civilians and causing 80,000 people to flee.
  • A US-flagged ship carrying aid to the United States-built floating pier in Gaza sets sail from Cyprus.
• 10 May – Palestine 194: The United Nations General Assembly voted 143–9 with 25 abstentions to approve a resolution granting Palestine new rights and requests, and to reconsider its request to become a UN member. The US, Argentina, the Czech Republic and Hungary, along with four Pacific nations, align with Israel in voting against the resolution.

• 12 May – Antony Blinken warns Israel lacks a credible plan to protect Rafah civilians.
• 13 May –
  • The Israeli military advances into northern and southern Gaza.
  • A staff member of the United Nations Department of Safety and Security is killed and another is injured in Rafah.
  • Hamas says it has "lost contact" with the militants holding four Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
• 14 May – Israeli tanks enter residential areas of Rafah as they attempt to capture the city. Hamas' armed wing al-Qassam Brigades says that it destroyed an Israeli troop carrier with a Al-Yassin 105 anti-tank missile, killing several troops and injuring several others, while the Israel Defense Forces claim to have "eliminated" several terrorists in the city.
• 15 May – Five Israeli soldiers are killed in a friendly fire incident in Jabalia after IDF tanks open fire on their position.
• 16 May – Palestinian fighters, including Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, claim dozens of attacks on Israeli troops in and around the Jabalia refugee camp.
• 17 May –
  • Humanitarian aid deliveries begin arriving at the U.S.-built Gaza floating pier.
  • The Israeli army recovers from Rafah the bodies of three people killed in the Re'im music festival massacre last October, including Shani Louk.
  • Hamas announces that an Israeli strike killed Sharhabil Sayed, a Hamas commander in Lebanon.
  • Israel announces that an Air Force strike killed Islaam Hamaisa, a commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's Jenin Brigade.
• 18 May –
  • The Israeli army recovers the body of Ron Binyamin, who was killed and brought to Gaza by Palestinian militants in October.
  • Benny Gantz threatens to withdraw his party from the unity coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't submit a post-war plan for Gaza by June 8.
  • Austria unfreezes €3.4 million ($3.7 million) in funds to the UNRWA.
• 20 May – The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan has requested a warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Al-Masri, and Ismail Haniyeh for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• 21 May –
  • The Israeli army launches a raid on the city of Jenin, with sources claiming seven Palestinians were killed.
  • The UNRWA suspends food distribution in Rafah due to insecurity and a lack of supplies.
• 22 May – The governments of Norway, Ireland, and Spain announce they will recognise the State of Palestine as a sovereign state starting 28 May, calling for a two-state solution. In response, Israel recalls its ambassadors to these countries.
• 23 May – At least 60 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks in Rafah, Deir al-Balah, and Gaza City.
• 24 May –
  • Israeli army recovers the bodies of three captives who were killed and taken to Gaza by Palestinian militants in the 7 October attacks.
  • The International Court of Justice orders Israel to halt the military offensive in Rafah.
• 25 May – Italy restores €35 million (US$38 million) of funding for UNRWA several months after it suspended the aid due to allegations linking UN staff to the October 7 attacks.
• 26 May –
  • The Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas fire rockets towards Tel Aviv area in central Israel for the first time in four months.
  • Four U.S. Army vessels wash up on Israeli beaches, two of them in the Gaza Strip.
• 28 May –
  • The governments of Norway, Ireland, and Spain officially recognise the State of Palestine, after declaring their intention to do so on May 22. The Palestinian flag was raised outside of Leinster House, the seat of Ireland's parliament.
  • Denmark parliament rejects proposal to recognise Palestinian state.
  • Israeli tanks reach central Rafah for the first time with heavy clashes being reported.
  • At least 21 people are killed and 64 others are injured in a Israeli attack on a tent camp in al-Mawasi, Rafah Governorate.
  • The U.S. removes the Gaza floating pier from the Gaza Strip for repair after its flotilla was damaged in bad weather.
  • South Africa's genocide case against Israel: Mexico announces it will intervene in the genocide case on the side of South Africa.
• May 30 – The Israeli military lifts a ban on the sale of food to the Gaza Strip from Israel and occupied West Bank.

Deaths

• January 2: Saleh al-Arouri, 57, militant, commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (since 1993)
• January 29: Hind Rajab, 6, child
• February 25: Fathi Ghaben, 77, painter
• March 11: Mohammed Barakat, 39, footballer (national team)
• March 17: Marwan Issa, 58, militant, co-leader of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
• April 7: Walid Daqqa, 62, novelist and activist
• April 19: Mohammed Jaber, 24–25, militant, leader of the Tulkarm Brigade
• May 7: Walid Daqqa, 62, novelist and activist

See also

• Outline of the Israel–Hamas war

External links

Media related to 2024 in the State of Palestine at Wikimedia Commons