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The duration of the invasion is wrong

According to the duration provided in the infobox (1 year, 1 month and 2 days as of 24.11.09), invasion of Gaza started on October 7th, while at the same time it clearly states that it begun on October 27th, which seems to be the true date. Gorgedweller (talk) 10:28, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, changed it. Alaexis_¿question? 21:31, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Killed at gaza

Ziad Abu Haya was brutally beaten in September, a month after he shouted: "Turn to the world, save us from Hamas, they are trading in our blood." Today, in front of his children, Hamas gunmen murdered him in Khan Yunis. A resident of Gaza: "He previously published a new video in which he complained about the situation". https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/rjvfkugnke#autoplay 87.70.196.182 (talk) 14:47, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Btw Al Arabiya also wrote about it [1]. Alaexis_¿question? 17:58, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is the killing of 1 particular person notable enough for inclusion in this article? I should note that this article does not reference the Killing of Hind Rajab or the killing of Refaat Alareer, both of which have received far more news coverage. JasonMacker (talk) 18:14, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

statistics

https://www.mako.co.il/news-world/2024_q4/Article-a8286ac1075c391027.htm?sCh=31750a2610f26110&pId=173113802 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/14/number-civilians-killed-gaza-inflated-to-vilify-israel/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A0D:6FC0:771:6F00:8CAF:681E:B334:D4BD (talk) 15:53, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hamas strategy parapgraph

The article notes that hamas has eliminated high ranking israeli officers by individually identifying them as officers. These claims do not rely on clear evidence, as there is no documentation that proves an alleged pre-planning of the officers' "assassinations", (hence the possibility of their deaths coincidentally taking place, is not ruled out). On top of that, hamas does not posses efficient itelligence-gathering measures, which are vital for the execuation of targeted assassinations, which is an additional aspect limiting the possibility of such operations taking place. Also, the article claims that officers with the "aluf" rank have been killed, which is entirely incorrect. The last time in which an officer ranked as "aluf" was killed, took place in the 1982 lebanon war. Unconfirmed, and partially false infromation, that creates an impression of hamas executing complex and professional military opertions, is not an objective reflection of the situation. I suggest the paragraph to be re-edited. 141.226.89.87 (talk) 16:13, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. The sources that were used for this paragraph were just news articles about the losses suffered by the IDF. It's WP:SYNTH to draw conclusions about Hamas strategy from it. Possibly these sources can be re-used elsewhere. In case it happens, we should make sure we don't say more than the sources themselves say. I also don't see any reason to use the term aluf. Habaka was sgan-aluf but it won't say anything to most readers, it's better to write that he had a rank equivalent to Lt. Colonel. Alaexis_¿question? 21:19, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]