The Seven-Front War
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TIMELINE 19A
The Seven-Front War
October 8, 2023 to today
The day after the massacre, Israel is at war on seven fronts: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Judea and Samaria, Yemen, Iraq and Iran. Hezbollah’s leaders fall, Assad’s regime collapses, and a ceasefire brings the living hostages home.
TURNING POINTS
2023 Oct 8 Hezbollah opens a second front. Hezbollah fires on the north the day after the massacre, and some 60,000 Israelis leave their homes.
2024 Apr 13 to 14 Iran fires missiles and drones at Israel. About 320 missiles and drones are launched. Israel says 99 percent are intercepted.
2024 Nov 27 Ceasefire with Hezbollah. Fighting that began on October 8, 2023 ends.
2024 Dec The Assad regime falls in Syria. Israel moves to secure its Golan border.
2025 Jun 13 to 24 The twelve-day war with Iran. Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear and missile sites, and the United States joins in.
2025 Oct 10 Gaza ceasefire and peace plan. A ceasefire takes effect under a United States plan. The surviving hostages are released on October 13.
ALSO IN THIS PERIOD
2023 Oct 19 The Houthis in Yemen launch their first missiles toward Israel.
2023 Oct 27 Ground forces enter Gaza.
2023 Nov 24 to Dec 1 A truce frees 105 hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
2024 Jul 27 A Hezbollah rocket kills 12 children on a football field in Majdal Shams.
2024 Sep 17 to 18 Exploding pagers and radios wound thousands of Hezbollah members.
2024 Sep 27 Israel kills Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut.
2024 Oct 16 Israeli soldiers kill Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Rafah.
2025 Jan 19 A Gaza ceasefire begins. It ends March 18.
2026 Sep 30 A Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv is attacked in the cockpit. Passengers and the Indian captain foil the hijacking.
2026 Oct 27 Election: scheduled.
Corrections: none recorded. This is the current version.