December 2008 air strikes in the Gaza Strip

{{See also|Gaza War (2008–2009)|Timeline of the Gaza War (2008–2009)}}

Israel started these attacks on December 27, 2008, at 11:30 local time, and announced a "unilateral ceasefire" on the evening of January 17, 2009, after three weeks of all-out military operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israel has refused to reopen the crossings of the Gaza Strip after announcing the ceasefire, and as a result, the reconstruction of the ruins of this area has not been carried out. Israel has cited the reason for this siege to prevent more weapons from entering the region. After the announcement of the ceasefire, sporadic clashes between the parties have been reported from time to time.

{{cite web

|url = https://sahebnews.ir/953973/%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%AF-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%87-%D9%87%DB%8C%DA%86-%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6.htm

|title = جنگ‌هایی که هیچ گاه از یاد سربازان اسرائیلی نخواهد رفت

|trans-title = The wars that will never be forgotten by Israeli soldiers

|language = fa

|access-date = 22 October 2024

}}

{{See also|Casualties of the Gaza War (2008–2009)}}

According to the Israeli army, the number of Israeli casualties up to the 19th day of the war included 3 civilians and 10 soldiers.

{{cite web

|url = https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2009/01/090115_he_gaza_iran

|title = افزایش تلاش برای برقراری آتش بس در غزه

|date = 15 January 2009

|trans-title = Increasing efforts to establish a ceasefire in Gaza

|language = fa

|access-date = 22 October 2024

}}

There is a difference of opinion regarding the number of Palestinians killed, and due to Israel not allowing international journalists to enter Gaza, it is not possible to independently verify the number of casualties and injuries.

{{cite web

|url = https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2009/01/090114_si-gaza-deaths

|title = شمار کشته‌ها در غزه به بیش از هزار نفر رسید

|date = 14 January 2009

|trans-title = The number of dead in Gaza reached more than a thousand people

|language = fa

|access-date = 22 October 2024

}}

According to the estimates of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the number of Palestinians killed varies between 1314 and 1434.

{{cite web

|url = http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1073191.html

|title = Rights group: IDF killed 16 medical workers during Gaza war

|trans-title = گروه حقوق بشر: ارتش اسرائیل ۱۶ کارمند پزشکی را در جریان جنگ غزه کشت

|language = en

|access-date = 22 October 2024

}}

{{cite news

|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7855070.stm

|title = Counting casualties of Gaza's war

|date = 28 January 2009

|trans-title = شمارش تلفات جنگ غزه

|language = en

|access-date = 22 October 2024

}}

The war in Gaza caused many damages to the industrial, economic and health infrastructure of the Gaza Strip.

{{cite web

|url = https://www.ochaopt.org/sites/default/files/ocha_opt_pres_release_ny_2009_english.pdf

|title = Press release

|trans-title = بیانیه مطبوعاتی

|language = en

|access-date = 22 October 2024

}}

{{See also|Human rights violations against Palestinians by Israel|Human rights in Israel|Human rights in the State of Palestine}}

During the war, the United Nations Human Rights Council in a resolution accused Israel of "gross violations of human rights". The report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Committee, prepared by Richard Goldstone, accused Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes. Israel's war crimes included the use of white phosphorus to attack the buildings of the IDP Relief Agency, the targeting of al-Quds Hospital, and the attack on Al-Vafa Hospital.

{{cite web

|url = http://icicl.org/details.asp?id=279

|title = انتشار گزارش کمیسیون تحقیق شورای حقوق بشر ملل متحد راجع به غزه

|trans-title = Publication of the report of the Commission of Inquiry of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Gaza

|language = fa

|access-date = 22 October 2024

}}

{{cite web

|url = https://www.magiran.com/article/1950129

|title = کمیته حقیقت یاب سازمان ملل متحد اعلام کرد: جنایت ضد بشری در جنگ غزه

|trans-title = The UN fact-finding committee announced: Crime against humanity in the Gaza war

|language = fa

|access-date = 22 October 2024

}}

{{cite web

|url = http://ensani.ir/fa/article/download/366534

|title = رژیم صهیونیستی اسرائیل ناقض حقوق بشر

|trans-title = The Zionist regime of Israel violates human rights

|language = fa

|access-date = 22 October 2024

}}

The Air strikes in the Gaza Strip in December 2008 became the basis for subsequent conflicts. The 2022 Gaza–Israel clashes is a battle between Israel and the jihadist forces of the Gaza Strip led by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement. After the assassination of the prominent commander of the Al-Quds Brigades, Tayseer al-Jabari, by the Israeli army on August 5, 2022,

{{cite news

|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/05/israel-gaza-idf-strike/

|title = Israeli strikes in Gaza kill senior militant leader, at least 9 others

|newspaper = The Washington Post

|trans-title = حملات اسرائیل در غزه یک رهبر ارشد شبه نظامی، و دست کم ۹ تن دیگر را کشت

|language = en

|access-date = 22 October 2024

}}

the Palestinian Islamic Jihad launched successive and intense rocket attacks on Israeli cities and towns,

{{cite web

|url = https://www.timesofisrael.com/operation-breaking-dawn-was-a-tactical-success-but-wont-be-last-round-of-fighting/

|title = Operation Breaking Dawn was a tactical success, but won't be last round of fighting

|website = The Times of Israel

|trans-title = عملیات Breaking Dawn یک موفقیت تاکتیکی بود، اما آخرین دور نبرد نخواهد بود

|language = en

|access-date = 22 October 2024

}}

{{cite web

|url = https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-rockets-reach-west-jerusalem-third-day-gaza-fighting-2022-08-07/

|title = Israel and Palestinian militants declare Gaza truce

|website = Reuters

|trans-title = اسرائیل و مبارزان فلسطینی آتش بس در غزه اعلام کردند

|language = en

|access-date = 22 October 2024

}}

which triggered the war.

{{cite web

|url = https://www.isna.ir/news/1403070705012/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A8-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA

|title = حال این روزهای جهان‌ خوب نیست...

|date = 28 September 2024

|trans-title = The world is not good these days...

|language = fa

|access-date = 22 October 2024

}}

{{cite web

|url = https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/tags/289449/1/%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%AF-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D9%87-2022

|title = جنگ غزه ۲۰۲۲

|trans-title = Gaza war 2022

|language = fa

|access-date = 22 October 2024

}}

• Iranian reactions to the Gaza War (2008-2009)
• Operations attributed to Israel in Iran
• Israel and the nuclear program of Iran
• Embassy of Israel, Tehran
• Salah Al-Zawawi
• Society for the Defence of Palestinian Nation

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• [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/27/israelandthepalestinians1 Air strikes in Gaza kill 225 as Israel targets Hamas]
• [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/7/timeline-israels-attacks-on-gaza-since-2005 Timeline: Israel’s attacks on Gaza since 2005]
• [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/27/israelandthepalestinians Israel launches deadly Gaza attacks]
• [https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181227-remembering-israels-2008-war-on-gaza/ Remembering Israel’s 2008 War on Gaza]

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