Battle of Shuja'iyya (2023)
| Battle of Shuja'iyya | |||||||||
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| Part of the siege of Gaza City during the Gaza war | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Israel | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Yair Palai |
Emad Abdullah Ali Qariqa X Wissam Farhat X | ||||||||
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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16 soldiers killed 1 Namer destroyed |
Per Israel: 935+ fighters killed | ||||||||
| 3 Israeli prisoners killed | |||||||||
The Battle of Shuja'iyya was a military engagement between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian forces in December 2023 during the Gaza war.
During the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Shuja'iyya was the last district in Gaza City that had not been subject to an Israeli ground invasion, and as a result many Palestinians who had not been able to evacuate south had sought refuge in the district. Despite this, the Israel Defense Forces had shelled and bombarded targets in Shuja'iyya for weeks before invading on December 4. On the 26th of December, Israel withdrew from Shuja'iyya, announcing that the local Hamas battalion had been defeated. Despite this, militants continued to attack Israeli forces within the town.