Siege of Gaza City

Siege of Gaza City
	Part of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, the insurgency in the northern Gaza Strip, and the Gaza war
	; Besieged Gaza City in June 2024
Date	2 November 2023 – 19 January 2025; (2 years, 4 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location	Gaza City, Gaza Strip
Result	Ceasefire; siege relieved
Belligerents
Israel	Gaza
Units involved
Israel Defense Forces Israeli Ground Forces Golani Brigade; Nahal Brigade; 401st Brigade; Paratroopers Brigade; Givati Brigade; Israeli Combat Engineering Corps; 99th Infantry Division; 460th Brigade; 39th Division 179th Armored Brigade; ; 143rd (Gaza) Division 215th Artillery Brigade; ; ; Israeli Air Force Shaldag Unit; ; Israeli Navy; ;	Palestinian Joint Operations Room Al-Qassam Brigades Gaza Brigade Sabra-Tal al Islam Battalion; Daraj wal Tuffah Battalion; Radwan Battalion; Shujaiya Battalion; Zaytoun Battalion; Shati Battalion; ; Central Brigade; ; Al-Quds Brigades; Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades; National Resistance Brigades; Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades; ; Palestinian Security Services Palestinian Police; ;
Casualties and losses
155+ soldiers killed	2+ fighters killed
	~10,000 civilians crushed under rubble (per the Palestinian Civil Defence) ; At least 27 dead from famine

The siege of Gaza City was an engagement of the Gaza war that began on 2 November 2023, when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) surrounded Gaza City, amid the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip after the October 7 attacks. Gaza City is the most populated city in the Gaza Strip and the battle started on 30 October 2023, when Israel and Hamas clashed in Gaza City. According to Oxfam, about 500,000 Palestinians, along with 200 Israelis and other captives, were trapped in a "siege within a siege" in northern Gaza.

The siege ended on 19 January 2025 with the implementation of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas earlier that day, and with Hamas retaining control over Gaza City.