Category: War, from Wikidata’s class “battle”
Zikim attack
Part of: Gaza War
Wikidata classes on our event-class list: battle (all its classes: Wikidata item)
As part of the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, a military engagement took place near Zikim, Israel between Hamas militants and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). According to Haaretz, Hamas's goal was to capture Zikim's military training base. The Israeli navy prevented most Hamas militants from landing on the beach, although an estimated 11 militants landed from a vessel that went through. Fighting took place outside Zikim, at three military bases, and on the adjacent coastline. The garrison of the training base held out, but the other two bases were overrun, and a civilian security team prevented an incursion into the kibbutz. Hamas militants also carried out a massacre on the beach, killing 17 civilian beachgoers.
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Zikim attack. (2026, October 6). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zikim_attack&oldid=1378822093
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