Israel-Hamas war, day 17 

October 23, 2023


LEBANON
ISRAEL 
Tel Aviv
WEST BANK
Jerusalem
Golan
JODAN
SYRIA
Gaza Strip 
4 5 6
80km 50 miles


	DEAD 	Injured
Israel 	1,405 	5,431 
Gaza 	4,651 	14,245


Gaza City
EVACUATION ZONE
Deir el-Balah
GAZA STRIP
Khan Younis
Rafah
Ashkelon
ISRAEL 
Erez crossing
Sderot
Kfar Aza 
Nahal Oz
Be’eri
Netivot
Wadi Gaza
Re’im
Kisufim
CLOSED MILITARY ZONE
Sufa
Kerem Shalom
Rafah crossing
EGYPT
1 2 3
4km 2.5 miles

Hamas rocket attacks 
Israeli air strikes 
Clashes 
Border checkpoint (closed) 
Refugee camps


1 Gaza: IDF says 222 hostages held by Hamas, including foreign nationals. 320 Hamas targets hit overnight

2 Khan Younis: IDF conducts limited ground raids, Hamas repels attack

3 Rafah: Second aid convoy crosses border, U.S. promises continuous flow, but no fuel included

4 Lebanon: Hezbollah and allies attack 17 IDF positions, Israeli Air Force hits two Hezbollah cells

5 Syria: IAF conducts air strikes on Damascus and Aleppo airport runways to limit flow of Iranian arms

6 Red Sea: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis threaten to target Israeli ships

Sources: Reuters, BBC, AP
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