Battle of Shuja'iyya | |||||||
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Part of the siege of Gaza City during the Israel–Hamas war | |||||||
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Per Israel:[6] 935+ fighters killed | ||||||
1,000+ Palestinian civilians killed[citation needed] 3 Israeli civilians killed[8] |
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 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 until Israeli forces eventually withdrew.