play Live Sign upShow navigation menuplay Live Click here to searchsearchSign upEXPLAINERNews|Israel-Palestine conflictWhat’s happened in Gaza and the West Bank since the start of the Iran war?Israel has closed the Rafah border crossing, and Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank have continued.
Listen to this article | 6 minsinfoPalestinians displaced during the Gaza war live in tents exposed to rain, heat, cold and wind in Khan Younis in southern Gaza [Ramadan Abed/Reuters]By Priyanka Shankar, Sarah Shamim and News AgenciesPublished On 13 Mar 202613 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Share
googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoWith the eyes of the world on the United States and Israel’s war in Iran, Israeli strikes and raids in Gaza and settler attacks and military operations in the occupied West Bank have continued unabated.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed more than 72,000 people in its genocidal war on Gaza, the majority of them women and children, and reduced almost the entire enclave to rubble. About 1,200 people were killed in Israel and more than 250 taken captive in the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel led by Hamas.
In the West Bank, Israeli soldiers or settlers have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians, many of them civilians, since the start of the Gaza war, according to Palestinian Ministry of Health figures. At least 45 Israelis, including both soldiers and civilians, have been killed in Palestinian attacks or during Israeli military operations in the region in the same period, according to official Israeli figures.
Here’s what we know of the situation in Gaza and the West Bank since the war in Iran began on February 28:
