Conflict catalog
2023 Israel-Hamas War: Weapons and Equipment
Urban warfare, rockets, air defense, drones, armor, and small-unit weapons.
The 2023 Israel-Hamas War began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas and other Gaza-based militants attacked southern Israel from the Gaza Strip. Israel responded with an air, ground, and maritime campaign in Gaza aimed at returning hostages and dismantling Hamas, while repeated ceasefires, hostage-prisoner exchanges, regional spillover, and severe humanitarian constraints shaped the conflict's later phases.
This conflict catalog is reserved for systems documented in and around Gaza, southern Israel, and related regional operations.
Relevant entries may include rockets, counter-rocket defenses, armored vehicles, aircraft, drones, and small-unit weapons as the catalog expands.
139 weapon systemsConflict Actors
Israel / Hamas and Gaza-based armed groups
Hamas and Gaza-based armed groups
50 weapon systems in this catalog
Context
- Status
- Published catalog
- Location
- Gaza Strip, southern Israel, and adjacent eastern Mediterranean approaches
- Countries
- Israel, Palestinian territories
- Regions
- Gaza Strip, Southern Israel, Eastern Mediterranean
- Domains
- land, air, maritime, missile strikes, UAV, air defense, electronic warfare, urban warfare, insurgency
The catalog currently emphasizes air and UAV-related evidence rather than a complete order of battle. Existing entries document Israeli F-35I air-defense use against a cruise missile and reported Israeli use or capture of commercial DJI quadcopters in Gaza. As the catalog expands, this conflict is likely to require careful separation between directly sourced system use in Gaza, broader regional missile and UAV activity, and unsourced claims from fast-moving battlefield media.
Map
Gaza Strip, southern Israel, and adjacent eastern Mediterranean approaches
Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors.
Timeline
Key Events
Hamas-led attack starts the war
Hamas and other Gaza-based militants launched rockets and crossed into southern Israel by land, sea, and air, taking hostages and triggering Israel's declaration of war against Hamas.
Sources: Britannica 2023 Israel-Hamas War, CFR Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Tracker
Israel expands ground operations in Gaza
After intensive airstrikes and mobilization around Gaza, Israeli forces began a full-scale ground invasion with stated goals of dismantling Hamas and returning hostages.
Sources: CFR Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Tracker
Temporary truce and hostage-prisoner exchanges
A weeklong pause in late November allowed exchanges of hostages and Palestinian prisoners and opened a limited window for additional aid deliveries before combat resumed.
Sources: CFR Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Tracker
Rafah offensive begins
Israel opened an operation in Rafah and along the Egypt-Gaza border area, seeking control of the Philadelphi Corridor and further isolating Hamas forces in southern Gaza.
Sources: CFR Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Tracker
Ceasefire framework announced
The United States, Egypt, and Qatar announced a mediated ceasefire framework that led to a temporary pause, hostage releases, prisoner releases, and partial Israeli withdrawals.
Sources: CFR Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Tracker, Britannica 2023 Israel-Hamas War
Major Israeli operations resume
Israel resumed large-scale strikes and ground operations after negotiations over the ceasefire's next phase failed, citing Hamas's refusal to release additional hostages.
Sources: CFR Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Tracker, Britannica 2023 Israel-Hamas War
Gaza City offensive intensifies
Israeli leaders framed the September 2025 ground offensive in Gaza City as an effort to remove Hamas from the enclave's largest city, while outside criticism focused on escalation and civilian harm.
Sources: Britannica 2023 Israel-Hamas War
October ceasefire takes effect
A U.S.-backed twenty-point peace framework entered its first phase with a ceasefire, hostage-release provisions, Israeli withdrawal lines, and later UN Security Council support, though implementation remained contested.
Sources: CFR Gaza Peace Deal Guide, OCHA Occupied Palestinian Territory
Phases
Initial attack and air campaign
The war opened with Hamas-led rocket fire and cross-border attacks into southern Israel, followed by Israeli airstrikes, mobilization, siege measures, and preparations for ground combat in Gaza.
Ground invasion and Gaza campaigns
Israeli forces expanded ground operations from northern Gaza into later campaigns around Khan Younis, Rafah, the Philadelphi Corridor, and northern Gaza, while a late-2023 pause briefly interrupted combat.
Ceasefire and exchange period
The January 2025 ceasefire phase included hostage-prisoner exchanges and partial Israeli withdrawals, but negotiations over a second phase failed.
Renewed operations
Israel resumed major strikes and ground operations across Gaza after the ceasefire broke down, including renewed operations in Gaza City, Khan Younis, Rafah, and a later Gaza City offensive while diplomacy continued around hostages, aid, and future governance.
Ceasefire implementation and stabilization talks
The October 2025 ceasefire framework shifted the conflict toward monitoring, hostage-remains issues, aid access, Israeli withdrawal lines, Hamas disarmament demands, and postwar governance negotiations.
External Support
The United States remained Israel's principal external military supplier during the war, including ammunition, Iron Dome interceptors, air-defense replenishment, broader security assistance, and major supplemental funding. CFR also describes Hamas as Iran-backed, and CFR analysis notes longstanding Iranian financial and military support to Hamas, especially missile-related support; the catalog should treat such supplier context as background unless a specific weapon entry has direct conflict-use sourcing.
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Weapons
2023 Israel-Hamas War Weapon Systems
Role
Frontline Assault
Used directly in attacks, advances, raids, or offensive ground operations.
15 remaining
Role
Defensive Holding
Used to defend positions, territory, cities, trenches, bases, or key terrain.
Role
Fire Support
Provided supporting fire for troops, vehicles, or maneuver units.
37 remaining
Role
Long-Range Strike
Attacked targets far behind the front line, such as bases, depots, headquarters, or infrastructure.
22 remaining
Role
Interdiction
Disrupted enemy movement, reinforcements, logistics, supply routes, or staging areas.
Role
Area Denial
Made a zone dangerous or unusable for enemy forces, aircraft, ships, or vehicles.
1 remaining
Role
Anti-Armor
Used primarily against tanks, armored vehicles, or mechanized forces.
4 remaining
Role
Air Defense
Used to detect, deter, or destroy aircraft, helicopters, drones, or missiles.
Role
Reconnaissance & Surveillance
Used to observe, locate, track, or monitor enemy forces.
4 remaining
Role
Targeting Support
Helped identify, designate, or correct fire against targets for other weapons.
4 remaining
Role
Electronic Warfare
Used to jam, spoof, intercept, disrupt, or protect electronic signals and communications.
Role
Command, Control & Communications
Provided command-and-control connectivity, communications relay, data exchange, or battlefield network support.
Role
Mobility & Logistics
Supported transport, supply, repair, evacuation, fuel, ammunition, or movement across terrain.
1 remaining
Role
Captured, Seized & Recovered
Captured, recovered, seized, interdicted, or otherwise documented as conflict materiel, especially where operational use is uncertain.
Role
Force Protection
Protected troops, vehicles, bases, convoys, ships, or infrastructure from attack.
8 remaining
Role
Psychological Impact
Affected morale, fear, public perception, propaganda, or symbolic meaning.
Role
Symbolic Weapon
Became politically, culturally, or visually associated with the conflict.
Role
Asymmetric Advantage
Helped a weaker or less conventional force offset a stronger opponent.
1 remaining
Role
Insurgent / Guerrilla Use
Used by irregular forces for ambushes, raids, harassment, or resistance warfare.
25 remaining
Role
Training & Foreign Aid
Supplied mainly to train, equip, or support an allied or proxy force.
News
Latest 2023 Israel-Hamas War News
MK-84 and BLU-109 Bombs in Gaza Reporting
2023 Israel-Hamas WarMk 84 Mod 4 2,000-pound unguided bombBLU-109 penetrator warheadGBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb IReporting from Al Jazeera, Anadolu, and Novara Media identified U.S.-made MK-84 and BLU-109 munitions, with GBU-39 also named in Anadolu's summary.Sources: Al Jazeera, Anadolu Agency, Novara Media, WeaponsOfConflict catalog
Conflict Sources
Conflict-level chronology is summarized from established reference and research sources because battlefield reporting, casualty accounting, and ceasefire-violation claims remain fast-moving and disputed. The Wikimedia map is open-license context media built from open-source mapping and cited reporting, not an authoritative front-line record. Weapon entries should still use direct system-specific conflict-use sources rather than relying on this overview.
- Britannica 2023 Israel-Hamas WarPublisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica | Note: High-level chronology for the war's start, Israeli war aims, 2025 ceasefire, renewed hostilities, September 2025 Gaza City offensive, and October 2025 ceasefire context. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- CFR Israeli-Palestinian Conflict TrackerPublisher: Council on Foreign Relations | Note: Supports the conflict overview, major campaign chronology, Rafah and northern Gaza operations, ceasefire breakdown, and Iran-backed Hamas context. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- OCHA Occupied Palestinian TerritoryPublisher: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs | Note: Supports Gaza-centered location context, humanitarian constraints, October 2025 ceasefire context, and UN Security Council Resolution 2803 implementation caveats. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- CRS U.S. Foreign Aid to IsraelPublisher: Congressional Research Service via EveryCRSReport.com | Note: Supports U.S. military-aid context after October 7, 2023, including ammunition and Iron Dome replenishment and large-scale wartime deliveries. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- Defense Department Supplemental BillPublisher: U.S. Department of Defense | Note: Supports external-support context for the 2024 supplemental funding, Israeli air-defense replenishment, and related humanitarian funding. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- CFR Iran Support for HamasPublisher: Council on Foreign Relations | Note: Supports background supplier context on Iranian financial and military support to Hamas, including missile-related support. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- CFR Gaza Peace Deal GuidePublisher: Council on Foreign Relations | Note: Supports October 2025 ceasefire implementation, the first phase of the peace framework, and continuing disputes over aid, governance, Hamas disarmament, and Israeli withdrawal. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- Wikimedia Gaza War MapPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image licensing and provenance page for the Gaza war map, listed as CC BY-SA 4.0. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- Wikimedia Gaza Damage PhotoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image licensing and provenance page for a Gaza City damage photo, listed as CC BY-SA 3.0 with Wafa/APAimages attribution. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- Wikimedia F-35I Adir PhotoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image licensing and provenance page for an Israeli Air Force F-35I Adir photo, listed as CC BY-SA 3.0 with IDF Spokesperson's Unit attribution. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
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