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2014 Gaza War

war fought between the Israel Defense Forces and the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip during 2014
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Summary

2014 Gaza War is a military operation[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of military operation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,405 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Israel[3]
  • Follows: 2012 Gaza War[4]
  • Location: Gaza Strip[5], Israel[6]
  • Part of: Gaza–Israel conflict[7]
  • Commons category: 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict[8]
  • Has part(s): Battle of Shuja'iyya (2014)[9], 2014 Israel raids on UNRWA schools[10], 2014 Gaza war beach bombing incidents[11], death and ransoming of Oron Shaul[12], Battle of Rafah[13]
  • Start time: July 8, 2014[14]
  • End time: August 26, 2014[15]
  • Point in time: 2014[16]
  • Participant: Israel[17], Hamas[18], Palestinian Islamic Jihad[19], Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine[20], Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine[21], Popular Resistance Committees[22], al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades[23], Abdullah Azzam Brigades[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:2014 Gaza War[25]
  • Described at URL: http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/IsraelGaza2014/Pages/2014-Gaza-Conflict-Factual-and-Legal-Aspects.aspx[26], https://www.ochaopt.org/content/gaza-two-years-2014-hostilities-august-2016[27]
  • Number of deaths: 2205[28], 71[29]
  • Depicted by: Israeli–Palestinian conflict in video games[30]
  • Number of injured: 10,626[31]
  • Partially coincident with: 2014 Jerusalem unrest[32]
  • Topic has template: Template:2014 Israel–Gaza conflict[33]
  • Official name: מבצע צוק איתן[34]
  • Has effect: 2014 Ben Gurion Airport flight bans[35], international reactions to 2014 Gaza War[36], media coverage of the 2014 Gaza War[37], 2014 Sarcelles riots[38], Speeches given at the United Nations regarding the Gaza Conflict (2014)[39], United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict[40]
  • History of topic: timeline of the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict[41]
  • Has list: list of violent incidents in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, 2014[42], list of Israeli strikes and Palestinian casualties in Operation Protective Edge[43]
  • Vocalized name: מִבְצָע צוּק אֵיתָן[44]
  • Agent of action: Israel Defense Forces[45]

Why It Matters

2014 Gaza War has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Related Entities

Israel Palestinian Islamic Jihad

References

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Class ancestry

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Israel
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  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:2014 Gaza War
    Partially coincident with → 2014 Jerusalem unrest
    Point in time → +2014-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Has parts → —
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987012430908505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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