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October 7 | Hamas-led militants attack Israel. |
October 7-8 | Israel attacks Gaza, Hezbollah rockets target Israel. |
| October 29 | Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza begins. |
| November 24-30 | A temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas takes effect, leading to the release of 105 hostages. |
| January 10 | U.S. and U.K. forces intercept drones and missiles fired by the Houthis at shipping in the Red Sea. |
January 12 | U.S. and U.K. strike Houthi underground weapon stores. |
| January 28 | Attack kills three U.S. service members at Tower 22 outpost in Jordan. |
| February 2 | U.S. hits targets in retaliatory strikes on Iran’s paramilitary forces and militias that Tehran supports in Syria and Iraq. |
| April 1 | Strike kills Iranian general in Damascus. |
| April 13 | Iran launches barrages against Israel in drone and missile attack. |
| April 19 | Israel strikes targets in Iran. |
| July 31 | Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, killed in Iran. |
| September 8 | Israeli commandos destroy Iran’s underground missile production facility for Hezbollah in Syria, delaying operations by two years. |
| September 17-18 | Hezbollah electronic devices across Lebanon explode in Israeli attack. |
| September 19-27 | Israel steps up strikes in southern Lebanon and Beirut, killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other elite members of the militant group. |
| September 30 | Israeli incursions into Lebanon begin. |
| October 1 | Iran launches ballistic missile barrage against Israel. |
| October 16 | Hamas’s political and military leader, Yahya Sinwar, killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. |
| October 26 | Israel strikes military targets in three locations across Iran. |
| November 21 | The International Criminal Court (ICC) formally issues arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for “war crimes and crimes against humanity” |
| November 27 | Ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, signed the previous day, comes into effect. |
| December 8 | The Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad falls; Israel conducts numerous strikes on Syrian military sites and enters the UN-patrolled buffer zone in the Golan Heights. |
| January 15 | Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire and hostage deal. |
| January 21 | Israel launches Operation Iron Wall in Jenin to dismantle terrorist infrastructure. |
| February 4 | President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. |
| February 18 | The IDF mostly withdraws from Lebanon but maintains military outposts there. |
| March 18 | Gaza ceasefire collapses; Israel launches Operation Strength and Sword following hostage deal stalemate; Houthi missile attacks on Israel intensify. |
| May 4 | A Houthi hypersonic ballistic missile strikes the perimeter of Ben Gurion Airport. |
| May 5 | Israel launches Operation Port City, a new wave of retaliatory attacks on the Houthis. |
| May 12 | Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexnader released as a “gesture of good will” by Hamas to President Trump. |
| May 13 | Hamas military leader Mohammed Sinwar eliminated in an Israeli airstrike. |
| May 16 | Israel launches Operation Gideon’s Chariots following hostage deal stalemate; the UN Human Rights Commissioner declares Israel’s Gaza escalation and aid blockade “tantamount to ethnic cleansing”. |
| May 21 | Two Israeli embassy staffers were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. A suspect was detained at the scene. |
| June 12 | Israel launches Operation Rising Lion, a preemptive strike targeting Iran’s nuclear and ballistic programs, as well as senior military personnel. |
| June 21 | America launches Operation Midnight Hammer, an airstrike targeting three of Iran’s nuclear facilities. |
| August 20 | The IDF begins an offensive to take over Gaza City. |
| August 29 | Israel launches Operation Lucky Drop, killing Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and other senior officials. |
| September 9 | Israel launches Operation Summit of Fire, an airstrike targeting Hamas headquarters in Qatar. |
| September 27 | UN Security Council sanctions against Iran (as part of the “Snapback” mechanism) reactivated. |
| September 29 | Prime Minister Netanyahu Meets President Trump at the White House; 20-Point plan to end Gaza war announced. |
| October 3 | Hamas’s responds to Trump plan for ending Gaza war, returning hostages. |
| October 8 | Israel and Hamas sign off on the first phase of the 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza. |
| October 13 | Hamas releases 20 living hostages and four hostage bodies; President Trump speaks at the Knesset; President Trump signs “Declaration for Enduring Peace and Prosperity” along with Arab & Muslim leaders. |
| November 17 | UN Security Council passes U.S.-initiated Resolution 2803 derived from the 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza. |
| October 14 - December 4 | Hamas releases bodies of 27 hostages. |
| January 14 | U.S. announces the launch of phase two of Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza. |
| January 17 | National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) mission statement is signed. |
| January 22 | Gaza Board of Peace charter signed in Davos, Switzerland. |
| January 26 | IDF forces locate the body of the last Israeli hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili. |
| February 28 | The U.S. and Israel initiate operations Epic Fury & Roaring Lion against Iran; Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is eliminated. |
| March 1 | Hezbollah enters war with Iran despite Lebanese government objections. |
| March 15 | Houthi attacks on Israel resume. |
| April 7 | The U.S. announces a two-week ceasefire in the operations against Iran, contingent on Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz. |
| April 14 | Israel and Lebanon hold U.S.-brokered direct talks for the first time in over three decades. |
| April 16 | The U.S. announces a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon; Trump invites Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Aoun to the White House. |
| April 21 | President Trump extends ceasefire with Iran until its leaders present a unified position. |
| April 23 | President Trump extends ceasefire with Lebanon by three weeks after meeting Lebanese and Israeli Ambassadors at the White House. |
| May 15 | Israel eliminates Hamas military chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the terror group’s leader in Gaza. |