The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israel–Hamas_war" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2023 Israel–Hamas war">2023 Israel–Hamas war</a> is declared following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hamas">Hamas</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Al-Aqsa_Flood" id="mw8A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Al-Aqsa Flood">attack</a> the day prior<sup about="#mwt50" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_8#cite_note-8" id="mw8Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw8g">[8]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt54" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_8#cite_note-9" id="mw8w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw9A">[9]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"><cite about="#mwt46" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFHu2023">Hu, Hadas Gold,Shirin Faqiri,Helen Regan,Jessie Yeung,Caitlin (2023-10-08). <a class="external text" href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/08/middleeast/israel-gaza-attack-hostages-response-intl-hnk/index.html" id="mwB2E" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Israel formally declares war against Hamas as it battles to push militants off its soil"</a>. <i id="mwB2I">CNN</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB2M">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB2Q">2023-10-22</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt46" class="Z3988" id="mwB2U" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=CNN&amp;rft.atitle=Israel+formally+declares+war+against+Hamas+as+it+battles+to+push+militants+off+its+soil&amp;rft.date=2023-10-08&amp;rft.aulast=Hu&amp;rft.aufirst=Hadas+Gold%2CShirin+Faqiri%2CHelen+Regan%2CJessie+Yeung%2CCaitlin&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2023%2F10%2F08%2Fmiddleeast%2Fisrael-gaza-attack-hostages-response-intl-hnk%2Findex.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOctober+8"></span><span about="#mwt46" class="cs1-maint citation-comment" id="mwB2Y"><code class="cs1-code" id="mwB2c">{{<a href="./Template:Cite_web" id="mwB2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="./Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" id="mwB2k" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span><link about="#mwt46" href="./Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" id="mwB2o" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/></span>