<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" id="mwATg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hamas">Hamas</a> and several other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians" id="mwATk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Palestinians">Palestinian</a> militant groups launch an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hamas-led_attack_on_Israel" id="mwATo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel">attack</a> into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" id="mwATs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Israel">Israel</a>, which results in the deaths of around 1,200,<sup about="#mwt103" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"}}' id="cite_ref-18" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_7#cite_note-18" id="mwATw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAT0">[18]</span></a></sup> mostly civilians, and taking more than <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–Hamas_war_hostage_crisis" id="mwAT4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis">240 hostages</a>,<sup about="#mwt107" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-19"}}' id="cite_ref-19" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_7#cite_note-19" id="mwAT8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 19;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAUA">[19]</span></a></sup> including civilians and soldiers.<sup about="#mwt111" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-20"}}' id="cite_ref-20" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_7#cite_note-20" id="mwAUE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 20;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAUI">[20]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt115" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-21"}}' id="cite_ref-21" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_7#cite_note-21" id="mwAUM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 21;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAUQ">[21]</span></a></sup> The attack initiated the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–Hamas_war" id="mwAUU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Israel–Hamas war">Israel–Hamas war</a>. <sup about="#mwt120" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-22"}}' id="cite_ref-22" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_7#cite_note-22" id="mwAUY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 22;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAUc">[22]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt124" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-23"}}' id="cite_ref-23" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_7#cite_note-23" id="mwAUg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 23;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAUk">[23]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"><cite about="#mwt100" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFFrayer2023">Frayer, Lauren (November 11, 2023). <a class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/2023/11/11/1212458974/israel-revises-death-toll-hamas-attacks-oct-7" id="mwB8k" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Israel revises down its death toll from the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks to about 1,200"</a>. <i id="mwB8o">NPR</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB8s">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB8w">November 13,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt100" class="Z3988" id="mwB80" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=NPR&amp;rft.atitle=Israel+revises+down+its+death+toll+from+the+Oct.+7+Hamas+attacks+to+about+1%2C200&amp;rft.date=2023-11-11&amp;rft.aulast=Frayer&amp;rft.aufirst=Lauren&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2023%2F11%2F11%2F1212458974%2Fisrael-revises-death-toll-hamas-attacks-oct-7&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOctober+7"></span></span>