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Israel-Hamas war: What happened on day 218?

IDF advances on eastern Rafah • Leaflets dropped over Rafah calling for evacuation • Hamas releases new hostage video • UN revises estimates of women, children killed in Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF troops operate in Zeitun, in the Gaza Strip. May 11, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF troops operate in Zeitun, in the Gaza Strip. May 11, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know


  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 in the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
  • 131 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 38 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says