Beit Hanoun or Beit Hanun (Arabic: بيت حانون) is a Palestinian city on the northeast edge of the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 52,237 in 2017. [1] As a result of the ongoing Gaza war, Beit Hanoun has been militarily contested between the Hamas administration and ...

On 15 January 2024, the Al Quds Brigades fired a rocket salvo from Beit Hanoun toward southern Israel, as Palestinian militants began infiltrating areas which had been previously cleared by the IDF in Northern Gaza.

Sep 29, 2023 · The Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing had been closed on September 15 ahead of the Jewish New Year holiday. The decision to close the crossing was one of the main reasons behind the protests held along the fence separating besieged Gaza from Israel over the last two weeks.

Dec 29, 2024 · Israeli forces carrying out a weeks-long offensive in northern Gaza ordered any residents remaining in Beit Hanoun to leave the town on Sunday, citing Palestinian militant rocket fire from the...

Oct 9, 2023 · Many in Beit Hanoun, a densely packed area in northeast Gaza, heeded the call. They went westwards, some two kilometres away, to the Jabalia refugee camp, in the hope of finding relative...

Oct 26, 2023 · Slider images show how parts of Beit Hanoun and al Karama have been levelled as Israel prepares a widely-expected ground invasion of the Palestinian territory.

Dec 29, 2023 · The battle took place in Beit Hanoun on November 16 at about 2 P.M. The Orev company of the 12th Brigade, a reservist infantry brigade that's been operating in Gaza since the war broke out, found itself in a tenacious battle against Hamas fighters in the center of the city.

Dec 18, 2023 · The IDF’s 252nd Reserve Division has completed its operations against the Hamas terror group in the Beit Hanoun area of northern Gaza, and handed over responsibility of the region to the Gaza...

Dec 29, 2024 · Much of the area around the northern towns of Beit Hanoun, Jabalia and Beit Lahia has been cleared of people and razed, fueling speculation that Israel intends to permanently depopulate the area. The Israeli military announced its new push into the Beit Hanoun area Saturday.

Jan 15, 2025 · Hamas and other terror groups have found a way to survive and Beit Hanoun is an example of the challenge. Israeli soldiers seen operating in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, during an...