Israel–Palestine Monitor
A continuously updated monitor of the Israel-Palestine conflict: verified events in Gaza and the West Bank, ceasefire status, humanitarian indicators and how the conflict connects to the wider regional confrontation. For the interactive view, open the live map centered on the region.
Last updated July 16, 2026 · Maintained by Rumen Slavov
The state of the conflict
The war that began with the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023 reshaped the entire Middle East. Inside Gaza it produced one of the most intense urban conflicts of the century, with a humanitarian toll documented by UN agencies as among the worst of any active war. Since then the conflict has moved through phases of high-intensity fighting, hostage negotiations, partial truces and contested ceasefires - each phase reshaping the map of control and the humanitarian picture. In the Gaza Strip, the central questions tracked here are the status of any ceasefire, the flow of humanitarian aid, and the governance of the territory. In the West Bank, settler violence, military raids and settlement expansion drive a separate but connected track of instability.
What this monitor tracks
- Verified conflict events - ACLED-coded strikes, raids, clashes and violence against civilians across Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, geo-located on the live map.
- Ceasefire status - the current state of any truce, negotiation round, or breakdown, sourced from official statements and vetted reporting.
- Humanitarian indicators - displacement, food-security assessments and aid-access reporting from UN agencies.
- Regional spillover - the linked fronts: Lebanon/Hezbollah, the Red Sea, and the overarching Iran-Israel confrontation.
- Daily AI briefing - the intelligence briefing summarizes each day’s developments across all fronts.
Why this conflict shapes the whole region
The Israel-Palestine conflict is the gravitational center of Middle East instability. Escalation in Gaza has repeatedly activated the Lebanese front, drawn Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping into the picture, and hardened the Iran-Israel confrontation. Every regional de-escalation initiative - normalization talks, reconstruction plans, security arrangements - runs through the question of what happens in Gaza and the West Bank. That is why this monitor sits alongside the most critical conflicts list rather than below it.
A short timeline
- October 7, 2023 - Hamas attack on southern Israel; roughly 1,200 killed and about 250 taken hostage. Israel declares war.
- 2023-2024 - ground campaign through northern, central and southern Gaza; mass displacement; first hostage-release truce in November 2023.
- 2024 - regional escalation: Hezbollah exchanges culminating in the Lebanon war, Houthi shipping attacks, and the first direct Iran-Israel strikes.
- 2025 - ceasefire and hostage deals negotiated, broken, and renegotiated; the June 2025 Iran-Israel war briefly eclipses Gaza; reconstruction and governance plans contested.
- 2026 - the conflict continues through cycles of truce and renewed strikes, with the humanitarian crisis and post-war governance unresolved. The live feeds above carry the current state.
How to read the data responsibly
Casualty and damage figures from an active war zone are estimates, revised as verification catches up. Figures from parties to the conflict carry inherent bias in both directions; UN-verified numbers lag events. War Monitor shows the source next to every figure and links to the underlying reporting - treat any single-source claim, here or elsewhere, with care. See the methodology for how events are verified and what the limitations are.
Frequently asked questions
The conflict has moved through phases of high-intensity war, truces and contested ceasefires since October 2023. The current status - fighting, ceasefire, or negotiation - is tracked continuously on the War Monitor live map and in the daily briefings.
The War Monitor live map shows verified, geo-located conflict events across Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, alongside military activity and regional context, updated continuously from ACLED, GDELT and OSINT sources.
The West Bank runs on a separate but connected track: military raids, settler violence and settlement expansion produce a steady stream of verified incidents that War Monitor tracks alongside the Gaza war.
All casualty figures from active war zones are estimates. Ministry of Health figures, Israeli military figures and UN-verified counts differ in method and lag. War Monitor attributes every figure to its source rather than blending them into a single number.