The August 2022 fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad in Gaza
Gone quiet · last story Aug 11, 2022
Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group fought for three days in August 2022, after Israeli strikes killed two of the group's senior commanders in Gaza, until a ceasefire took effect on the night of August 7.[1][2][3]
What this arc covers
Three days of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza in August 2022: Israel's strikes that killed two of the group's senior commanders, the rockets fired toward Israel, the death toll in Gaza, which rose to 48, and the Egyptian-mediated ceasefire that took effect on August 7.
Earliest story we hold Aug 5, 2022 · 5 stories · 60 sources (counted once each) · 6 days
Background
Israel launched a wave of airstrikes on Gaza on August 5, killing a senior militant among others, and said it was targeting Islamic Jihad over an imminent threat after the arrest of a senior member of the group.[1] Two days later it said it had killed a second senior commander in a crowded refugee camp,[2] as militants fired rockets that reached deep into Israel and the death toll in Gaza rose.[4] Israel said a ceasefire would take effect at 11:30 p.m. local time on August 7, after a similar announcement from Islamic Jihad,[3] and by August 11 the Palestinian death toll had risen to 48, after an 11-year-old girl and a man died of their wounds.[5]
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Overview updated Oct 17, 2026
Part of Israel and Islamic Jihad
- The August 2022 fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad in GazaThis arcAug 5 – Aug 11, 2022
- The May 2023 fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad in GazaMay 9 – May 13, 2023
Where it standsnewest first · each bar runs left to right by leaning
Who covered it, over timeshare of the sources publishing each week, by side
Aug 1, 2022 - Aug 14, 2022
Share of the sources publishing each week that covered it
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Week of Aug 8, 2022 - Aug 14, 2022: 11 left, 16 center, 4 right, 16% of the sources that published that week · 66 articles
Show every week as a table
| Week | Left | Center | Right | Articles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2022 - Aug 7, 2022 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 198 | 26% |
| Aug 8, 2022 - Aug 14, 2022 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 66 | 16% |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
32% left · 50% center · 18% right of 60 sources on the spectrum, across 5 stories.
Every storyoldest first
August 2022
Aug 5– 7More than 40 people killed in Gaza in weekend of violence154 articles · 53 sources18 left, 22 center, 8 right- Aug 5– 7Israeli airstrike kills 2nd top Islamic Jihad commander30 articles · 25 sources9 left, 8 center, 4 right
- Aug 7– 8Cease-fire between Palestinians, Israel takes effect in Gaza91 articles · 41 sources10 left, 21 center, 5 right
- Aug 7Gaza death toll rises as cease-fire talks underway7 articles · 4 sources2 left, 2 center, 0 right
- Aug 11Death toll from weekend Israel-Gaza fighting rises to 4814 articles · 12 sources6 left, 3 center, 2 right