By the 2010s,
increasing regional cooperation between Israel and
Arab League countries have been established, culminating in the signing of the
Abraham Accords. The Israeli security situation shifted from the traditional
Arab–Israeli conflict towards the
Iran–Israel proxy conflict and
direct confrontation with Iran during the Syrian civil war. On 7 October 2023, Palestinian militant groups from Gaza, led by Hamas, launched
a series of coordinated attacks on Israel, leading to the start of the
Gaza war. On that day, approximately 1,300 Israelis, predominantly civilians, were killed in communities near the Gaza Strip border and
during a music festival.
Over 200 hostages were kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip.