Eli Ginsberg

Israeli military officer (d. 2023)

Eli Ginsberg (Hebrew: אלי גינסברג; c. 1981 – 8 October 2023) was an Israeli lieutenant colonel who commanded the LOTAR special forces counterterrorism unit of the Israeli Defense Forces from 2020 to 2023. Two weeks after his retirement from the military, Ginsberg was killed in action during the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel on 8 October.^[1]^[2] After hearing of the initial incursion by Hamas, Ginsberg drove from Dovrat, the kibbutz in northern Israel where he lived with his wife and four children, to participate in the Battle of Be'eri.^[3]

During his IDF career, Ginsberg was an officer in the Israeli Navy's Shayetet 13 special operations unit and was wounded during the Gaza flotilla raid in 2010.^[1]

Ginsberg had resided with his family in Dovrat since 2015 and served as the kibbutz's security coordinator.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c מושקוביץ, ישראל; יהושוע, יוסי (9 October 2023). "הקצין המעוטר מהשייטת השתחרר, קפץ ללחימה - ונהרג: "היה באינספור פעולות"". Ynet (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
^ "אבל בעמק יזרעאל: סא"ל אלי גינסברג ז"ל מדברת נפל בקרבות גבול עזה". mynet (in Hebrew). 9 October 2023. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
^ "Lt. Col. Eli Ginsberg, 42: Retired from long IDF career, returned to fight". Times of Israel. 2023-10-21. Retrieved 27 October 2023.

Israel–Hamas war

Engage-
ments

Hamas-led
attack on Israel

Attacks on civilians	Netiv HaAsara Alumim Be'eri Elchanan Team Holit Kfar Aza Kissufim Nir Oz Nir Yitzhak Nahal Oz Nirim Nova music festival Psyduck music festival
Battles	Re'im Sderot Sufa Zikim Israeli female tank crew fight
General topics	Allegations of genocide Allegations of involvement of UNRWA employees Denial Sexual and gender-based violence

Israeli invasion
of Gaza

Attacks on refugee camps	Jabalia 31 October Al-Shati Al-Maghazi
Attacks on schools	Al-Maghazi Al-Fakhoora Al-Falah Shadia Abu Ghazala School
Attacks on health facilities	Killing of health workers Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion Al-Shifa Hospital siege alleged military use ambulance airstrike Kamal Adwan Hospital siege Nasser Hospital siege
Other attacks	Palestinians evacuating Gaza City Church of Saint Porphyrius Sabra mosque Airstrikes on municipal services in Gaza Flour massacre
General topics	Gaza genocide allegations Bombing of the Gaza Strip Torture

Other theaters

Israel–Lebanon border clashes
- Attacks on journalists
Israeli incursions in the West Bank
Givat Shaul shooting
Iran–Israel proxy conflict
Red Sea crisis
- Operation Prosperity Guardian
- Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou
- 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
- Marlin Luanda missile strike
Tower 22 drone attack

Hostage
crisis

Hostages	Noa Argamani Bibas family Alex Dancyg Oded Lifshitz Hersh Goldberg-Polin Naama Levy
Rescued hostages	Operation Golden Hand Ori Megidish
Released hostages	Rachel Edry Yarden Roman-Gat Mia Schem
Deceased hostages	Alon Shamriz, Yotam Haim, and Samer Talalka

General
topics

Historical context	Arab–Israeli conflict Blockade of the Gaza Strip Palestinian freedom of movement Israel and apartheid Gaza–Israel conflict Casualties of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip Israeli settlement Israeli outpost Israeli settler violence Israeli disengagement from Gaza Palestinian rocket attacks Palestinian tunnel warfare anti-tunnel barrier Human shields Women Children

Effects

Reactions

Discrimination	Antisemitism Riots in the North Caucasus Anti-Palestinianism Islamophobia Violent incidents Killing of Wadea al-Fayoume Death of Paul Kessler Vermont student shooting Zürich stabbing attack
Protests	France March for the Republic and Against Antisemitism Indonesia 2023 Bitung clashes Israel United Kingdom United States National March on Washington: Free Palestine March for Israel DNC protests March on Washington for Gaza Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell Israel–Hamas war protest vote movements Artists4Ceasefire
UN resolutions	A/RES/ES-10/21 S/RES/2712 A/RES/ES-10/22 S/RES/2720 S/RES/2728
World Court	South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention) Legal Consequences of Israeli Policies and Practices
Courts	Defense for Children International-Palestine v. Biden

Casualties

Israel

Security forces	Alim Abdallah Yitzhak Ben-Bashat Jayar Davidov Eli Ginsberg Salman Habaka Asaf Hamami Roi Levy Izhar Peled Yonatan Steinberg
Civilians	Lior Asulin Yuval Castleman Hayim Katsman Ofir Libstein Shani Louk Aner Shapira Vivian Silver Yahav Winner

Palestine

Hamas	Saleh al-Arouri Abdul Fatah Dukhan Mohammed Dababish Wissam Farhat Ahmed Ghandour Marwan Issa Fursan Khalifa Osama Mazini Ayman Nofal Jamila al-Shanti Ali Al Qadi
Other militants	Fouad Abu Butihan Jihad Shehadeh
Civilians	Refaat Alareer Hammam Alloh Naheda and Samr Anton Yazan al-Kafarneh Ibrahim al-Astal Ahmad Bahar Mohammed Barakat Rashid Dabour [ar] Mohamed al-Dalou Awni El-Dous Omar Ferwana Hiba Abu Nada Ibrahim Qusaya Hind Rajab Mohammed Shabir Omar Abu Shawish Sufian Tayeh Wael Al Zard

Spillover

Journalists

General topics

Friendly fire

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people

Israelis	Nimrod Aloni Eitan Okun [he] Yagel Oshri Inbal Rabin-Lieberman Amir Tibon
Palestinians	Wael Al-Dahdouh Plestia Alaqad Motaz Azaiza Bisan Owda