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| strength1 = {{#invoke:flag|icon|Palestine}} 37,000{{efn|Combined forces of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.<ref name="combined forces" >{{cite news |last1=Abraham |first1=Yuval |title='Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing spree in Gaza |url=https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/ |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=+972 Magazine |date=3 April 2024 |language=en | quote = "as many as 37,000 Palestinians as suspected militants"}}</ref><ref name="Economic Times - 37K">{{cite news |title=How Israel is using 'Lavender' and 'Daddy' to identify 37,000 Hamas operatives |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/how-israel-is-using-lavender-and-daddy-to-identify-37000-hamas-operatives/articleshow/109155124.cms?from=mdr |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=The Economic Times |date=9 April 2024 |quote=The "Lavender" system is designed to identify individuals suspected of being part of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), even targeting those with lower ranks for potential aerial bombardments. In the initial stages of the conflict, the military heavily relied on Lavender, leading to the system labeling up to 37,000 Palestinians as militants, along with their residences, for potential airstrikes.}}</ref> Estimates for Hamas alone are highly variable, from 20,000 to <!-- was 40K just Hamas? --> over 40,000.<ref name="CIA fact book" >{{#invoke:cite book||last=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|url= http://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/gaza-strip/|title=The World Factbook|date=22 May 2024 |publisher=|chapter=Gaza Strip |access-date=8 June 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news||date=13 October 2023 |title=How Hamas secretly built a 'mini-army' to fight Israel |publisher=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/how-hamas-secretly-built-mini-army-fight-israel-2023-10-13/ |access-date=13 October 2023 |archive-date=13 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013214141/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/how-hamas-secretly-built-mini-army-fight-israel-2023-10-13/ |url-status=live}}</ref> }}
| strength2 = {{#invoke:flag|icon|Israel}} 529,500{{#tag:ref|Including 169,500 active personnel<ref>{{#invoke:cite book||last=International Institute for Strategic Studies |url=https://www.iiss.org/publications/the-military-balance/the-military-balance-2021 |title=The Military Balance 2021 |date=25 February 2021 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-03-201227-8 |location=[[London]] |page=344 |author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies |access-date=13 October 2023 |archive-date=21 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121114152/https://www.iiss.org/publications/the-military-balance/the-military-balance-2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> and 360,000 reservists<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/10/israel-military-draft-reservists/ |title=Israel's massive mobilization of 360,000 reservists upends lives |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030031425/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/10/israel-military-draft-reservists/ |archive-date=30 October 2023 |access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}}
| units3 = See [[Order of battle of the Israel–Hamas war|Order of Battle]]
| casualties_header = [[Casualties of the Israel–Hamas war|Casualties and losses]]
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