Saturday 7 October Hamas launches an unprecedented sea, air and ground offensive against Israel. The group fires a barrage of rockets towards Israeli cities and thousands of militants breach the border fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel. This footage shows a section of the border fence being bulldozed and the satellite image below shows a section of the breached border near the Erez crossing: This shows Hamas militants on motorised paragliders approaching the site of the Supernova music festival: The militants murder Israeli civilians in their homes, on the streets of their communities and at other locations along a broad swathe of territory bordering Gaza. Dozens of people are taken hostage. This map shows the Israeli communities infiltrated by Hamas militants: This composite image shows houses, cars and fields on fire in some of the communities attacked by Hamas: Israel retaliates with major strikes across the Gaza Strip. Sunday 8 October Israel formally declares war on Hamas and orders the evacuation of civilians from towns villages and kibbutzim near the Gaza border, as the horror of Saturday’s atrocities emerges in more detail. This annotated satellite image shows some of the communities that were overrun by militants: This drone footage shows the aftermath of the attack on the Supernova festival: Monday 9 October Israel bombards targets in Gaza, declares a “complete siege” of the Strip, cutting off water, food and power supplies, and drafts 300,000 reservists. The death toll on Israeli soil rises to 900, while in Gaza medics say 680 Palestinians have died. This map identifies the Israeli communities ordered to evacuate around Gaza in advance of a possible ground invasion: Tuesday 10 October Israel recovers the bodies of more than 1,500 Hamas fighters, as more stories emerge of Israelis killed near the border. Residents of Gaza describe bombardments striking residential buildings, hospitals and schools across the enclave. This map and image composite shows some of the sites hit in Gaza city on Tuesday: Wednesday 11 October Gaza’s sole power station runs out of fuel amid a tightening siege, as the Israeli bombardment continues. This satellite image composite shows the impact of Monday’s power cut: Israel says it has regained full control of the area around Gaza and designates it a closed military zone. Footage emerges showing Hamas fighters entering Israeli communities on Saturday: Thursday 12 October Israel says there will be no humanitarian break to its siege of the Gaza Strip until all its hostages are freed, amid growing concern over dwindling water, food and fuel supplies after a fifth night of bombardment. This footage shows buildings reduced to rubble in Gaza City’s Rimal neighbourhood: The UN says the number of people displaced by the airstrikes has soared 30% within 24 hours, two-thirds of them crowding into UN schools. This annotated map shows where people are displaced as of Thursday: Friday 13 October Israel’s military delivers sweeping evacuation orders for almost half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people before an expected ground offensive. The military tells civilians of Gaza City to flee farther south into the Gaza Strip: