According to the search results, Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups are attacking Israel in 2023. The conflict began on October 7, 2023, with a coordinated surprise offensive on Israel, which included a barrage of at least 5,000 rockets launched from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip against Israel, and some 2,500 Palestinian militants breaching the Gaza–Israel barrier and attacking civilian communities and IDF military bases near the Gaza Strip. The conflict is part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, which started in May 1948 and which since 2005 saw most of its military exertions taking place in or emanating from the Gaza Strip. The Hamas attack brought risks of the conflict spilling across the region, given the close ties between Hamas, Iran, and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, all of whom share anti-Israel policies.