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  • 1. What was the total financial cost of the war to Israel as of September 2025?
A) 168 billion shekels
B) 14.5 billion shekels
C) 600 million shekels
D) 22.76 billion shekels
  • 2. By September 2024, what amount had the US provided in aid?
A) $14.5 billion
B) $600 million
C) $22.76 billion
D) $50 billion
  • 3. According to the Bank of Israel, what was the weekly cost of the labor supply drop?
A) $14.5 billion
B) 168 billion shekels
C) $600 million
D) $50 billion
  • 4. What percentage of weekly GDP did the labor supply drop represent according to the Bank of Israel?
A) 80%
B) 30%
C) 6%
D) 5.2%
  • 5. By how much did the Israeli economy shrink in the final quarter of 2023?
A) 30%
B) 80%
C) 6%
D) 5.2%
  • 6. How many reservists were mobilized, contributing to labor shortages?
A) 135,000
B) 168,000
C) 300,000
D) 600,000
  • 7. What is the annual per capita GDP in Gaza and the West Bank as per the 2025 UNCTAD report?
A) $50,000
B) $600
C) $161
D) $14,500
  • 8. What is the unemployment rate in Gaza and the West Bank according to the 2025 UNCTAD report?
A) 5.2 percent
B) 30 percent
C) 80 percent
D) 6 percent
  • 9. The climate impact of rebuilding Gaza exceeds the annual greenhouse emissions of how many countries?
A) 135
B) 50
C) 80
D) 300
  • 10. When did the flow of commercial goods into Gaza stop?
A) November 2023
B) October 2026
C) September 2025
D) October 2023
  • 11. What fee per truck did Hamas allegedly levy on Gazan merchants?
A) 5.2% of GDP
B) 6% of GDP
C) 10,000 shekels
D) 30% of sales
  • 12. What percentage of sales did Hamas reportedly request from Gazan merchants in cash?
A) 6%
B) 30%
C) 5.2%
D) 10%
  • 13. Which trucks were still permitted to enter Gaza after the commercial goods stoppage?
A) No trucks at all
B) Only military trucks
C) Commercial goods from Israel
D) Humanitarian aid and commercial goods from Egypt
  • 14. What did Hamas claim the 10,000 shekel fee was?
A) A fee for building reconstruction
B) A required import duty by the UN
C) A voluntary payment by wealthy Gazans
D) A tax for humanitarian aid
  • 15. What is the name used by Palestinian militant groups for the conflict?
A) Simchat Torah war
B) Battle of al-Aqsa Flood
C) Operation Iron Swords
D) Second Nakba
  • 16. Why is the conflict sometimes called the 'Simchat Torah war'?
A) It marks the date of the Israeli withdrawal
B) The attack began on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah
C) It is named after a major Palestinian leader
D) It commemorates a historical battle
  • 17. In what year did Israel unilaterally withdraw from Gaza?
A) 2007
B) 2000
C) 2014
D) 2005
  • 18. Which group has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007?
A) The Palestinian Authority
B) Hamas
C) The United Nations
D) The Al-Qassam Brigades
  • 19. How have international rights groups characterized Israel's blockade of Gaza?
A) As collective punishment
B) As a temporary border control
C) As a necessary peace treaty
D) As a humanitarian initiative
  • 20. According to UNRWA in 2023, what percentage of Gazans were food insecure?
A) 63%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 81%
  • 21. What was the purpose of the Great March of Return in 2018–2019?
A) To protest the government of Hamas
B) To celebrate the withdrawal from Gaza
C) To call for the right of Palestinian refugees to return
D) To demand the end of UNRWA aid
  • 22. Which military wing of Hamas started planning the October 7 operation?
A) The Palestinian Islamic Jihad
B) The Intifada Resistance Front
C) The Gaza Security Forces
D) Al-Qassam Brigades
  • 23. What was one specific reason Hamas cited for the October 7 attacks?
A) Desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque
B) The expansion of the Abraham Accords
C) A desire to join the Palestinian Authority
D) Economic cooperation with Israel
  • 24. Which organization has likened the Israeli occupation to apartheid?
A) Amnesty International
B) The United Nations Security Council
C) The Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry
D) The Netanyahu government
  • 25. What was the status of negotiations between Israel and Saudi Arabia at the time of the October 7 attack?
A) They were ending all diplomatic ties
B) They were negotiating to normalize relations
C) They were in a state of open war
D) They had just signed a comprehensive peace treaty
  • 26. Who cited disrupting the 'normalization train' as a motive for the October 7 attacks?
A) The Palestinian Authority president
B) Benjamin Netanyahu
C) The UN Secretary General
D) Ismail Haniyeh
  • 27. What was a criticism directed at the Netanyahu government regarding their policy toward Gaza?
A) Declaring war too early in 2021
B) Refusing all international aid to the region
C) Granting work permits to Gazan residents
D) Ignoring the needs of Israeli settlers
  • 28. How many Israelis and foreign nationals were killed in the 7 October attack?
A) 251
B) 1,400
C) 74,000
D) 1,195
  • 29. By October 2026, what percentage of the Gaza Strip was under Israeli military control?
A) 53%
B) 65%
C) 90%
D) 25%
  • 30. What proportion of Gaza's civilian infrastructure has been destroyed according to the text?
A) 25%
B) 53%
C) 90%
D) 65%
  • 31. What is the name of the Israeli policy boundary that has been moving westward?
A) Yellow Line
B) Blue Line
C) Green Line
D) Red Line
  • 32. How many Palestinians had been killed since the third ceasefire took effect by 20 October 2026?
A) At least 1,400
B) Over 74,000
C) 251
D) 1,195
  • 33. Which regime fell as a result of regional instability linked to the war?
A) Hamas administration
B) Israeli coalition
C) Assad regime
D) Iranian government
  • 34. How many hostages were taken in total during the October 7 attacks?
A) 1,200
B) 500
C) 100
D) 251
  • 35. What did Israeli officials reportedly deem the Hamas battle plans that they received prior to the attack?
A) Aspirational
B) Irrelevant documents
C) Immediate threats
D) Fake intelligence
  • 36. Which software did the Israeli Air Force use to help identify airstrike targets?
A) Iron Dome AI
B) Habsora (The Gospel)
C) Gaza Tracker
D) Sky Shield
  • 37. What directive did the IDF allegedly use that resulted in the deaths of some Israeli civilians and soldiers?
A) The Defense of Borders Act
B) The Gaza Protocol
C) Operation Scorched Earth
D) Hannibal Directive
  • 38. Which entity supplies 80% of Gaza's electricity?
A) The Egyptian Energy Board
B) The Gaza Power Authority
C) The UN Relief Agency
D) The Israel Electric Corporation
  • 39. What happened at the Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist Hospital on 17 October?
A) It became the primary Hamas command center
B) It was evacuated without incident
C) An explosion in the parking lot killed hundreds
D) It was completely demolished by an airstrike
  • 40. What was the result of Hamas's offer to release all civilian hostages on 9 or 10 October?
A) The UN mediated a partial release
B) The Israeli government rejected the offer
C) Hamas withdrew the offer before it could be reviewed
D) Israel accepted the offer immediately
  • 41. How many people were killed on average per day by Israeli airstrikes in the first 20 days?
A) 50
B) 1,000
C) 350
D) 100
  • 42. How many people were killed in the IDF strike on Jabalia refugee camp?
A) 50
B) 54
C) 150
D) 106
  • 43. What was the duration of the initial temporary ceasefire agreement in November?
A) Two weeks
B) Four days
C) One day
D) One week
  • 44. On what date did active fighting cease following the Qatari-brokered truce?
A) 27 October 2023
B) 30 November 2023
C) 24 November 2023
D) 1 December 2023
  • 45. When did prisoner exchanges stop due to accusations of truce violations?
A) 24 November
B) 22 November
C) 1 December
D) 28 November
  • 46. What happened to the truce on 1 December?
A) It was made permanent
B) It was rejected by Qatar
C) It expired
D) It was extended by a month
  • 47. What military operation began in May 2025?
A) Operation Northern Shield
B) Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
C) Operation Iron Swords
D) Operation Gideon's Chariots
  • 48. What did the US urge Israel to conduct instead of a full-scale invasion?
A) Surgical operations
B) No military action
C) Total annexation
D) Diplomatic negotiations only
  • 49. What organization called the 31 October apartment building bombing an 'apparent war crime'?
A) Forensic Architecture
B) United Nations
C) Human Rights Watch
D) The Red Cross
  • 50. How did Hamas shift its fighting style as a result of the war?
A) Into a naval force
B) Into a purely political organization
C) Back into a guerrilla fighting force
D) Into a conventional infantry army
  • 51. What organization disputed Israel's claims regarding the use of civilian facilities by Hamas?
A) Human Rights Watch
B) The United States
C) The Israeli Military
D) Forensic Architecture
  • 52. Who was engaged in Operation Gideon's Chariots besides the military?
A) Foreign military volunteers
B) Only conscripted soldiers
C) Private contractors
D) The UN peacekeeping force
  • 53. What system did Israel adopt to order precise evacuations in Gaza?
A) A color-coded zone system
B) A digital map application
C) A radio broadcast signal
D) A grid system
  • 54. Who was the prominent writer killed by an Israeli airstrike on 6 December?
A) Mahmoud Darwish
B) Edward Said
C) Ghassan Kanafani
D) Refaat Alareer
  • 55. What is the title of the poem by Refaat Alareer that was widely circulated after his death?
A) Gaza Under Fire
B) Home is a Memory
C) If I Must Die
D) The Last Breath
  • 56. Where were Palestinian civilians pushed due to intensified bombing in December?
A) Rafah
B) The Mediterranean coast
C) The Egyptian border
D) Northern Gaza
  • 57. How many men did Israel detain between 7 and 10 December?
A) More than 500
B) Fewer than 100
C) More than 150
D) Exactly 50
  • 58. Who stated on 15 January that the most intense fighting in the north had ended?
A) Daniel Hagari
B) Benjamin Netanyahu
C) Herzi Halevi
D) Yoav Gallant
  • 59. Who was killed by Israeli forces on 29 January along with her family?
A) A local medical doctor
B) A Red Crescent volunteer
C) A prominent Palestinian journalist
D) Hind Rajab
  • 60. When did Israel conduct a hostage rescue operation in Rafah along with a bombing campaign?
A) 1 March
B) 5 February
C) 12 February
D) 29 February
  • 61. Who was the individual killed by Israeli forces at Al-Shifa Hospital in March 2024?
A) Faiq al-Mabhouh
B) Mohammed Deif
C) Yahya Sinwar
D) Ismail Haniyeh
  • 62. How many militants did the IDF claim to have killed during the Al-Shifa Hospital raid?
A) 400
B) 200
C) 50
D) 100
  • 63. What organization were the seven aid workers killed on 1 April affiliated with?
A) Red Cross
B) World Central Kitchen
C) UNRWA
D) Project HOPE
  • 64. How many aid trucks reached Gaza between the start of the Rafah operation and 24 May?
A) 906
B) 1,200
C) 2,500
D) 450
  • 65. On 22 July, which city did the IDF begin a second invasion of?
A) Al-Shuja'iyya
B) Nuseirat
C) Rafah
D) Khan Yunis
  • 66. According to the text, how many schools were attacked by Israel between 4 July and 10 August?
A) 10
B) 45
C) 90
D) 21
  • 67. How many militants did the IDF state it killed during the third battle in Khan Yunis?
A) Over 250
B) Over 75
C) Over 100
D) Over 500
  • 68. Which area saw 19 to 40 people killed in missile strikes on 10 September?
A) Tel al-Sultan
B) Al-Mawasi
C) Al-Shuja'iyya
D) Nuseirat
  • 69. Who was killed by IDF ground forces in Tal as-Sultan on 16 October?
A) Marwan Issa
B) Yahya Sinwar
C) Ismail Haniyeh
D) Mohammed Deif
  • 70. What entity was accused of blocking aid by allowing looting gangs to target convoys?
A) The UN
B) The Abu Shabab clan
C) The IDF
D) Local police
  • 71. How many UN food trucks were looted on 16 November?
A) 50
B) 98
C) 25
D) 109
  • 72. Which group was widely blamed for the looting of aid trucks?
A) Hamas
B) The Palestinian Authority
C) Islamic Jihad
D) The Abu Shabab clan
  • 73. What did Joe Biden urge Israel to do after the death of Yahya Sinwar?
A) Expand the ground invasion
B) Increase airstrikes
C) Occupy Tal as-Sultan
D) End the war
  • 74. What plan were officials speculated to be implementing in North Gaza?
A) The peace and prosperity initiative
B) The humanitarian corridor strategy
C) The generals' plan
D) The two-state solution framework
  • 75. Who mediated the January 2025 ceasefire agreement?
A) Qatar
B) The United States
C) Egypt
D) The United Nations
  • 76. Who ordered a halt to the supply of Israeli electricity to Gaza on 9 March?
A) Benjamin Netanyahu
B) The Qatari mediator
C) Eli Cohen
D) Antony Blinken
  • 77. On what date did Israel end the ceasefire by launching a surprise attack?
A) 19 March
B) 25 March
C) 18 March
D) 12 April
  • 78. Which political figure's corruption trial was postponed due to the attack on 18 March?
A) Issam al-Da'alis
B) Salah al-Bardawil
C) Abu Hamza
D) Netanyahu
  • 79. Which Hamas political bureau member was killed in the fighting that started on 18 March?
A) Mohammed Sinwar
B) Ismail Abu Hatab
C) Muhammad Shabana
D) Salah al-Bardawil
  • 80. How many medics were killed when IDF troops fired on humanitarian vehicles in Rafah on 23 March?
A) 41
B) 33
C) 10
D) 15
  • 81. What school was hit by an Israeli airstrike on 25 May?
A) Nasser primary school
B) Tel al-Sultan academy
C) Al-Shifa school
D) Fahmi al-Jawjawi school
  • 82. Which new militia began operating in Gaza in late May 2025?
A) The Netzarim Defense Force
B) The Abu Shabab Brigade
C) The Gaza Humanitarian Guard
D) The Popular Forces
  • 83. Who accused Netanyahu of funding and arming the Popular Forces militia?
A) The European Council
B) The UN
C) Avigdor Lieberman
D) Hamas leadership
  • 84. What city was issued evacuation orders by the IDF on 20 July despite having no previous ground offensive?
A) Khan Yunis
B) Gaza City
C) Shuja'iyya
D) Deir al-Balah
  • 85. How many journalists were killed by Israel during the war following the 10 August strike on the press tent?
A) 15
B) 192
C) 36
D) 41
  • 86. What did Netanyahu call the 25 August double tap strike on Nasser Hospital?
A) A tactical success
B) A mistake in intelligence
C) A mishap
D) A necessary military action
  • 87. Who proposed the 20-point peace plan on 29 September 2025?
A) Donald Trump
B) Benjamin Netanyahu
C) Eyal Zamir
D) Joe Biden
  • 88. Where was the peace summit held on 13 October?
A) Gaza City
B) Rafah
C) Sharm El Sheikh
D) Tel Aviv
  • 89. How many living Israeli hostages were released by Hamas on 13 October?
A) 20
B) 1,718
C) 21
D) 250
  • 90. Which Hamas commander was killed on 13 December?
A) Ra'ad Sa'ad
B) Izz al-Din al-Haddad
C) Ali al-Amoudi
D) Mohammed Odeh
  • 91. Who succeeded Izz al-Din al-Haddad as the leader of Hamas in Gaza?
A) Mohammed Odeh
B) Ghazi Hamad
C) Ali al-Amoudi
D) Ra'ad Sa'ad
  • 92. Who is the IDF chief of staff mentioned in the text?
A) Donald Trump
B) Ra'ad Sa'ad
C) Benjamin Netanyahu
D) Eyal Zamir
  • 93. What is the name of the Hamas leader who claimed disarmament depends on Israeli withdrawal?
A) Ghazi Hamad
B) Mohammed Odeh
C) Ali al-Amoudi
D) Ra'ad Sa'ad
  • 94. According to satellite analyses, what percentage of roads were damaged or destroyed?
A) 68%
B) 30%
C) 50%
D) 85%
  • 95. What term is used in the text to refer to the destruction of Gazan cities and their institutions?
A) Democide
B) Urban-cleansing
C) Geocide
D) Urbicide
  • 96. According to Angelina Jolie's update as of June 2026, what percentage of structures in Gaza had been damaged?
A) 65%
B) 95%
C) 82%
D) 50%
  • 97. What percentage of Gaza's population required shelter assistance as winter approached 2026?
A) 88%
B) 75%
C) 60%
D) 94%
  • 98. What health concern did doctors warn about due to overcrowded hospitals?
A) Disease outbreaks
B) Lack of surgical equipment
C) Allergic reactions to contaminated water
D) A surge in physical trauma cases
  • 99. What has Israel increased since the start of the war?
A) Deportation of citizens
B) International aid
C) Administrative detention
D) Military budget
  • 100. Where is the detention camp mentioned that was converted by the IDF in December 2023?
A) Ofer Prison
B) Sde Teiman
C) Gaza City
D) Beit Lid
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