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Requested move 7 October 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Move the article to 2023 Israel–Hamas war. See the extended explanation at the bottom. Fuzheado | Talk 21:08, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

October 2023 Gaza–Israel conflict → ? –
October 2023 Gaza–Israel conflict → 2023 Palestine–Israel War, or
October 2023 Gaza–Israel conflict → 2023 Gaza–Israel War, or
October 2023 Gaza–Israel conflict → 2023 Arab–Israel War
– with the government of Israel declaring a state of emergency and war and most of the important palestinian groups involved in it, it only makes sense for it to be called a war rather than a conflict Abo Yemen✉ 11:55, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

  • Too early, we don't know where this will lead yet. FunkMonk (talk) 11:56, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Yeah, we need to wait for this is to take it's true form. But for now its just extreme tensions, not a all-out war. Snekaer (talk) 05:27, 9 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 06:27, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Perhaps wait a bit for sources to come in that it is an all-out war, otherwise Wikipedia could be pre-emptive enough to make it be widely reported as an all-out war, and from there become an all-out war. Kleinerziegler (talk) 11:58, 7 October 2023 (UTC) Struck per WP:ARBECR --Guerillero Parlez Moi 16:48, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Good idea, no need to escalate the situation ourselves. ChaotıċEnby(talk) 12:29, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Fair point 72.195.236.88 (talk) 21:33, 8 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Renerpho (talk) 21:48, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    Fair point Catchphraseman (talk) 21:37, 8 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Renerpho (talk) 21:48, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Wait a bit. Note per NYT, "Lt. Col. Richard Hecht, a military spokesman. He told reporters that the military was not yet calling the events on Saturday a "war," even though Israel’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant, had already done so in an official statement." Selfstudier (talk) 12:00, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment Shall we move this to Hamas invasion of Israel on the lines of Russian invasion of Ukraine. Please note that Russia attacked Ukraine first and now both are in a war attacking and defending against each other. Same is the case here. Hamas invaded and now both are in a state of war. Shaan SenguptaTalk 12:23, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    This would violate WP:IMPARTIAL and WP:BALANCE. Ghost finders (talk) 14:48, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    This is incorrect because Israel was, according to both the Israeli and Hamas government, invaded by Hamas. Both parties agree that this was an invasion. 66.210.172.66 (talk) 18:44, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
    Hamas is not a country. Selfstudier (talk) 12:26, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    @Selfstudier See 2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia Parham wiki (talk) 12:35, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    No, conflict/war is more appropriate. The invasion will consist of only a part of this entry. The scope of this entry consists and will consist of the entire conflict, even if it goes beyond Hamas’s invasion and into an Israeli invasion of Gaza. 2600:6C5A:44F0:2840:E0D3:58A8:5771:A49B (talk) 02:42, 8 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 06:54, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    Hamas's invasion of Israel is only part of the war between them, therefore, this page needs to reflect that reality. The Hamas's invasion does merit its own separate page. There is a page for the Russian invasion of Ukraine and separate page for the Russo-Ukrainian War. Lewis150 (talk) 03:15, 8 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 06:54, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    1 - hamas isn’t a country
    2 - This invasion isn’t even completely done by hamas but several armies. If “invasion of anything” Gaza invasion of Israel would be more accurate The Great Mule of Eupatoria (talk) 07:42, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    @The Great Mule of Eupatoria
    Yeah you may be right about it not needing to be a country, however you are saying it like the knesset were chilling at a tea party and then Gaza attacked. The conflict in Ukraine was localised, with 2 Russian backed separatists poking at ukraines side for 8 years before Russia decided to no longer hide the proxy war, while in Gaza the relation with Israel and what it had done to the population is terrible, they have had wars before. Comparing the Palestinian population in Gaza who have reach a boiling point and fed up with the disgusting treatment of the people while casting them under the blanket of hamas to an oligarchy invading a sovereign country to restore and old empire is not so cute The Great Mule of Eupatoria (talk) 07:59, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    @The Great Mule of Eupatoria Russo-Ukrainian War exists. But formal Invasion is defined in Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Similarly, Gaza–Israel conflict exists. This is about the major escalation by Hamas rather than the daily clashes. And if Israel attacked Gaza and jts citizens so did Hamas. They too were not having tea at the Palestine tower. Shaan SenguptaTalk 08:56, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    I agree with this 96.250.98.141 (talk) 12:48, 9 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 13:35, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose for now despite the "we're at war" comment, the media is still referring to it as a conflict, so it's still the WP:COMMONNAME. There isn't anything to gain by rushing to rename something that isn't widely used yet. It's also controversial to name it after Palestine when it's specifically Hamas that the issue is with. Waiting is the best option in my opinion.
    JDDJS (talk to me • see what I've done) 17:01, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    I agree. There's no real point in pretending the conflict is something it doesn't seem to be at this point. Catchphraseman (talk) 21:43, 8 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 06:27, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • This scenario always happens, and the answer is always to wait. Dege31 (talk) Dege31 (talk) 17:16, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support 2023 Gaza-Israel war - both sides have acknowledged this to go beyond just a simple operation and rather a war. RamHez (talk) 17:19, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Agreed that this should not be called a war with Palestine as this currently has nothing to do with most of Palestine (i.e. the West Bank). So 'Gaza' is correct, although IMO not really a war unless it lasts for a week or so Fig (talk) 22:08, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Um... Six-Day War 75.104.88.113 (talk) 23:26, 7 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 06:54, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    Support. 41.109.187.110 (talk) 04:57, 8 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 06:54, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    @Shaan Sengupta, there are sources saying invasion:
    103.241.226.129 (talk) 14:28, 8 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 06:34, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Partially support. i think the article should be name “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” or at least an article about the operation should be created. Stephan rostie (talk) 18:08, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Is the State of Palestine even involved? They gave an ambivalent statement on the matter as far as I can tell, and titling the article as such if they are not in the war would be serious disinformation Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk to the cutest Wikipedian) 18:41, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • oppose - conflict still the most commonly used term by external sources Xyphoid (talk) 20:46, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Hamas would not doubt be claiming that it is in response to some previous invasion by Israel and by this logic it would be never ending invasions and counter-invasions of each other. Kleinerziegler (talk) 12:33, 7 October 2023 (UTC) Struck per WP:ARBECR --Guerillero Parlez Moi 16:48, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Since 1948, ongoing. Selfstudier (talk) 12:36, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    @Selfstudier Russo-Ukrainian War and Russian invasion of Ukraine both article exists. Whats going on since 1948 is a conflict. But this is a major escalation (won't call it war as advised above). There are articles on conflicts going on since 1948. There is a difference in both. Shaan SenguptaTalk 12:39, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    If one renames Israel-Palestine conflict (the whole thing) as Israel-Palestine war, then this is just a part of that. WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS but not relevant to here. Selfstudier (talk) 12:44, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • I'd support this, it seems to accurately describe this situation rn - presidentofyes, the super aussa man 12:44, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Perhaps but are sources calling it a war? Selfstudier (talk) 12:47, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    The words Invasion and war are different. They dont have same exact meaning. Since sources are calling/not calling it a war that's why I suggested Invasion. Because this is what it is. Shaan SenguptaTalk 12:50, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Which sources are calling it (naming it) an invasion? Selfstudier (talk) 12:52, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    @Selfstudier I never said sources calling it. I said that's what (invasion) it is. Shaan SenguptaTalk 13:00, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    @Selfstudier Anyways, sources say that Hamas has invaded/incursed/attacked Israel.
    There are many more. Shaan SenguptaTalk 13:06, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    I would agree with the term invasion if it would be an official proposal. Governor Sheng (talk) 13:16, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • I suggest we procedurally close this for now as WP:SK #6. S5A-0043Talk 12:53, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Way too early to tell how the situation will evolve, and whether "war" is the right terminology to use. Iskandar323 (talk) 13:06, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Wait - This does seem likely to turn into a war, but in that case the proper title would be 2023 Gaza War in line with precedent from 2014 and 2008, or if the conflict widens beyond the Gaza area, then we will have to see what RS call it. PrimaPrime (talk) 13:08, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Why would it be called the Gaza War, when the initial attack and the first couple days of killings happened in Israel? 50.170.15.214 (talk) 18:48, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment — 2023 Gaza war exists. An article for the attack should not be voided. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 13:11, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Will be deleted shortly. Selfstudier (talk) 13:52, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    It has been redirected to this article. - Fuzheado | Talk 14:46, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    I personally predict that there will be a separate article on the surprise attack. I'd wait until more coverage develops for it though because of WP:TOOSOON. InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) 20:19, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support. Israel declared a state of war because of the Islamist intrusion. --Governor Sheng (talk) 13:15, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support 2023 Gaza War Israel said it is a war and title would be in line with the previous two Gaza wars. EkoGraf (talk) 13:38, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    I think such a title is too limiting since the attacks on Israel (especially the incursions into Israel by militants) including as our article say territory that is de jure Israel, are generally considered a key part of the conflict/war as they are more significant than any attacks on Israel for a long time. The previous 2 Gaza wars primarily involved fighting within Gaza. Perhaps things will change over time, but we can only go by how things stand at the moment. Nil Einne (talk) 15:24, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose The PLO or Fatah aren't involved as far as I know, it would be very disingenuous to call this a "Palestine-Israel War". ChaotıċEnby(talk) 13:39, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Fatah and the PLO have no trademark on "Palestinian". One side of this conflict is obviously and widely referred to as Palestinian. 〜 Festucalex • talk 11:48, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support, Hezbollah has now started in the clashes so it's not localized to Gaza. Chessrat (talk, contributions) 14:09, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose Too early. PLO or Fatah are not supporting as yet so calling it Palestine−Israel war is not right at this point.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 14:33, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose. If anything, it would be a Hamas-Israel war, since the PLO and the Palestinian authorities in the West Bank don't appear to be joining in. The extent of Hezbollah's involvement appears to be a generic statement of support for Hamas (just like Iran), but they don't appear to be involved in the attacks at this time, so the proposed move is to the wrong page. I would support 2023 Gaza War, however, for these reasons and for those given by EkoGraf. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 14:36, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Just chiming in to say I've been seeing CTV News use "Hamas–Israel war" in their headlines on TV. Rowing007 (talk) 16:46, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose No instead we should title it Gaza Israel war 2023. Tesla car owner (talk) 07:26, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Not an improvement. That said, 2023 Gaza-Israel War may be warranted soon. If not already. gidonb (talk) 14:43, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose "Palestine", because the West Bank hasn't been involved. Gaza's got its own political system for a long time. Artoria2e5 🌉 15:09, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment I think "Israel" would need to be in the title (e.g, "Gaza–Israel"), as much of the fighting has occurred on Israeli territory. --Jprg1966 (talk) 15:26, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    That makes sense for me. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 15:34, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong Support. There has been an official declaration of war by Israel. This is a full-on war not a simple conflict. PadFoot2008 (talk) 15:32, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose: conflict remains the most commonly used term in external sources. It is a part of the Gaza–Israel conflict which has been ongoing for a long time, see for example Military operations of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It might get to the stage of the Gaza War (2008–2009) or the 2014 Gaza War, but we must not rush. Onceinawhile (talk) 15:43, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Point of information - There are two contentious issues here, probably the result of a rush of editors new to editing current events articles. This requested move is about a specific title, and not about the general observation of whether this is a war or not. The question being asked is whether "2023 Palestine−Israel war" is the right title. Secondly, titles of articles are generally goverened by WP:COMMONNAME which states, "the term or name most typically used in reliable sources is generally preferred." There is a lot of WP:OR or personal reflection on a war-related title here rather than citing sources. Until mainstream news sources start using a "war" label consistently, you may find staying with the current name more prudent. Looking at this list may be instructive: List of modern conflicts in the Middle East. This is all to say that breaking out a new discussion section just around the "war" label may be useful, because expressing all those opinions into the mix of this RM just makes it more confusing for all. - Fuzheado | Talk 15:45, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Gaza is enclaved and supported by Palestine Pooqn (talk) 15:50, 7 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:45, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Gaza is internationally recognized as an exclave of Palestine, but has been controlled by a separate entity (Hamas) since 2007. Hamas caused the attack, not the PLO, and conflating both here would be disingenuous. ChaotıċEnby(talk) 16:45, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose Palestine Israel War. Strongly support Gaza Israel War. Gaza is only a part of Palestine and does not include West Bank. However this is still a war as Israel has entered a state of war. Ecrusized (talk) 15:50, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support calling this a war since it is one, but I'm not sure about that specific title. HadesTTW (he/him • talk) 15:53, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Partial Support: I believe it would be more appropriate to change the article's name to 2023 Israel Hamas war since the war is not happening in the West Bank. EloquentEditor (talk) 15:56, 7 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:41, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    But Hamas isn't the only Palestinian group participating in this. FunkMonk (talk) 16:02, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    But it is the main belligerent and initiator of the conflict/war/invasion. Gaza is more of a geographic term, and it is ruled by Hamas. Hezbollah is supporting Hamas' operation with air strikes but has not inflicted direct land-based warfare against Israel. Along with that, the fighting in the West Bank are as a result of Hamas' operation, and are insurgencies that could not be considered a deliberate, organized military operation. Dark Energy9 (talk) 21:48, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Partial Support for 2023 Gaza War. A Palestine War would imply that it has the support of the entire PA including whatever passes for its entire military structure. Borgenland (talk) 16:02, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Most of the fighting yet has took place on Israeli areas, not Gaza. 2001:1970:50E1:E300:0:0:0:139D (talk) 04:40, 8 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 07:01, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose for now. We don't know how long this conflict will last, or how much it will escalate. No need to hurry. —Trilletrollet [ Talk | Contribs ] 16:53, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose: Far too early to make a call on what to call this.--Eldomtom2 (talk) 16:56, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose as this is way too early. I would like to note that it doesn't really matter what Netanyahu calls it, it only matters what reliable sources refer to it as, and at this point they are not using the term war other than when quoting the prime minister. Agree that the "gaza-israel" part should be changed however. Yeoutie (talk) 16:58, 7 October 2023 (UTC) EDIT: Support Hamas-Israel as the parties involved. Yeoutie (talk) 15:40, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose: Call it what it is: Hamas attacking Israel and Israel defending itself. SteelersDiclonious (talk) 17:11, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    So much for following wikipedia’s unbiased policy, huh 78.171.44.45 (talk) 10:34, 8 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 11:08, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose — As others have already said, it is too early to call it a "war", in terms of usage of that word in reliable sources and also the scale of the conflict. Yue🌙 17:23, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong support - Israel has declared a state of war. What is happening is more unprecedented than the 2006 Lebanon War (yes, "war"!) I'm perplexed why people insist on calling it the clunky title it has now. -- Veggies (talk) 18:05, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose - Thus far the war does not involve Palestine at large. Gaza is only one of the Palestinian regions and Hamas is only one of its organizations. (That said, I would prefer a less clunky title than the current name.) AbbotOfLeibowitz (talk) 18:11, 7 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:38, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Except Hamas isn't the only org involved in this war Abo Yemen✉ 18:32, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose - It's too early to call it a war, and too early to tell where the conflict is going to go. - RockinJack18 18:48, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Yeah agreed. Barring official declarations of war by both sides, naming something a war is best done in retrospect a few weeks or months down the line. Hard to call where this conflict/invasion will go. Unfortunately my gut does think this is going the direct of war, but we don't know that yet, and the sources aren't really supporting it yet. Jjazz76 (talk) 21:49, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support 2023 Israeli-Palestinian war. "War" because Israel itself has called it as such. "Israeli-Palestinian" because this already involves Gaza, and Palestinian militants in the West Bank have been regularly clashing with Israeli troops.VR talk 19:48, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong support It's obvious by now its a full blown war.Weatherextremes (talk) 20:53, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose for now, but it'd be good to have this discussion again at a later time. Most reliable sources still call it a conflict, and until that changes (and therefore so does the WP:COMMONNAME) I'm reluctant to support a page move at this time. Wikipedia has a lot of power when it comes to article titles, so it's important to be sure of these things. Deauthorized. (talk) 21:25, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose. "Palestine" is both POV in this context and also inaccurate, as it reflects a war between Israel and the Palestinian Authority that currently is not underway, and/or a war between Israel and the land comprising the former Palestine Mandate, which it now controls, which is nonsensical. Coretheapple (talk) 21:43, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Comments made which state that we do not know where this will lead and the main news are referring to this under this nomenclature. Chefs-kiss (talk) 22:13, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support This case is not like the previous Palestinian-Israeli conflicts. It has a much larger dimension, with a high number of deaths on both sides in only one day. Israel has declared a state of war; and, in addition, it is taking place beyond the Gaza Strip and the surrounding area. Salvabl (talk) 22:25, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong oppose - too early to tell if this is a COMMONNAME or if this is even a war. Paul Vaurie (talk) 22:27, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    Support move to 2023 Gaza-Israel War. Proposal seems to be in line with WP:COMMONNAME. Sources describe it as a war between Gaza and Israel, and this seems accurate to describe it as such. Paul Vaurie (talk) 17:56, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Too soon - pretty obvious we may well get there, but there's no reason to jump the gun. Retswerb (talk) 22:43, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment Is it a considered a war yet? Cwater1 (talk) 22:43, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support It's definitely becoming more large-scale with the expansion of Hamas controlled area in Israel because of the Hamas offensive and the large Israeli strikes in Gaza, so it's more of a war than just clashes at this point. RowanJ LP2 (talk) 23:01, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support alternative as 2023 Gaza-Israel War. It is almost certainly a war at this point, but fighting is still localized around Gaza and doesn't exactly warrant being referred to as "Palestine-Israel"/"Israel-Palestine", at least until we start seeing action around the West Bank. BanditTheManedWolf (talk) 23:19, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
    News sources do not call that, as wikipedia editors we can’t simply give events their names as it’s a violation of WP:OR. 78.171.44.45 (talk) 10:36, 8 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 11:08, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support per all sides declaring as such. Ultimograph5 (talk)
  • Support as Netanyahu has declared that Israel in state of war and Hamas invasion of Israel is a good idea. As some part of West Bank is under Israeli Occupation while Gaza Strip is unitedly under Hamas Control. Lionel Messi Lover (talk)
  • Oppose any move for now but support 2023 Gaza-Israel War should RS start calling it a war. (ps: strongly oppose any title that includes "Palestine" since Fatah (e.g. half of Palestine) is not a belligerent in this conflict) Dan the Animator 00:27, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose War against whom exactly? Where is the declaration of war and who made it? Why are some so anxious to call this an official "war"? The ink isn't even dry on the story. Perhaps an encyclopedia should follow and not lead? O3000, Ret. (talk) 00:30, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose As previously stated, not all of Palestine is directly involved in this conflict, just Gaza. ErrorDestroyer (talk) 03:57, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support A state of war has been acknowledged by governmental entities. This is a war between two de facto states, regardless of anyone's position, and is therefore unambiguously such.
DarmaniLink (talk) 05:27, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
Support alternative Palestine as a whole is not involved to my knowledge,only Hamas and by extension Hamas-occupied Gaza.The article should be changed to ''2023 Hamas-Israel war'' or just ''Hamas-Israel war'' Roma enjoyer (talk) 09:54, 8 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 11:12, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
Support for “war”: I weakly support the “2023 Israel-Palestine War” naming, however I would give full support to 2023 Gaza-Israel War. 78.171.44.45 (talk) 10:38, 8 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 11:12, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose: Still too early to be calling this. (WP:NOTNEWS, WP:CRYSTAL) Iskandar323 (talk) 10:38, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment War has been declared, but isn't this only the Gaza half of Palestine? To my understanding, they are under separate leadership. Bremps... 00:59, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    Point of Information Capitalized War as in American Civil War or lowercase war as in Syrian civil war? Bremps... 15:13, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose There is not enough information to support this change as of now. I'm open to revisiting the subject as more information appears in RS to justify calling it by the proposed name. For example, how much non-Gaza Palestinian involvement have we seen shown in sources? AlexEng(TALK) 01:40, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Partially Support Israeli has decarded a state of war and newspapers are reporting the declaration.[1] Israeli does not recognize Palestine and, therefore, cannot and has not declared war against Palestine. Lewis150 (talk) 02:02, 8 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 11:12, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Wait We still hgavent received the official and de facto military reaction from West Bank, Fatah and PLO (even though one or two members of PLO seems to have involved in conflict, not all) therefore how can we say it is Israel-Palestine when half of Palestine yet still haven't involved?Eventually, West Bank will get involved too but I can not state in this course how will they get involved in. But wake me up when clashes start to occur inside and around West Bank. Cactus Ronin (talk) 02:21, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Wait -- User Veggies brought up the 2006 Lebanon War, but that lasted for 34 days, and is called a war in most reliable sources (and by both parties and most neutral observers). There is no minimum for how long a war can take, and we don't know yet how long this conflict/war will last, but most sources still call this a conflict. If we eventually decide to move, I agree with Dantheanimator's reason to prefer 2023 Gaza-Israel War (and to strongly oppose the currently proposed move). Renerpho (talk) 03:44, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    PrimaPrime's alternative 2023 Gaza War may be even better. Renerpho (talk) 03:47, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    However the war is not taking place in Gaza, it is in Israel. For now at least. 2001:1970:50E1:E300:0:0:0:139D (talk) 04:46, 8 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 07:01, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    I strongly support the removal of "October". The year is enough. Renerpho (talk) 17:27, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    I just noticed the order: It should be 2023 Israel−Palestine War, per WP:AND. The current article title doesn't follow that guideline either. Renerpho (talk) 21:04, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    Comment I just struck my "wait" vote, and commented again below to explain the change. Renerpho (talk) 14:00, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose Until farther development. See where it leads and if it's materialize. Mathsquare (talk) 03:37, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: I have no opinion on what this article ought to be called, but apparently a reminder of policy is necessary: we don't decide facts ourselves. We describe things as they are described by sources. The only factor in naming this article is what sources are calling it. Don't !vote based on your own opinion of whether it should be called a war. That's original research. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 04:12, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment, can this be closed as a "no"? This will allows users to open a new move discussion with the word "war" but without the word "Palestine". Abductive (reasoning) 04:26, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    That's not necessary. If we find that there is consensus for a move to any of the alternatives, the closing user can choose to move to that. I also don't think it would be a great idea to start a new move request immediately after this one has been closed, at least not if the consensus is to wait. Renerpho (talk) 05:53, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Unless an actual declaration of war is made, we should probably wait until either the conflict ends, or a month from now, whichever is earlier.
    @Animal lover 666: Please don't forget to sign your edits.[2] Renerpho (talk) 06:41, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment It appears now Hezbollah is involved making it more than an Gaza-Israel conflict. Completely Random Guy (talk) 06:36, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support 2023 Israel incursion, inline with articles like those listed at 2023 Nablus incursion, 2023 Jenin incursion; it is both accurate and takes into account that this has now spread beyond Palestine with the intervention of Hezbollah. BilledMammal (talk) 06:48, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    And what about the missile attacks on other israeli cities & the air bombardment of gaza? This article’s name needs to cover all scopes of the war 78.171.44.45 (talk) 13:30, 8 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 13:36, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Move to 2023 Arab−Israeli War since it is more than just Palestinian forces now GLORIOUSEXISTENCE (talk) 07:08, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose Its a war between Gaza (Hamas terrorists) and Israel nation. So we should title the article as Gaza Israel war 2023 or just Gaza Israel war. Whoever saying it's not war, should read speech of Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, he said "We're at war". Its an unprecedented terrorist attack on the country. Source - [ https://abcnews.go.com/].
  • Oppose for now. The conflict is recent, media coverage hasn't generally referred to it as a 'war', and Palestine as a state hasn't been militarily involved as of yet. Best to wait for official Palestinian pronouncements and/or further developments. Johnnyconnorabc (talk) 08:30, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment To anyone suggesting an alternative name, please try to cast a support !vote with the suggested alternative name instead of an oppose !vote. TwistedAxe [contact] 09:31, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose Too early, let the dust settle for a few days and reliable sources will have a clearer understanding that we can use.Makeandtoss (talk) 09:48, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose The proposed title is somewhat erratic because it resembles a war between a geographic region and a state. It's like New England–Massachussetts war. However the actual name is also erratic. While it is possible to name a war after a region, e.g. Gaza war, we can't name it Gaza–Israek war as well for the same reason. Hamas–Israel war isn't good also becaus there are several more groups involved. --Matthiasb (talk) 11:41, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    Palestine is the common name of the State of Palestine and it doesn't refer to a geographic region (at least in our case) Abo Yemen✉ 12:19, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support The security cabinet of Israel has officially declared and referred to the conflict as a "war", thus it is now officially considered such. SlySabre (talk) 12:16, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    According to WAPO< "Israel’s declaration of war, a mostly symbolic formality, would allow the government to enact a wider mobilization of military reserves and compel the government to identify specific wartime objectives, raising the specter of a ground invasion of Gaza." Anyway, what counts is not what Israel says but what most sources say. Selfstudier (talk) 12:53, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose It's too early for that. NoNAja (talk) 12:59, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    WP:Too Soon - It is not November yet. Cwater1 (talk) 01:15, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose Not all of Palestine is participating, just the Gaza strip. Andro611 (talk) 13:12, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    btw Hezbollah isn't in Gaza Abo Yemen✉ 18:26, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Wait - it's difficult to say what history will think of this conflict. For now, I think the current title is best. A year from now? Who knows? --B (talk) 13:27, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support: Declaration of war was approved so it makes sense to call this a war. RPI2026F1 (talk) 16:33, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose any title that conflicts Hamas and Palestine; they are different entities. Esolo5002 (talk) 16:50, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support alternative: Many news sources and experts are calling this a Third Intifada. It should be moved to such under WP:COMMONNAME. AmericanBaath (talk) 18:14, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    Oppose as this is being called a war and even the Israel PM approved the declaration of war on Oct 8 Efuture2 (talk) 19:52, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support for 2023 Arab−Israeli War. Israel has declared a state of war. Major Israeli officials (president, PM etc) say that the country is at war. However, it is worth considering and labeling the second side of the conflict. It is the Palestinian Arab factions. But it is not a Palestinian state. PLATEL (talk) 21:41, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong oppose Israel is not at war with Palestine because Hamas is definitely not the State of Palestine. RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 02:28, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
    did you take your time reading at least the infobox and seeing who is actually fighting? Abo Yemen✉ 12:57, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
Oppose. The title implies that Israel is fighting all Arabs instead of solely the belligerents listed in the infobox. Framing this as a generalized ethnic conflict is misleading. Lunaroxas (talk) 16:25, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong oppose. The war is between Hamas and Israel, not Arab nations and Israel. And like others have pointed out, Hamas does not represent all of Palestine. Not all members of Hamas are Arabs, and not all Arabs are members of Hamas. TwistedAxe [contact] 09:14, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support Most news outlets label this as the most significant war in the region since the Yom Kippur war. Hamas in the south, Hezbollah in the north, now Iran is apparently involved, as well as the US which is sending warships to the region. This is not just a shootout, or a dispute, this appears to be a war with regional players involved. Even if just a proxy war, it's still a war. Completely Random Guy (talk) 02:56, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
Support - largely reported by media as a 'war' now Totallynotarandomalt69 (talk) 04:03, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
2023 Gaza War is the only title that makes sense to me. Charles Essie (talk) 04:22, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
Yes, it's a war. I'm surprised it hasn't been renamed yet. Is there even one example of media or politicians calling it a conflict? Hamas has ground forces in Israel. Netanyahu specifically referred to it as a war. Hamas has called bombing Gaza for a war crime. It's very clearly a war. 82.147.226.240 (talk) 06:32, 9 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 06:49, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
I think Wikipedia has turned a bit into a joke. Everyone but Wikipedia is calling it a war. Even Hamas has talked about war crimes. Netanyahu has declared war. Why not call it what it is? 82.147.226.240 (talk) 10:23, 9 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 11:57, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
Comment: Fatah, which leads the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, is officially involved and clashes are being reported in the West Bank. It now makes sense to use "Palestine" or "Palestinian" in the title instead of "Gaza" or "Gazan." AmericanBaath (talk) 10:34, 9 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA restriction applies. Shaan SenguptaTalk 11:58, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
Support - this is now labelled a war by Financial Times Oneequalsequalsone (talk) 14:58, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support - This conflict has been labeled as a war by many people including the media and Palestine and Israel officials I think that this should be labeled as a "war."
CostalCal (talk) 16:37, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
Agreed. The Israeli President literally declared war. The "conflict" started in 1948. Also, it's about more than just Gaza, although they are being focused on by the media and bombed excessively, all of Palestine has been under an active apartied state since the unlawful colonization in 48. 136.37.8.145 (talk) 18:15, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
Oppose: The situation is very complicated, is it really a war though? So far it's armed skirmishes between the Hamas lead Gaza Strip, the Fatah lead West Bank has largely been silent. Unless there is an official reply from the Palestinian Authority, the current title should stand. BlueOcean02 (talk) 23:08, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
I’d consider it currently a war between Israel and Hamas, Israel’s Prime Minister has declared war. Justanotherguy54 (talk) 10:41, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Oppose - The PLO has not declared war and so the article doesn't deserve to be renamed. SteelerFan1933 (talk) 02:10, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Poor argument. Same can be said for the Russian invasion of Ukraine - is that not a war? Russia has never really declared war on Ukraine, and instead called it a "special military operation". Just because technicalities such as PLO not declaring war on Israel itself doesn't mean that this isn't a war. TwistedAxe [contact] 09:12, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Support alternative Hamas-Israel war or Israel-Hamas war. Israel’s Prime Minister has declare war. Justanotherguy54 (talk) 10:40, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Support - I support "2023 Gaza-Israel War" as this involves only Gaza, not all of Palestine, however Hamas is not the only belligerent against Israel. The PM of Israel has seemed to declare this a war over the past few hours as well, so this is the best option in my opinion. JustHereToLeave (talk) 12:46, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Strong Support - 2023 Gaza-Israel War. Teutonkahmun (talk) 13:59, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Support - 2023 Gaza-Israel War. There's been numerous conflicts where war was NOT declared, and with similar casualties, that have been called a war. The Football War, for instance. Lisanicolas (talk) 14:07, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Support It should be classified as a war now 76.67.100.214 (talk) 14:24, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Support - "2023 Gaza-Israel War" or "2023 Hamas-Israel War". Arakui (talk) 14:48, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Comment: It make sense about the attack occurred outside Gaza, so the second choice won't fit. The first choice also fair, but there was attacks outside the Palestine regions (Southern Lebanon). The third one might be fair as the Palestinian side are all Arab. I have no choice. Toadette (let's chat together) 18:00, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
You can add new suggestions if you want to Abo Yemen✉ 18:10, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Support: 2023 Arab–Israel War seems the best title right now. All the Palestinian territories are involved as well as Arab operatives in Lebanon. There has been a(n informal?) declaration of war and the violence/mobilization is on par with previous wars in the region. natemup (talk) 19:19, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
2023 palestine war: Nope, because its focused on Gaza, not Palestine as a whole. Also vague.
2023 Palestine–Israel War: See the above.
2023 Gaza–Israel War: better.
2023 Arab–Israel War: Yes, let's drag ethnicity into this.[sarcasm]
Edward-Woodrow • talk 19:59, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment

There have been a large range of proposed titles so I thought I'd sum up the possibilities raised so far.

Year disambiguator:

Option 1) October 2023 (status quo)
Option 2) 2023 (all alternative proposed titles have not included the "October".

Location descriptor:

Option A) Gaza−Israel (status quo)
Option B) Palestine−Israel (RM proposal)
Option C) Gaza (proposed by EkoGraf, "2023 Gaza War)
Option D) Israeli−Palestinian (proposed by VR)
Option E) Arab−Israeli (proposed by GloriousExistence)
Option F) Hamas−Israel (proposed by Red-tailed hawk)

Conflict descriptor:

Option i) Conflict (status quo)
Option ii) War (RM proposal)

What I'm seeing so far is that most people seem to favour "2023" over "October 2023", there is no consensus about the location descriptor, and also that despite the declaration of war there is relatively little support for changing the "Conflict" to "War". As a result it seems like the most likely title will be "2023 Gaza−Israel conflict" unless opinion changes. Am I missing anything? Chessrat (talk, contributions) 13:21, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

@Chessrat Can Hamas Invasion of Israel also be proposed on the line of Russian invasion of Ukraine. Please note that Russia attacked Ukraine first and now both are in a war attacking and defending against each other. Same is the case here. Hamas invaded and now both are in a state of war. I put this before too in the discussion above. I was told that Hamas in not a nation. So is al-Shabaab (not a nation). But 2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia exists. Then I was told that how am I saying that Hamas initiated this. Well if we compare it with Russia-Ukraine situation then Russo-Ukrainian War was going on by separatist forces. But then Russia escalated and invaded Ukranian formally and Russian invasion of Ukraine was made. Similarly Gaza–Israel conflict and regular clashes were going all the time but then Hamas escalated and invaded Israel. There was also a claim that according to reports only Hamas is not involved others too are. For that in Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia invaded and then Russian-backed forces like Wagner joined. Similar case here Hamas invaded and then Hamas backed forces (allies) like Hezbollah joined. Can we consider my proposal too like all other. Shaan SenguptaTalk 13:47, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
I think Gazan invasion would be more appropriate if we are to be inclusive of all groups. Borgenland (talk) 14:01, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
Hezbollah is not in Gaza Parham wiki (talk) 14:11, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
Hezbollah has not inflicted direct land-based military operations, so it would be hard to call it "Gaza-Hezbollah Invasion of Israel," or something of the sort, just based off of Hezbollah launching air strikes on Israel as military support for Hamas. Dark Energy9 (talk) 21:56, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support move to 2023 Gaza-Israel War, descriptive and without any technicalities that may be misleading
DarmaniLink (talk) 10:20, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
This is a nice summary that is well reasoned and is consistent with existing naming conventions. It may be useful to survey what reputable media outlets are labeling this event, since WP:COMMONNAME does advise us to consider what reliable sources are using. - Fuzheado | Talk 14:48, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose So far only the Gaza Strip is involved. --Synotia (moan) 14:11, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    as @Parham wiki said, Hezbollah is not in Gaza Abo Yemen✉ 14:13, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    Nor is Iran. -- GreenC 15:03, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
    And the Gaza strip is de facto controlled by Hamas politically and militarily. Other military organizations should be considered at the same level as Wagner in Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, and the Hezbollah are aiding Hamas' operation with air strikes, with not nearly as much military involvement as Hamas. Iran, while supporting the conflict, is not at all directly involved at the moment. Dark Energy9 (talk) 22:03, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support but as 2023 Gaza–Israel War. This is a war, and it is being recognized as such by the media. --(Roundish ⋆t) 15:46, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose title as proposed, but support 2023 Gaza war or 2023 Gaza–Israel war. “Palestine” in this case is inaccurate, as it seemingly implies the West Bank/PA is involved when they simply put are not. For now, it’s just Hamas in Gaza. The Kip 16:09, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    that means you support the renaming of the article; you should change it to "Support 2023 Gaza war or 2023 Gaza–Israel war." without the oppose Abo Yemen✉ 17:10, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment As it stands today, this is war with Hamas. Hence, Hamas must be in the title. My very best wishes (talk) 17:05, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    Atm, NYT is running its live commentary as "Israel Gaza conflict", WAPO/AJ as "Israel Hamas conflict", Guardian as "Israel Hamas war", AP/Reuters as "Hamas attack" so nocon there either. Selfstudier (talk) 17:23, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support War was officially declared by Israel for the first time in 50 years so it is a war. Someone Not Awful (talk) 18:21, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment Maybe it should be something more like "Gaza-Israel War" or "Hamas-Isreal War" instead since the conflict is only between Gaza and Isreal and does not include either the West Bank nor the government of the State of Palestine? Artemis Andromeda (talk) 18:29, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support a rename to "2023 Gaza-Israel War", but Oppose a rename to "2023 Palestine-Israel War" - I support changing the conflict part of the name to war and removing "October" since this is the most significant conflict of the year there and could extend past this month. However, I think that changing "Gaza" to "Palestine" is unnecessary and overly exaggerates the extent of the conflict, since only the Gaza strip has been involved so far. It if extends outside of Gaza, then it can be changed to Palestine. ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 19:40, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support a rename to "2023 Gaza-Israel War" per declaration and above comments.Spilia4 (talk) 19:44, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support "2023 Gaza war" would be more appropriate محرر البوق (talk) 20:14, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support rename to 2023 Gaza-Israel War. My preference is 2023 Hamas-Israel War due to the declaration of the war being officially towards Hamas. Moreover, "Palestine" perceives that all Palestinian parties, such as Hezbollah, have an active role in the conflict. Unlike the invasion of Ukraine, Hamas is more widely known than Putin, let alone the United Russia party, and considering on an ancillary note the lack of UN member status for Palestine, and attributing the war to Israel and Hamas as the two primary belligerents through nearly all the sources previously stated (as well as others including CNN, CNBC, Deutsche Welle, Chinese State Media, the WSJ, and ABC Australia), I'd say that Hamas is the best belligerent in the title. Given Hamas' governance over Gaza, though, I'd say that Gaza would be an alternative if Hamas is not suitable for inclusion in the title, hence my first sentence. InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) 20:18, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    Agreed. Hamas is most definitely the main belligerent. Dark Energy9 (talk) 22:06, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support alternative move to 2023 Gaza War. Multiple sources refer to this as a war and this title adjusts to the current location of combats avoiding to decide between Hamas or Palestine. A lot of reports warn that Israel will start a land invasion of the Gaza Strip, but it is too soon to assume that other fronts will be openned. In case of that, there will be time to find another name. Anyway, I strongly support to add war and remove October from the title. The current escalation is more comparable in the number of casualities and impact to the Six-day War rather than to the May 2023 Gaza–Israel clashes. Basque mapping (talk) 20:33, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support the title 2023 Hamas-Israel War or similar. Seems that the conflict hasn't escalated to the West Bank yet and has been mostly Hamas and other smaller aligned groups against Israel.LordLoko (talk) 20:37, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment I'm wondering if the name shouldn't be "2023 Gazan–Israeli War" instead. As my explanation, I want to point out that names of conflicts usually have adjectives. For example, ongoing conflict in Europe is described as "Russo-Ukrainian War" or "Russian-Ukrainian War" instead of "Russia-Ukraine War". And the same goes to most of wars in history.Artemis Andromeda (talk) 21:29, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support It is clear that both parties recognize this conflict as a war. I'd prefer a move to 2023 Gaza War. TheInevitables (talk) 21:33, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support Since Israel has declared a state of war. Johnson524 21:34, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support now since decleration of war has been officially issued. ♦ jaguar 22:06, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support as it's clearly a war, both sides are calling it that. Also, Israel has now formally declared itself in a state of war. I would support move to either 2023 Israel−Palestine War or 2023 Gaza War. GWA88 (talk) 22:48, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support, as Israel has outright made a declaration of war, though I also think that some of the alternative names suggested here would be viable as well.--BrayLockBoy (talk) 23:25, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support. ~ HAL333 23:37, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support as both sides are calling it a war. Strong Oppose to "2023 Gaza War" because fighting is taking place in Israel as well. Johndavies837 (talk) 23:54, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
    • @Johndavies837: would you support moving to the title "2023 Gaza-Israel war"?VR talk 14:03, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support page move to 2023 Palestine−Israel War, as per the recent formal declaration of war. Deauthorized. (talk) 00:16, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
    • @Deauthorized: would you support moving to the title "2023 Gaza-Israel war"?VR talk 14:03, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment I'd rather have the page moved to 2023 Hamas-Israel War as Israel declared war on specifically Hamas, not Palestine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by General Bottom Text (talk • contribs) 01:09, 9 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Struck per Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA. — MaterialWorks 14:50, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support with modification' -- it should be the '2023 Hamas-Israel War', per the above comment. ⇒SWATJester Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat! 02:08, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
    Disagree. With Hezbollah involved, this goes beyond Hamas. Mihibo5 (talk) 15:32, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • I would support "2023 Gaza War" or '2023 Hamas-Israel War', but not "Palestine−Israel War" at this point. One should realize however that other sides (like Hezbolah) are likely to join. My very best wishes (talk) 02:24, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
    They joined Abo Yemen✉ 13:14, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support as either 2023 Gaza war or 2023 Gaza–Israel war. It's been two days now. Both sides have made statements calling it a war, and multiple major media sources are referring to it as a war. — N2e (talk) 03:57, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support as 2023 Gaza-Israel war or Third Intifada. An official declaration of war is being signed, it's hard to call it anything else. 64.43.152.30 (talk) 04:33, 9 October 2023 (UTC) information Note: Struck per Wikipedia:ARBECR and WP:A/I/PIA. — MaterialWorks 14:50, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment Conflict is too vague. Insurgency, intifada, invasion, massacre & war are much better descriptors. Jim 2 Michael (talk) 10:56, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support "2023 Gaza-Israel War"; the problem with having October in the title is that this could easily last well beyond October.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 10:58, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment. The current title incorrectly uses a minus sign (−) instead of a dash (–). For the proper symbol used, see Gaza–Israel conflict. Triggerhippie4 (talk) 11:30, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment "2023 Gaza–Israel war" seems reasonable enough to me and I think it would be worth closing this RM sooner rather than later at that, given there's obviously no consensus for anything else and that in all recent votes there has been complete WP:SNOW support for both removing the "October" and for changing the "conflict" to "war". It looks vaguely silly for Wikipedia to be avoiding the term "war" whilst every notable source uses that. It's hard to summarize the result of a RM whilst events are changing so quickly after all- would be quite easy to move it to 2023 Gaza–Israel war for now and be open to a future RM changing that to something like Palestine–Israel if the core area of the fighting spreads. Chessrat (talk, contributions) 12:39, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
    But the Lebanese Hezbollah is also a part of this war and Lebanon shares no borders with Gaza Abo Yemen✉ 13:13, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
    My point is- the title being "2023 XXX war" is not controversial; there's no full consensus on what the XXX should be but a decent amount of support for the "Gaza-Israel" status quo. As a result a quick move to "2023 Gaza-Israel war" would be better than the current title and there is no controversy about dropping the "October" and changing the "conflict" to "war", and still leaves the possibility open of a future move depending on the spread of the conflict ("2023 Palestine-Israel war" might end up more appropriate depending on the scale of Hezbollah intervention) Chessrat (talk, contributions) 14:00, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
    yeah that's basically almost everyone here in this discussion Abo Yemen✉ 14:10, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
    How would you include them? they aren't very involved in the land-based fighting. Between 2023 Gaza–Israel/2023 Hamas–Israel War and something else that includes Hezbollah—like 2023 Arab–Israel War or something—there's not very many easy ways to convey in a title that Hezbollah is involved, and using the term "Arab," or something of the sort, as the term for the side of Hamas, is far too easily-misinterpreted and disingenuous. The main belligerent is Hamas; Hamas rules over Gaza; so something with the term Hamas or Gaza would be ideal. Dark Energy9 (talk) 22:13, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment I already voted above, so this is just a summary of my current position. I would like to add a reminder that the first option does not follow the WP:AND guideline, which asks for entities to be listed in alphabetical order in such cases. That is, it should be 2023 Israel–Palestine War, not 2023 Palestine–Israel War, should that option be chosen. It is my impression that a consensus is forming to make some move, and I have struck my vote to "wait" that I gave earlier. I am uncertain what the best option would be, but I definitely support that the word "October" should be removed, any typos (minus vs. dash symbol) corrected, and I now weakly support the word "war" in the title. Renerpho (talk) 14:00, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
    @Chessrat: Was this intended as a reply to Abo Yemen, or to my comment? Maybe move it accordingly. Renerpho (talk) 14:05, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
    Thank you, there was evidently an edit clash. Chessrat (talk, contributions) 14:07, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
    All good. :) Renerpho (talk) 14:08, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support "2023 Israel–Palestine War" All the major news sources in different languages and different sources call it a war. I have seen WP:RS call it Hamas-Israel war but as far as I understand the Palestinian Authority has stated it has received a declaration of war too and there has been fighting in East Jerusalem as well, meaning the West Bank is also involved. There's also Iranian and Hezbollah notable involvement too. Abcmaxx (talk) 14:42, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support for 2023 Israel–Palestine War. That's really what this is, as of the moment. -- GreenC 15:14, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • This war is only in Gaza. Arab–Israel War and Palestine–Israel War is technically wrong.--Sunfyre (talk) 15:54, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
    so this means that you support "2023 Gaza-Israel war" Abo Yemen✉ 16:40, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support 2023 Gazan–Israeli War
Year disambiguator: 2023 as this stands out from rest of conflicts and clashes in 2023, more so if it is to be named "war."
Location descriptor: Gazan–Israeli as per @Artemis Andromeda.
Conflict descriptor: War Wiki6995 (talk) 16:01, 9 October 2023 (UTC) Changed my view Wiki6995 (talk) 18:24, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose. We need to wait until and unless the Palestinian National Authority or Palestinian Liberation Organization speak on the issue. Lunaroxas (talk) 16:26, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
    The PLO has nothing to do with Gaza as they are based in the west bank Abo Yemen✉ 16:39, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
    That's precisely and exactly why I am in opposition to the change. Lunaroxas (talk) 15:53, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
    How about 2023 Gaza-Israel conflict? Abo Yemen✉ 16:32, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose for now - I do think it should be titled as a war, since war has been declared by Israel on Hamas. However, there is a chance that the war may spill into other regions, such as Lebanon and the West Bank, should Hezbollah and other groups decide to join in support of Hamas. If this happens, calling it something like the Israel-Gaza War would be incomplete. Adding a descriptor of a year, "2023 Israel-Gaza War" may be inaccurate too, we don't know how long this war is going to go on for. There is something about "Palestine-Israel War" or "Gaza-Israel War" that sounds a little clunky to me, though. (PaulThomas92 (talk) 16:49, 9 October 2023 (UTC))
    The article name can be changed if 2024 starts Abo Yemen✉ 18:27, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment given the reasoning in some of the above votes, just thought I should clarify this: while two of the belligerents are technically a part of the PLO (de jure rep. of the State of Palestine), the West Bank (as a geographic polity) is not actively engaging in significant military offensives against Israel and Fatah-aligned troops (which represent a significant proportion of Palestinians militants) for now. In any case, whatever your vote, it should be based on how the majority of secondary sources are framing. btw this is not a vote Cheers, Dan the Animator 18:40, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support - This has clearly evolved into a war. A conflict is a brief period of violence, but now major, devastating attacks are taking place between the two sides. This article should be renamed 2023 Gaza War or 2023 Gaza-Israel War. PlanetDeadwing (talk) 18:54, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong Support This is clearly a war! War has been declared as well. Bobherry Talk My Edits 20:27, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support Gaza-Israel War or 2023 Gaza-Israel War War has been declared & this is being described as a war by many sources. It’s affecting parts of Israel & Gaza as well. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 20:35, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support – At this point, it is a war, both formally and de facto. Israel's response is not a limited operation. WP:RS are also widely use the term "war". I would suggest 2023 Hamas–Israel War, but 2023 Gaza-Israel War seems reasonable too. --Mindaur (talk) 21:20, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support – This is a war. It is more of a war than the Russian invasion of Ukraine, since this war has been formally declared. 2023 Hamas–Israel War seems like the best name at the moment (until World War III becomes more appropriate). ERBuermann (talk) 21:56, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose, yes it's a war, and no, I oppose it anyway, because it's WP:TOOSOON. Editor time should be respected, and unless you want to have Requested moves every couple of days for who-knows-how-long as things evolve, we should just sit tight for a while. We don't have a WP:CRYSTAL BALL, and we don't know if tomorrow or the next day Lebanon will be involved, or Syria, or who knows what-all else. All the good suggestions above can be REDIRECTs for now. Everybody understands what the current title means, everybody hears the word "war" in the news, and it's all fine, so le'ts just chill for a while. Mathglot (talk) 22:19, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Strongly oppose. As of now, this is a Gaza-Israel thingy. There are Palestinians in the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon, and who knows where else. I don't see any of these Palestinians fighting Israel, so far. Also, Palestinians make up a significant share of Israel's population, sit on its parliament, and rule in its government. Again, I do not see any of these Palestinians revolting. So, no cigar por any "war" between Palestine and Israel, as of now.XavierItzm (talk) 22:27, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
@XavierItzm: would you support "2023 Gaza-Israel war"?VR talk 12:50, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
@Vice regent:Yes, of course. 2023 Gaza-Israel war OK. XavierItzm (talk) 13:55, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Support – It should not contain "Arab", as it's too disingenuous and ambiguous, and while other organizations like Hezbollah have been involved, not to the extent that it could be considered a large Arab war against Israel. This is a war, as stated by both sides of the conflict. Gaza is more geographic, and since its de facto controlled by Hamas, and Hamas is the military organization that coordinated, initiated, and is the main belligerent in the attack, the name should use the term "Hamas", though "Gaza" is acceptable. Thus: 2023 Hamas–Israel War or 2023 Hamas–Israeli War, with acceptability in it being 2023 Gaza–Israel War or 2023 Gazan–Israeli War. The current name is too long. Dark Energy9 (talk) 22:28, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
Edit: to follow WP:COMMONNAME, it should be Hamas–Israel War (2023). Dark Energy9 (talk) 21:02, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support for names "2023 Gazan–Israeli War" or "2023 Gaza–Israel War". I personally think it should be "Gazan–Israeli" instead of "Gaza–Israel", as names of wars usually use adjectives/demonyms in the titles.Artemis Andromeda (talk) 01:17, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support per WP:COMMONNAME. Just from a quick google search, most English-language RS now clearly use the word "war" in editorial voice to describe the article subject (ex. The New York Times, CNN, Washington Post, Financial Times, Haaretz, Deutsche Welle, NPR, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Vox, U.S. News, Foreign Policy, etc.). I support "2023 Gaza War" for WP:CONSISTENT and WP:CONCISE but I don't really mind "2023 Gaza–Israel War" either. StellarHalo (talk) 03:22, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support any rename that includes war. In particular 2023 Gaza-Israel war per WP:COMMONNAME. Israel should be included as it started with an invasion of Israel. Israel has responded by taking the war to Gaza. There are skirmishes on the border to Lebanon but these appear to be small compared to the fighting around Gaza. AncientWalrus (talk) 03:28, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Comment There appears to be consensus for the "conflict"->"war" rename and to drop "October". Should this be done now and there can be a new RM to discuss whether or not Gaza should be replaced by "Hamas", "Palestine", "Arab"? AncientWalrus (talk) 03:41, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support 2023 Gaza-Israel war - Gaurdian is saying it's a war. UNICEF has mentioned it as a war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this "This vile enemy wanted war and it will get war" :Kiwiz1338 (talk) 03:21, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support 2023 Gaza-Israel war, at least for now. This has been declared a war, and numerous sources have stated that it is a war. As of right now, however, only Hamas seems to be involved. If that changes (like the PLO or Hezbollah declaring war, or major fighting moves outside the Gaza Strip), I would support a move to 2023 Palestine-Israel War. Cheers, and carpe diem! Nascar9919 (he/him • t • c) 04:46, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support 2023 Gaza-Israel War. Jeaucques Quœure (talk) 05:14, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support 2023 Palestine-Israel War Dont deny the obvious. It is a full-scale war. The current title is extremely biased and ignores numerous Palestinian and non-Palestinian insurgent organizations that have joined the war. Fighting is occuring in West Bank and various parts of occupied Palestine. Shadowwarrior8 (talk) 05:17, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Source(s) for this would be great AncientWalrus (talk) 08:33, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Netanyahu declared "war" and described it as a "long and difficult war".
Meanwhile, the page title is more biased than Netanyahu's far-right Zionist regime. Shadowwarrior8 (talk) 09:36, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Suport 2023 Gaza-Israel War Ultimograph5 (talk) 06:07, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment – in response to multiple requests, I made an uncontroversial formatting correction to the page title (changing Gaza–Israel to an en dash instead of a hyphen). This should not affect the RM. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:09, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose. We don't yet know what this is. Give it a bit of time. WonderCanada (talk) 08:37, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support - War has officially been declared. IJA (talk) 10:35, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support for 2023 Gaza-Israel War, length of time does not indicate the status of a conflict, declaration of war indicates that the article should be moved. Plifal (talk) 11:12, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Strongly oppose "Palestine-Israel war", mildly oppose "Gaza-Israel war". "Palestine-Israel war" isn't the WP:COMMONNAME, and is a bad NPOV violation because it misstates the participants in this conflict, laying blame on uninvolved parties. The war declaration was against Hamas:
Israel formally declared war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Sunday (Washington Post
The Israeli government formally declared war Sunday on Hamas militants in Gaza (Voice of America)
Israel has formally declared war on Hamas (CNN)
Let's do a quick survey of news outlets:
Outlets that use a term in the article body:
Outlets that only use a term in headlines, or haven't picked a term at all:
  • Financial Times: "Israel-Hamas conflict" in headline, but uses the term "war" in body copy (source)
  • Politico doesn't seem to have chosen a term yet either; "attacks in Israel", "outbreak of violence in Israel" (source), "Hamas’ surprise weekend attack on Israel" (source); doesn't seem to use either "war" or "conflict"
  • Stratfor doesn't seem to have picked a term either
  • Axios (website): "Hamas attacks", "Hamas attacks on Israel" (source), no term for the overall conflict
  • New York Times: "Israel-Gaza War" in headline but not body copy (source)
  • CNN: "Israel-Hamas war" in headline but not in body copy
I support moving to "2023 Israel-Hamas war", which seems to best reflect sources, though sources are not yet unanimous and we may want to wait. DFlhb (talk) 11:44, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Comment I already voted otherwise somewhere much further up but given RS usages I would now also support "2023 Israel–Hamas war". Chessrat (talk, contributions) 12:31, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
@Chessrat: I'm pretty sure that Israel is also at war with Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which holds several Israeli hostages, so saying "Israel-Hamas" is not quite accurate.VR talk 12:35, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
That is true, but it is what reliable sources are using for now. Given how quickly this topic is developing I honestly don't have a huge preference between Gaza–Israel/Israel–Hamas/Israel–Palestine as they all have valid arguments for them, I'm fine with any title that uses "war" rather than "conflict". Chessrat (talk, contributions) 12:40, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
@Chessrat: I agree that RS seem to use all three of those combinations and its not yet clear which of them, if any, are used by majority of sources.VR talk 12:48, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support 2023 Gaza-Israel war per others above.VR talk 12:35, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support using the term "war". For example, 2023 Gaza-Israel war or 2023 Gaza war would be ok. Wikisaurus (talk) 13:04, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment The RFC wording was changed half way through? Theoretically this means that all the !voters prior to that should be pinged and avised to reconsider their votes. Actually, I think the original wording should be restored, it is bad practice to change an RFC question after replies have been made.Selfstudier (talk) 14:06, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
    Comment Given the speed of progression of events, I don't think it makes sense to consider the earliest votes as being relevant at all, given that the earliest discussion happened before the declaration of war even happened. This RM has now been open for three days and events have developed massively over the course of those three days, and whoever closes it needs to bear that in mind. Chessrat (talk, contributions) 15:45, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
    It is not for editors to decide whose vote is relevant and whose not. Maybe a completely new RM will be needed as a result. The closer will decide it. Selfstudier (talk) 15:57, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
    Name the article, "The Simchat Torah Massacre". Hat599 (talk) 15:57, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support for possible name change, but suggesting more alphabetical name: I do not see the logic of using "Palestine" before in title. If there is going to be name change, then I would bat for 2023 Israel–Palestine war or "2023 Hamas–Israel war/conflict". I would cite WP:AND for this statement for my proposal.
  • Support 2023 Hamas-Israel war per DHlfb; Strongly Oppose 2023 Gaza-Israel War and 2023 Palestine-Israel War. The war is very specifically between Hamas and Israel, not the Palestinian Authority. Even framing the war as being between "Gaza" and Israel is misleading and implies collective responsibility for the actions of Hamas by all Gazans - that is embedded with bias. FlipandFlopped ツ 17:14, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
WAIT A MOMENT, ERRORS ARE BEING MADE Many people are expressing opinions, which is fine. Almost nobody is following WP-COMMONNAME even though they cite it. While putting "2023 (something)" might be a Wikipedia tradition, it fails WP-COMMONNAME. If Wikipedia wants to keep it's ways then maybe "Something (2023)" might be barely acceptable.
BBC, Sky News, CBS, CNN, Al Jazeera, Channel News Asia, New York Times and PBS all use Israel-Hamas War or Israel-Hamas war. CNBC uses Israel-Hamas conflict. Nobody uses 2023. Based on this information, the Wikipedia title should be Israel-Hamas War or Israel-Hamas War (2023) with a possible referral link to "not to be confused with....and list other Israel conflicts with Hamas or Gaza.
But if Wikipedia wants to be weird, then go ahead with lots of made up names and go ahead violate WP-COMMONNAME 17:19, 10 October 2023 (UTC) Factchecker 0001 (talk) 17:19, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support The war is no longer just isolated with gaza with clashes in the west bank, golan and northern israel also reported. We should update the name to reflect this reality. Scu ba (talk) 20:07, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support 2023 Arab–Israeli war since it is part of the same spiral of violence. Dl.thinker (talk) 20:12, 10 October 2023 (UTC)


The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Extended summary of RM close

The decision has been made to move the article to 2023 Israel–Hamas war. There are three major questions to resolve here, based on WP:COMMONNAME as used by WP:RS and the sound reasoning of those particpating in the move discussion – 1) Is "war" the common term being used to refer to this event? 2) If so, what do reliable sources use as a term to refer to the event? 3) Do we need a year as per WP:NCEVENTS? Addressing these individually:

  1. WAR: The requested move was initiatited shortly after the article was started. The RM conversation was then affected by Netanyahu informally saying, "We are at war," [3] and not long after that, the Israeli cabinet made an official declaration of war [4], leading to yet another direction in the RM discussion. Therefore, in evaluating the RM, we must remember it is not a straight vote, as WP:RMNOMIN says to evaluate arguments, "assigning due weight accordingly." The consensus clearly went towards calling this a "war" as an article title.
  2. TERM: As shown in the analysis of sources below, the overwhelming majority of English news outlets use "Israel-Hamas war" as of 20:00 UTC, October 10, 2023. Some news outlets are inconsistent, such as the NY Times and Al Jazeera. "Israel-Hamas war" is not only what Wikipedia:Reliable sources use, but news outlets focusing on the constituents rather than the geographic entities makes sense. The war is not with "Gaza" per se, but with the militants of which Hamas is the most prominent. There were a number of novel and new titles suggested by Wikipedia users for the conflict that don't appear in any reliable sources (using Arab, Palestine, or Gazan, for example). This is a reminder that using any of these when news outlets are not is not consistent with WP:NCEVENTS and would be considered original research.
  3. YEAR: The consensus leans towards including the year given the responses. The actual Wikipedia:Naming conventions (events) policy also says, "Some articles do not need a year for disambiguation when, in historic perspective, the event is easily described without it." There have been enough conflicts between Israel and Hamas over the years that "easily" does not accurately describe this scenario. (Additionally, Wikipedia already has an article titled Gaza–Israel conflict, which describes events from 2006 onwards, so using the year for this article helps distinguish it from that one.) We can always revisit this later if the opinion changes.

Conclusion

Given the above, the title 2023 Israel–Hamas war is the one appropriate at this given moment. As the situation and facts change, so might the title of this article.

Anaylsis of reliable news sources on the war naming issue

  • Israel-Hamas war
  • Hamas-Israel war
  • Israel-Gaza War
    • NY Times (sometimes) - [20]
    • BBC News - [21]
    • Al Jazeera (previously) - [22]
  • Other or indeterminate
    • NPR - [23] (war with Hamas)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Fuzheado (talk • contribs) 21:11,10 October 2023 (UTC)

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