Israel's military campaign in Gaza sparked by the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks led to public division and calls for Israel's exclusion from the Eurovision Song Contest

An ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Hamas that escalated on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a large-scale assault on southern Israel, killing over 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Israel's subsequent military campaign in Gaza has triggered a severe humanitarian crisis with mass casualties and widespread displacement.