Hasmonean victories The first conquest of Gaza occurred under Jonathan Apphus around ~145 BCE, when he was acting under Seleucid influence.

[1][2][3][4][5] The second conquest took place around ~96-94 BCE under Alexander Jannaeus, during the period when Judea was an independent kingdom.

[6][7][8][dubious – discuss] It and was fought between the Hasmoneans and the Gazan population[9][better source needed] In 145 BCE, Jonathan Apphus initiated an attack on the city and conquered it, then under selecuid influence.

[10][dubious – discuss] Alexander Jannaeus succeeded in capturing, and incorporating Gaza into the Hasmonean dynasty as an independent kingdom, after a long siege.

[11][12][13] Following the Hasmonean conquest of Idumea, Samaria, and Galilee, the focus shifted to the coastal plain.