In conflict for decades / How did Israel and the Palestinians get here?

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In conflict for decades / How did Israel and the Palestinians get here?
Israel attacks Gaza

Tensions between Israel and the Palestinians have existed since before the establishment of the Israeli state in 1948. Thousands of people on both sides have been killed and many more injured in the long-simmering conflict between the two sides over the past decades.

Violence has increased especially this year. The number of Palestinians - militants and civilians - killed in the West Bank occupied by Israeli forces is at its highest level in nearly two decades. The same goes for Israelis and foreigners – most of them civilians – killed in Palestinian attacks.

Israel and the militant group Hamas have been engaged in armed conflict dating back to the 1987 First Palestinian Intifada, or uprising, against the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

Israel seized Gaza from Egypt during the 1967 war, then withdrew in 2005. The tiny territory - home to about 2 million Palestinians - fell under Hamas control in 2007 after a brief civil war with Fatah, a rival faction. which is the backbone of the Palestinian Authority.

After Hamas took control of Gaza, Israel and Egypt imposed a strict siege on the territory, which is ongoing. Israel also maintains an air and sea blockade of Gaza.

Before Saturday's operation, the last war between Hamas and Israel was in 2021, which lasted for 11 days and killed at least 250 people in Gaza and 13 in Israel.

Saturday's attack came on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 war, when Israel's Arab neighbors launched a surprise attack on Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, on October 6, 1973./ Reuters

 


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