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Cordesman, 'THE "GAZA WAR": A Strategic Analysis,' Center for Strategic & International Studies, February 2009 p.5", "ANALYSIS / IAF strike on Gaza is Israel's version of 'shock and awe', "Gaza boat explodes in apparent attack, no injuries", "Israel strikes back against Hamas terror infrastructure in Gaza 27-Dec-2008. Israel and Hamas both claimed victory in the latest conflict. The war between Israel and Palestine has been going on for years, with the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip reaching 53 years. https://www.nytimes.com/article/israel-gaza-what-we-know.html. Israel has suffered casualties and the psychological terror of incoming rockets, but the system is clearly winnowing out much of the daily rocket fire. Tensions are often high between Israel and Palestinians living in East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank. It was the worst outbreak of violence covered by the media in the region since the 200809 Operation "Cast Lead" (the Gaza War). Here is what drove the conflict, and the arc it took. [79] On 28 February 2008 Israeli aircraft bombed a police station near the Gaza City home of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, killing several children. It is separated by Israel from Jerusalem, which holds deep religious and cultural significance for both Arabs and Jews, with both Israel and Palestinians claiming Jerusalem as a capital city. Some 300 Palestinians had been targeted by the IDF in the Gaza Strip since the kidnapping of Corporal Gilad Shalit. According to witnesses and local media, Israeli drones launched at least 13 missiles strikes that had hit al-Maghazi refugee camp in the . Hamas, with help from allies outside Gaza including Iran, according to Israeli and Hamas officials has parlayed that arsenal into an increasingly lethal threat. Casualties by year: 526 (2006), 295 (2007), 833 (2008), 1014 (2009), 68 (2010), 105 (2011), 246 (2012), 2 (2013). The Gaza Strip, the 140-square mile stretch of land located along the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Israel, has endured decades of protest, military operations and violence as Israel and the Palestinian Authority have both asserted the right to control the area. Israel-Gaza News: Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip were exchanging fire Saturday in the worst bout of cross-border violence since an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas last year . "[35][36], The Second Intifada, also known as the al-Aqsa Intifada, began in September 2000. Attacks by Israel and Gazans grew intense late in October 2012. The death toll in. Israel launched Operation "Autumn Clouds" on 1 November 2006. The confrontations occurred ahead of a planned Jerusalem Day parade known as the Dance of Flags by far-right Jewish nationalists, which was later canceled. Following an attack on Bet Lid, near the city of Netanya, Rabin specified the objectives behind the undertaking, stating that: This path must lead to a separation, though not according to the borders prior to 1967. Conflict: Gaza War: Partof: the Gaza-Israel conflict, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the Iran-Israel proxy conflict: Date: 27 December 2008 . Some protesters burned Israeli and American flags. The current Gaza conflict is the most damaging in more than a decade, as infrastructure and civilians are pounded by shelling. The Gaza Strip, the 140-square mile stretch of land located along the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Israel, has endured decades of protest, military operations and violence as Israel and. Anger with Israel had spread across the Arab world, with King Abdullah of Jordan on Monday blaming the escalating violence on what he described as Israeli provocations. The fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza - now in its second week - is the worst violence in the Holy Land in years and shows little sign of abating. The gap in the balance of power is one of the widest in the region. The Israeli Air Force sent jets to strike multiple targets in the Gaza Strip, including the office of senior Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh, and Hamas' military intelligence headquarters in Gaza City. Israel claims the whole of Jerusalem as its capital, while the Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. Palestinian residents of Gaza Strip woke up on Thursday to mark Eid al-Fitr - one of the holiest occasions in the Islamic calendar - amid relentless aerial bombardment by Israel . Israels Iron Dome anti-missile system firing on Wednesday to intercept rockets launched from the Gaza Strip. Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza, agreed to a cease-fire that began on May 21 following pressure from the U.S. and its allies to end 11 days of fighting. Pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian advocates demonstrating last week outside Downing Street in central London. Hamas replied to the Israeli attack with a barrage of rocket fire. Protests had gone on for days ahead of a Supreme Court ruling, originally expected on May 10 but then postponed, on the eviction of several Palestinian families from East Jerusalem. The conflict is very controversial, with people calling defenders of Israel Islamophobes and defenders of Palestine anti-semitic. Accepting a truce offered Israel an opportunity to thwart the threat of tunnels being used to attack or kidnap its citizens, without risking more of the civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip that were turning world opinion against it. Barrages by both sides intensified through the week, as did casualties though Gazans have suffered a disproportionate number of deaths. [131] This war is considered to be the largest, devastating and deadliest military operation in Gaza since the Six-day war in 1967. Two other soldiers were wounded during the fighting which broke out east of the town of Khan Younis. Israel is killing Palestinians in Gaza, one family at a time. Since Israel controls the Gaza coastline, experts believe many of these weapons are smuggled into the region or provided by anti-Israeli allies in other countries, such as Iran. [84] About 10,000 protesters, mainly from Jordan's mainstream Muslim Brotherhood and smaller opposition groups, took to the streets in one of the country's most vocal and largest anti-Israeli demonstrations in recent years. Before Israel became a nation, the majority of people dwelling in the region were Arabs who lived in what was then known as Palestine. Palestinians inch closer to the border fence separating Israel and Gaza on May 14, 2018 in a camp east of Gaza City, Gaza. Britain took control of the area known as Palestine after the ruler of that part of the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire, was defeated in World War One. Following the internecine fighting that occurred between 7 and 15 June 2007, also known as the Battle of Gaza 2007 in which 118 Palestinians were killed and over 550 were wounded,[42] the entire Gaza Strip came under full control of a Hamas government. 6.7M views 1 year ago #DailyShow #Palestine #Israel Tensions between Israel and Palestine escalate, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries. The most recent peace plan, prepared by the United States when Donald Trump was president, was called "the deal of the century" by Israel's then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Among the deaths were eight children killed in a single airstrike at a refugee camp. On 8 November 2006, a day after Israel's withdrawal following Operation "Autumn Clouds," Israel Defense Forces shells missed their targetpossibly due to a "technical malfunction"and hit a row of houses in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun,[60] killing 19 Palestinians and wounding more than 40. There are serious fears Israel-Gaza violence is rapidly escalating towards full-scale war. [57] The Palestinians had said that they were willing to return Shalit in exchange for the release of some of the Palestinians held in Israeli jails. On 18 August 2011, a series of cross-border attacks was carried out in southern Israel near the Egyptian border, by a squad of militants. This has been the case in the wars that took place in 2008, 2012, 2014, and 2021, and in the latest military attack that ended on August 7, 2022. Attacked locations include Beersheva, Tel Aviv, Ashdod, Ofakim, Gaza, the rest of the Gaza Strip, the Shaar Hanegev, and Eshkol Regional Council. To date, 64 foreign citizens have also been killed (54 by Palestinians, and 10 by Israeli security forces). On the Israeli side, one of the children killed was a 5-year-old Israeli boy who died after a rocket fired from Gaza made a direct hit on the building next door to his aunts apartment, where he was visiting with his mother and older sister. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a war and dispute that is still going on between the State of Israel and the Palestinians (some of which are represented by the . Twelve people were also killed in Israel. The Israeli military claimed the target of the raid was a tunnel that they said Hamas was planning to use to capture Israeli soldiers positioned on the border fence 250m away. Rescue workers searching for victims among the rubble of the destroyed buildings Ben Yehuda Street in downtown Jerusalem at the beginning of the first Jewish-Arab conflict, started in February 1948 before the proclamation of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948. Palestinian tactics have ranged from carrying out mass protests and general strikes, as in the First Intifada, to mounting suicide bombing attacks and firing Qassam rockets into east southern Israeli residential areas. HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. [82] The IDF's offensive in Gaza has killed more than 100 Palestinians in less than a week. [92] Hamas' obligation was to stop the rocket attacks on Israel. [120][121] Human rights groups and aid organisations have accused Hamas and Israel of war crimes. [47] According to Human Rights Watch, the Palestinian deliberate attacks against civilians violate international humanitarian law. It's the most serious flare-up since an 11-day conflict in May. 2023 A&E Television Networks, LLC. In one such raid, on 25 June 2006, Palestinians captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, leading to massive retaliation by the Israeli army which included air strikes against Hamas targets. [181][182], Due to the conflict, Israel has stepped up its defense measures in the southern communities and cities of Israel. Here is how conflict over ownership of the region has played out over the last 70 years. In the aftermath of the war, scholars estimate that more than 700,000 Palestinians left or were forced to flee their homes in the newly- formed Jewish Israel. Over a dozen rockets were subsequently fired from Gaza, three of which were shot down. [104][105] On 27 and 28 December, Israel implemented Operation Cast Lead against Hamas. The 25-mile-long Gaza Strip is Palestinian territory that borders Egypt and Israel.. The Israeli Air Force fired missiles and bombs at the launching sites. The Gaza-Israel conflict is a part of the localized Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but is also a scene of power struggle between regional powers including Egypt, Iran and Turkey together with Qatar, supporting different sides of the conflict in light of the regional standoff between Iran and Saudi Arabia [21] on one hand and between Qatar and [51][52][53][54][55] As of 18 October 2006, Israel has discovered 20 tunnels used for illegal arms smuggling under the border of the Gaza Strip and Egypt. France had led efforts to call for a cease-fire at the United Nations Security Council. [89], On 29 February 2008, the Israeli military launched Operation "Hot Winter" (also called Operation "Warm Winter") in response to Qassam rockets fired from the Strip by Hamas. Here we explain the roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the two-state solution and why it . Hamas, too, faced pressure to accept the truce, not only from international negotiators but from many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who were suffering under continuous Israeli bombardment and grappling with the devastation and destruction around them. But the battle between Hamas militants and the Israeli military has spurred a devastating humanitarian crisis. Schueftan favors the "hard separation" stances of politicians like Yitzhak Rabin and Ehud Barak.[34]. Stop the violence now Tor Wennesland (@TWennesland) May 11, 2021. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea between Israel and Egypt. A series of deadly flash points had galvanized both sides in a region where the human cost of war has been all too familiar. It's part of the wider Arab Israeli conflict. Anyone can read what you share. [95] Two months later the volume of goods arriving was too low to significantly improved living conditions,[99] preventing UNRWA from replenishing its stores. The 1993 and 1995 Oslo Peace Accords between Palestinian and Israeli leaders negotiated for Israels withdrawal from Gaza and other key areas, which happened in 2005 under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. In 1947, the UN voted for Palestine to be split into separate Jewish and Arab states, with Jerusalem becoming an international city. It's the most serious flare-up since an 11-day conflict in May 2021. Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here. The United Nations estimates that as many as half the 1.5 million population of the Gaza Strip crossed the border into Egypt seeking food and supplies. Saudi Arabia meanwhile compared the IDF offensive to "Nazi war crimes" and called on the international community to stop what it called the "mass killings" of Palestinians. An Israeli air strike killed Ahmed Jabari, chief of the Hamas military wing in Gaza. [43], Since Hamas' takeover, Palestinian armed groups in Gaza and Israel continued to clash. Israeli leaders agreed to to halt hostilities under intense diplomatic pressure and with increasing casualties on both sides. [179] In response, Sanders said that he accepted a corrected number of the death toll as 2,300 in the course of the interview and that he would make every effort to set the record straight. Israel and the United States, as well as several other countries, consider Hamas a terrorist organization. The Irish government, he said, condemned "both the unacceptably high civilian casualty rate resulting from disproportionate military action on Israel's part as well as the firing of rockets by Hamas and other militants into Israel. Gaza was already suffering under the weight of an indefinite blockade by Israel and Egypt even before the latest conflict. Israel claimed its occupation of Gaza since 1967 has ended as it has pulled its troops and settlers from the territory but international law views Gaza as an occupied territory because Israel. Heres What You Need to Know. (Credit: Hugo H. Mendelsohn/AFP/Getty Images). The Palestinians and others have also said the assault was aimed at toppling the democratically elected Hamas-led government and at destabilizing the Palestinian National Authority, citing the targeting of civilian infrastructure such as a power station and the captures of government and parliament members. After World War II and the Holocaust in which six million Jewish people. In Israel, 67 soldiers and six civilians are killed. Justin Tallis/Agence France-Presse Getty Images. The bloody conflict, which lasted for 50 days in July and August, ended in a truce. This includes building fortifications on existing structures and bomb shelters, developing an alarm system (Red Color) and building an air-defense system (Iron Dome) [183]. Additionally, Qassam rocket attacks have resulted in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in both children and adults, with 33% of children living in Sderot suffering from PTSD.[40][41]. Follow Newsbeat on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. We want to reach a separation between us and them. Some 72,000 Gazans fled their homes. In another war in 1967, Israel occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, as well as most of the Syrian Golan Heights, Gaza and the Egyptian Sinai peninsula. [82] The United States called for an end to clashes between Israel and the Palestinians. A ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants is holding, after three days of violence in which at least 44 people have died. [100] Israel told U.S. officials in 2008 it would keep Gaza's economy "on the brink of collapse". The Israel-Palestinian conflict explained; Life in the Gaza Strip; The children who have died in the conflict; At least 232 people, including more than 100 women and children, have been killed in . By the time the fighting ended in a ceasefire the following year, Israel controlled most of the territory. Qassam rockets were fired regularly prior to the Israeli disengagement and the frequency of Qassam attacks increased after the Disengagement from Gaza. 2023 BBC. On Monday, the violence got worse when Hamas as well as other Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip shot more than 150 rockets and other projectiles into Israel. [32], Daniel Schueftan, in his 1999 book, Disengagement: Israel and the Palestinian Entity[33][34] ("The Need for Separation: Israel and the Palestinian Authority") reviews new and existing arguments underlying different separation stances, in order to make the case for separation from the Palestinians, beginning with those in the West Bank and Gaza. [58], In July 2006, first reports emerged about mystery injuries after Israeli attacks. In May 2021, violence between Israelis and Palestinians escalated, following clashes and demonstrations in Jerusalem. Finally, on 17 January 2008, Israel sealed the border completely following a rise in rocket attacks. Israeli warplanes bombarded Gaza City on Monday morning as Hamas continues lobbing rockets on southern cities in Israel. The area has been a source of conflict for many years. Egypt has been the interlocutor in concluding rounds of warfare between Israel and Hamas, including the last two big confrontations, in 2008 and 2014. Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank say they are suffering because of Israeli actions and restrictions. GAZA has been a site of fierce clashes and bloody battles between protesters and Israeli troops for decades. Between the 1920s and 1940s, the number of Jews arriving there grew, with many fleeing from persecution in Europe and seeking a homeland after the Holocaust of World War Two. Settlements are held to be illegal under international law - that is the position of the UN Security Council and the UK government, among others - although Israel rejects this. 7 Fire billows from Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip Credit: Rex What is Palestine? The territory is 25 miles (40 kilometers) long and 4-5 miles (6-8 kilometers) wide. On Monday, Israels military released a video showing Israeli defense forces destroying a vessel that it said was suspected of being on its way to carry out an attack on Israeli waters. [163], Hamas demanded Israel remove its forces from Al-Aqsa Mosque by May 10, 6pm. [136] During the operation, four Israeli civilians and one soldier were killed by Palestinian rocket fire,[137] according to Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 158 Palestinians had been killed, of which: 102 were civilians, 55 militants and one was policeman. The war is being fought on multiple fronts. As the worst violence in years rages, each night the sky is lit up by rockets fired from Gaza, and by the guided projectiles of Israels Iron Dome defense system shooting up to counter them. [38], Since 2001, Palestinian militants have launched thousands of rocket and mortar attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip. 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