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The 2021 Gaza War, sometimes called the Unity Intifada, [ 34][ 35][ 36] was a major outbreak of violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict that mainly commenced on 10 May 2021, and continued until a ceasefire came into effect on 21 May. It was marked by protests and police riot control, rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas and Palestinian ...
The Gaza Strip is experiencing a humanitarian crisis as a result of the Israel–Hamas war. [600] [601] The crisis includes both a famine and a healthcare collapse. At the start of the war, Israel tightened its blockade on the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in significant shortages of fuel, food, medication, water, and essential medical supplies.
The restrictions on movement and goods in Gaza imposed by Israel date to the early 1990s. [ 1] After Hamas took over in 2007, Israel significantly intensified existing movement restrictions and imposed a complete blockade on the movement of goods and people in and out of the Gaza Strip. [ 2] Egypt began its blockade of Gaza in 2007, shortly ...
In a 2023 report, U.N agencies estimated that 58% of Gaza Strip residents required humanitarian assistance with 29% of Gazan households living in extreme or catastrophic conditions, the top two ...
The Gaza–Israel conflict is a localized part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict beginning in 1948, when 200,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes, settling in the Gaza Strip as refugees. [ 3 ] Since then, Israel has fought 15 [ 4 ] wars against the Gaza Strip.
Israel increased airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and sealed it off from food, fuel and other supplies Monday in retaliation for a bloody incursion by Hamas militants, as the war's death toll rose to ...
In 2015, there were 23 Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, according to the IDF. [ 128 ] On 23 April, Israel's 67th independence day, a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel. [ 129 ] The rocket hit an open field in the Sha'ar HaNegev region near Sderot, [ 130 ] causing no injuries or damage.
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine. [21] [22] [23] Key aspects of the conflict include the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements, borders, security, water rights, [24] the permit regime, Palestinian ...