Varför bombas Palestina?
Bakgrunden till den pågående eskaleringen i regionen är bland annat en juridisk tvist om palestinska fastigheter i stadsdelen Sheikh Jarrah i Jerusalem. Enligt Israelisk lag kan israeler kräva tillbaka fastigheter som de ägde innan kriget 1948.
Varför konflikt i Gaza?
Konflikten är först och främst en territorial konflikt mellan de israeliska och palestinska folken. Sionisterna strävade efter att skapa ett nationellt hem för det judiska folket i det område som utgör dagens Israel och Palestina. Detta anspråk på området mötte starkt motstånd från den arabiska nationalismen.
What’s happening in Gaza?
Israeli airstrikes in Al-Wahda Street in the middle of Gaza City, on May 16, 2021. Tension between Israel and militant groups in the Gaza Strip continued on Sunday for the seventh day in a row as death toll in the coastal enclave climbed to 181 and 1,225 others were injured, officials said.
What did Israel say about the Gaza rocket attack?
In a statement released shortly before midnight (21:00 GMT), the Israeli military said “fighter jets and [other] aircraft struck additional Hamas military targets in the Gaza Strip”. “Earlier tonight, a rocket was fired and during the day, explosive and arson balloons were launched from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory,” it said.
Did Israel bomb the Hamas in Gaza?
AP (Washington Post, 8/16/20) reported that “Israeli aircraft bombed several sites belonging to the militant Hamas group in the Gaza Strip”—though in the Post the article was accompanied by a photo of a boy with his destroyed home.
What is behind Israel’s fuel ban on Gaza?
Israel banned fuel imports into Gaza on August 12 as part of punitive measures over the launch of incendiary balloons from the Strip, banned fishing off Gaza’s coast, and closed the Karam Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) goods crossing – cutting off deliveries of fuel to the territory’s sole power plant.