{"id":1258,"date":"2023-10-09T14:05:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2024-08-21T11:44:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T11:44:31","slug":"hamas-and-israel-the-story-behind-the-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/hamas-and-israel-the-story-behind-the-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas and Israel: The story behind the Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_69_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/hamas-and-israel-the-story-behind-the-conflict\/#What_Happened_between_Hamas_and_Israel\" title=\"What Happened between Hamas and Israel?\">What Happened between Hamas and Israel?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/hamas-and-israel-the-story-behind-the-conflict\/#What_is_The_response_of_Israel\" title=\"What is The response of Israel?\">What is The response of Israel?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/hamas-and-israel-the-story-behind-the-conflict\/#What_is_Hamas\" title=\"What is Hamas?\">What is Hamas?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/hamas-and-israel-the-story-behind-the-conflict\/#What_is_the_Gaza_Strip\" title=\"What is the Gaza Strip?\">What is the Gaza Strip?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/hamas-and-israel-the-story-behind-the-conflict\/#How_Surprising_Was_the_Attack\" title=\"How Surprising Was the Attack?\">How Surprising Was the Attack?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/hamas-and-israel-the-story-behind-the-conflict\/#The_Reason_Behind_the_Conflict\" title=\"The Reason Behind the Conflict:\">The Reason Behind the Conflict:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/hamas-and-israel-the-story-behind-the-conflict\/#What_is_the_situation_right_now\" title=\"What is the situation right now?\">What is the situation right now?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/hamas-and-israel-the-story-behind-the-conflict\/#What_the_World_Has_to_Say_About_the_Conflict\" title=\"What the World Has to Say About the Conflict?\">What the World Has to Say About the Conflict?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Happened_between_Hamas_and_Israel\"><\/span>What Happened between Hamas and Israel?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Saturday, 7<sup>th<\/sup> October 2023<\/strong>, Around 6:30 pm local time, the Palestinian Militant group Hamas fired 2,200 rockets (<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/07\/middleeast\/israel-hamas-rocket-attack-what-we-know-intl\/index.html#:~:text=The%20IDF%20said%20around%202%2C200,the%20two%20sides%20in%202014.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to CNN<\/a>) at Tel Aviv, Israel. According to Hamas, the number of rocket-missiles fired were 5,000.<\/p>\n<p>The militants of Palestine entered Israel by Air, Sea and land. These militants attacked the communities near the Gaza Strip and took people hostage, leading to hundreds of deaths in Israel. Precisely, as per CNN, more than 700 hundred Israelis are dead, and more than 400 Palestinian residents are also dead in response to the Israel Airstrike in Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>The Hamas says it captured 100 hostages, including Israeli soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas named the operation &#8220;<strong><em>Al-Aqsa Storm<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;, and they mentioned that the attack was in response to an attack on women, the ongoing siege of Gaza, and the declaration of Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_The_response_of_Israel\"><\/span>What is The response of Israel?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1260\" src=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ISrael.jpg\" alt=\"Israel reaction\" width=\"843\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ISrael.jpg 670w, https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ISrael-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In response, Israel declared war against Palestine on Sunday, 8<sup>th<\/sup> October. The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, to the Israeli Citizens: &#8220;Citizens of Israel, we are at war, Not in operation, Not in rounds, At war&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/07\/middleeast\/israel-hamas-rocket-attack-what-we-know-intl\/index.html#:~:text=The%20IDF%20said%20around%202%2C200,the%20two%20sides%20in%202014.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Israel launched the operation &#8220;Operation Swords of Iron&#8221; in response to the attack. The Israel Defense Force (IDF) advised civilians of Gaza to leave their residential places as they would target Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said that over 24 hours, more than 1,990 people were injured, and 313 were killed, including at least 20 children.<\/p>\n<p>On <strong>8<sup>th<\/sup> October 8, 2023<\/strong>, IDF (Israel Defense Force) Said it attacked 426 targets in Gaza, of which Hamas is using ten towers.<\/p>\n<p>7 Palestinians are killed by the Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, which is Israel-Occupied.<\/p>\n<p>Israel cut off the electricity and every other supply to Palestine. In a video, it can be seen that the Israeli destroyed a mosque in Khan Younis. IDF targets the Gaza Strip and residential buildings from its air strike in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>But why Palestine and Israel are fighting? What is the reason behind this attack, and what the world has to say about it?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Hamas\"><\/span>What is Hamas?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1261\" src=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hamas.png\" alt=\"What is Hamas\" width=\"978\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hamas.png 978w, https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hamas-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hamas-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hamas came into being in 1987 and is an Islamist Organization; it emerged from a Sunni Islamist Group in Egypt that was founded in the 1920s in the Muslim Brotherhood.<\/p>\n<p>The party does not accept Israel as a state and insists they occupy the Palestinian land with power and illegal operations. Thus, for this reason, the Organization fights many wars with Israel to keep them from doing injustice to the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_Gaza_Strip\"><\/span>What is the Gaza Strip?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1262\" src=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/What-is-the-Gaza-Strip.png\" alt=\"Gaza Strip\" width=\"831\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/What-is-the-Gaza-Strip.png 741w, https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/What-is-the-Gaza-Strip-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>25-mile (41km)<\/strong> long and 10 km wide area between the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt, and Israel. More than 2.2 people live there. It is one of the biggest density of human population areas.<\/p>\n<p>The Air space of Gaza is being under control by Israel. It also controls its shore, which is why every import or export is done with the permission of Israel. The Gaza border is under control as they control who can enter or exit the city.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Surprising_Was_the_Attack\"><\/span>How Surprising Was the Attack?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1263\" src=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Attack.png\" alt=\"Surprise Attack\" width=\"943\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Attack.png 943w, https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Attack-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Attack-768x422.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 943px) 100vw, 943px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As per the Information gathered by the community of <a href=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/\">Essay Writers UAE<\/a>, the attack was without any kind of warning, and it is the most surprising and powerful attack from Hamas to Israel. And Israel hasn&#8217;t faced this kind of attack in hundreds of years.<\/p>\n<p>The attack was so sudden that the Israeli agencies didn&#8217;t have time to react. And even the intelligence didn\u2019t have any information about it.<\/p>\n<p>The militants of Palestine enter Israel by paragliding. These militants were successfully able to enter the grounds of Israel.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Reason_Behind_the_Conflict\"><\/span>The Reason Behind the Conflict:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1264\" src=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Confilict-Hamas-and-Israel.png\" alt=\"How Surprising Was the Attack?\" width=\"845\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Confilict-Hamas-and-Israel.png 740w, https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Confilict-Hamas-and-Israel-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although the reason behind the attack is unclear, the tensions between the Israelis and Palestinians have been going on for several weeks as the IDF killed many Palestinian villagers. The IDF raided multiple Palestinian cities, and the Palestinians at the West Bank responded by killing the Israeli soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>In the past week, Some Jews prayed at the compound of the Third Holiest place for Muslims, Al-Aqsa mosque, also known as Haram-Al-Sharif, which is the third holiest place after Mecca and Medina (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/oct\/08\/israel-hamas-gaza-palestinian-territories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Jews are not allowed to pray at the compound of the Al-Aqsa mosque. This could be why Hamas reacted to this surprise attack and named the operation &#8220;Al Aqsa Storm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Tension between Israel and Palestine has been going on for hundreds of years as both claim the land as their territory. And Because of the religious importance of the Al-Aqsa mosque to both religions. Both are trying to get control of the whole area.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_situation_right_now\"><\/span>What is the situation right now?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1265\" src=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Gaza_Reuters.jpg\" alt=\"gaza situation\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Gaza_Reuters.jpg 800w, https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Gaza_Reuters-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/essaywriters.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Gaza_Reuters-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Due to the response of Israel and their Air Striking operation, more than 100k people are displaced in Gaza. The people are taking shelter inside the schools. The IDF destroyed over 150 housing units, while 1200 were damaged badly.<\/p>\n<p>The militant commander of Hamas, Mohammad Deif, has called the Arabs and Palestinians to join the operation. And Israel has an eye on one of the strongest Lebanese Militant Groups, Hezbollah. Although Hezbollah launched missiles at Israel, no causality has been recorded. While Israel is planning for a ground operation in Gaza (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-67039975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_the_World_Has_to_Say_About_the_Conflict\"><\/span>What the World Has to Say About the Conflict?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The different part of the world has shown concerns regarding the situation between Israel and Palestine. China and Japan want to stop this type of exercise. Some Countries like Brazil, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and France condemn the act and state in favour of Israel. At the same time, some countries want to stop any kind of harm to civilians on both sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Happened between Hamas and Israel? Saturday, 7th October 2023, Around 6:30 pm local time, the Palestinian Militant group Hamas fired 2,200 rockets (According to CNN) at Tel Aviv, Israel. According to Hamas, the number of rocket-missiles fired were 5,000. The militants of Palestine entered Israel by Air, Sea and land. 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