Israel and Operation Protective Edge
ISRAEL , GAZA CONFLICT
The article explains how the feud of Israel and Gaza started . It says on the article that the conflict broke out on July 8, when Israel launched Operation Protective Edge in response to Hamas launching rockets toward Israel. Since the conflict began, 1,423 Gazans have died and 8,265 have been injured while 59 Israelis have died. This conflict was triggered because of the three Israeli teenagers, one with American citizenship and all seminary students, were kidnapped while hitchhiking in the West Bank and were killed. They were kidnapped on June 12 and their bodies were discovered June 30. Israel accused Hamas of kidnapping the three teens, which the militant group denied. Within days, Israel arrested more than 300 Palestinians, many of them members of Hamas. At least 10 Palestinians were killed and more than 1,000 private homes were raided. On the night the boys bodies were found, a barrage of rockets were launched from Gaza at Israel and Israeli warplanes carried out numerous air strikes in Gaza. On July 2, a Palestinian teenager was kidnapped and burned to death in apparent retaliation. The death triggered riots in East Jerusalem, a largely Palestinian area. So since then the riots and the feud only worsened. This article explained why the conflict broke out , but for me both Israel and Gaza were at wrong because they answered each other with rage , brutal fight backs , and warplanes ,throwing missile bombs at each other. But all this conflict going on in gaza was caused by the terrorist who lives there because ever since Gaza was given to the Palestinians they have not stopped their kasams. Also even before Israel and gaza are not in good terms and the event that happened just fuel up and resulted to this , the most recent round of fighting in Gaza got started when Israel retaliated for a major ramp-up in rocket launches by Hamas this year, with a crescendo in October. "What did Hamas hope to gain from this latest round of
The article explains how the feud of Israel and Gaza started . It says on the article that the conflict broke out on July 8, when Israel launched Operation Protective Edge in response to Hamas launching rockets toward Israel. Since the conflict began, 1,423 Gazans have died and 8,265 have been injured while 59 Israelis have died. This conflict was triggered because of the three Israeli teenagers, one with American citizenship and all seminary students, were kidnapped while hitchhiking in the West Bank and were killed. They were kidnapped on June 12 and their bodies were discovered June 30. Israel accused Hamas of kidnapping the three teens, which the militant group denied. Within days, Israel arrested more than 300 Palestinians, many of them members of Hamas. At least 10 Palestinians were killed and more than 1,000 private homes were raided. On the night the boys bodies were found, a barrage of rockets were launched from Gaza at Israel and Israeli warplanes carried out numerous air strikes in Gaza. On July 2, a Palestinian teenager was kidnapped and burned to death in apparent retaliation. The death triggered riots in East Jerusalem, a largely Palestinian area. So since then the riots and the feud only worsened. This article explained why the conflict broke out , but for me both Israel and Gaza were at wrong because they answered each other with rage , brutal fight backs , and warplanes ,throwing missile bombs at each other. But all this conflict going on in gaza was caused by the terrorist who lives there because ever since Gaza was given to the Palestinians they have not stopped their kasams. Also even before Israel and gaza are not in good terms and the event that happened just fuel up and resulted to this , the most recent round of fighting in Gaza got started when Israel retaliated for a major ramp-up in rocket launches by Hamas this year, with a crescendo in October. "What did Hamas hope to gain from this latest round of