Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on Saturday, 7 October, in a surprise assault. What's happening in the war-threatened Gaza Strip?
A surprise assault combined gunmen crossing into several Israeli towns with a heavy barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza StripThe Gaza-Israel conflict is a part of the localised Israeli-Palestinian conflict but is also a scene of power struggle between regional powers.The conflict originated with the election of the Islamist political party Hamas in 2005 and 2006 in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant added that Hamas had made "a grave mistake" by launching "a war" against the country.“It is terrorism in its most despicable form. Israel has the right to defend itself against such heinous attacks.”The latest violence comes two days after deadly fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad militants in the coastal enclave of Gaza was halted by a truce.
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