The Israel Palestine War

(Rolyn Jr. B. Delos Santos)

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict dates back to the end of the nineteenth century. In 1947,
the United Nations adopted Resolution 181, known as the Partition Plan, which sought to divide
the British Mandate of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states.
But first, on October 7 2023, Hamas launched at least 5000 rockets from Gaza directed
against Israel. This killed around 1400 Israelis with many Israeli soldiers and civilians including
women and children being taken hostage to the Gaza strip. Israel launched retaliatory strikes
and declared war on Hamas a day later.
Next, as of October 15, around 2700 Palestinians have been killed and about 1 million
have been internally displaced. Israel cut off food, water, electricity, and fuel supplies to Gaza
sparking off a severe humanitarian crisis in the region. Israel has asked the residents of
Northern Gaza to evacuate the region, while Hamas has asked them to stay put.
Finally, there has also been exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah after
Hezbollah militants fired rockets into Israel from Lebanon and Israel responded with airstrikes
in Lebanon.
So in conclusion, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed tens of thousands of lives
and displaced many millions of people and has it’s root in a colonial act carried out more than a
century ago. Hamas fighters have killed more than 800 Israeli in assaults on multiple towns in
southern Israel.