The Israel and Gaza ruling Hamas are fighting for 10 days now and the bloodshed is huge. Both sides are continuously targeting each other with rockets and missiles.
Israel has done considerable damage to Hamas with heavy airstrikes and continuous bombings. Around 230 people have been killed in Gaza, whereas Israel has witnessed 15 fatalities. Despite the massive loss of lives and property the bloodshed continues.
According to Israeli Defense Forces, Hamas has fired more than 4000 rockets to Israel from Gaza since the start of the conflict on May 10.
What is Hamas
Hamas is an extremist organization that does not consider Israel as a country and wants to destroy it completely.
Since its formation in 1948, Israel has been accused of occupying Palestinian territory. Currently, the West Bank and most of the Gaza strip are captured by Israel.
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To fulfill its purpose, Hamas has engaged in an armed battle with Israel. Hamas’s emblem depicts a Palestinian nation by combining Israel, Gaza and the West Bank with Jerusalem.
Hamas was founded in the 1980s. According to some claims, the Israeli government used to finance Hamas in its early days to build up a counterweight to the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) that was advocating for the independence of Palestine. However, Israel denies the claim.
The situation in Gaza Strip
Gaza is one of the most populated territories in the world bordering Israel and Egypt. A large part of Gaza’s population lives in poverty. It is ruled by an extremist group called Hamas. Hamas continuously attacks Israel from this Gaza Strip and uses the general public as a shield.
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Who supports Hamas
According to reports, Qatar is Hamas’ most important financial support. It is also supported by Turkey. Besides, Hamas is also backed by several nonstate initiatives and foundations.
How Hamas source its attack on Israel
According to missile experts, Hamas attacks Israel with multiple rockets. Israel uses the Iron Dome system to deal with these attacks. On Tuesday, Hamas launched 130 rockets in few minutes to overwhelm Israel’s Iron Dome system.
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This defense system flies itself and destroys the rocket. However, due to a large number of attacks, the system can finish only 90% of the rockets and the remaining 10 % reaches the General public of Israel.
So far, 230 killed in the Conflict
According to data by Palestine’s Health Ministry, 230 people have died in Gaza due to this battle. These 230 include 65 children along with 39 women. So far, 1710 have been injured.
Besides Gaza, Israel has also suffered a loss of lives. 15 people are reported dead and dozens are seriously injured in Israel.