The Israeli-Palestinian conflict dates back to the late 1800s.
The Partition Plan, agreed by the United Nations in 1947, attempted to divide the British Mandate of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states.
The 1948 creation of Israel sparked the Arab-Israeli War ended in 1949 with Israel's victory, dividing territory into Israel, West Bank & Gaza Strip.
Tensions in the region grew in the years that followed, particularly between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
In early October 2023, Israel declared war against Hamas, the militant Islamist organisation that has ruled Gaza since 2006.
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