2. Britain took control of the area known as Palestine after
the ruler of that part of the Middle East, the Ottoman
Empire, was defeated in WW1.
3. In 1947, the UN voted for Palestine to be split into
separate Jewish(Israel) and Arab states (Palestian), with
Jerusalem becoming an international city.
4. Jordan occupied land which became known as the West
Bank, and Egypt occupied Gaza.
5. Both Israelis and Palestinians consider Jerusalem their
capital. Israel has controlled west Jerusalem since 1949.
6. During the 6 day war in 1967, Israel captured East
Jerusalem and annexed that half of the city.
7. In the area of Shiekh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, there are
70 palestian homes.
8. An Israeli court ordered that these 70 Palestinians will
soon be evicted to make room for Jewish people to reside
in the area.
9. Palestinians live on land that were owned by Jews since
1948 and refused this and there were violent crashes
between them & Israeli police.
10. After this , on 7th may, 2021 after breaking their Ramdan
fast in the evening many Palestinians went to offer
prayers at the Al Aqsa Mosque in Eastern Jerusalem.
11. Some Palestians were killed in this violent clash, after
this, violence has erupted in Tel Aviv and other cities of
Israel.
12. Hamas is a terrorist organization of the Palestian people
& they are extremely agitated. Main objective is to take
East Jerusalem.
13. Hamas believe that East Jerusalem is the capital of the
future Palestinian nation & the land was wrongfully
acquired by Israel.
14. So Hamas militants fired rockets at Israeli cities like Tel
Aviv, Ashkelon and Holon on 11th May, 2021.
16. In various parts of Israel, there is a device called the
“Iron Dome”. When an enemy rocket is fired, the device
intercepts and destroys the rocket.