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The massive attack from the Gaza Strip came as a surprise. However, the situation, especially in the occupied West Bank, had recently deteriorated again. Four Palestinians have been killed there since Thursday in their own attacks or in clashes with the army.
The security situation in Israel and the West Bank has long been tense. Since the beginning of the year, 27 Israelis, a Ukrainian and an Italian have been killed in attacks. During the same period, more than 200 Palestinians died during Israeli military operations, confrontations or after their own attacks.
Violent protests have increased in recent months
Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967. The Palestinians claim these areas for an independent state of Palestine with the Arab-dominated eastern part of Jerusalem as its capital.
There have been several violent protests at the Gaza border in the past month. Explosives were also thrown at soldiers and several Palestinians were injured by gunfire. In light of the incidents, the Israeli Air Force has repeatedly attacked posts belonging to the militant Palestinian organization Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip.
According to the UN, more than two million people live in very poor conditions in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, classified as a terrorist organization by the EU, the US and Israel, seized exclusive power by force in 2007. Israel subsequently tightened the blockade of the coastal area, which Egypt supported. (SDA)
Source:Blick
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