The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is the ongoing struggle between Israelis and Palestinians that began in the mid-20th century over the disputed territory of the West Bank and Gaza. Despite plans for peace and a two-state agreement, violence re-erupted in September 2015 after clashes at a Jerusalem holy site, and the situation remains bleak. In response to their shrinking territory, a number of terrorist organizations have risen up out of Palestine and threaten the safety of Israeli citizens. After a wave of violence between Israelis and Palestinians in 2015, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that Palestinians would no longer be bound by the Oslo Accords.
Between March 30 and May 15, 2018, Palestinians conducted weekly demonstrations at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. While most of the protesters behaved peacefully, some stormed the erimeter fence and threw rocks. According to the United Nations, 183 demonstrators were killed and over 6,000 were wounded by live ammunition. More recently, another escalation of the Gaza–Israel conflict escalation began on May 3, 2019, after two Israeli soldiers were injured by sniper fire from the Gaza Strip. In response, the Israeli Air Force carried out an airstrike, killing two Palestinians. Soon hundreds of rockets were launched from Gaza at Israel while the Israeli Air Force struck numerous targets within the Gaza Strip and increased its troop presence near the Israel–Gaza barrier. Despite the formal ceasefire, facilitated by Egyptian mediators, that went into effect on May 6th, airstrikes and bouts of violence still crop up near the border.
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