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The Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, with its fighters entering communities near the Gaza Strip, killing hundreds of residents and taking hostages.
Thousands of people have been gathering close to the crossing with Egypt in the hope of leaving Gaza ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive.
Here's what you need to know about the people and places involved.
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@alisonalia7 months agoBut he told a lot of truth more than anyone else. 12
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@ArichiKulukatoo7 months agoHow hilarious how this guy said that it was the un creating the problem and not mentioning a word about how britain created this mess in the first place. 156
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@SUB133337 months agoAs an israeli, this guy explained everything perfectly! Remove terror groups from gaza and then judge israel. 7
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@ajjruu53907 months agoMy joy is seeing the whole planet in peace and love. 41
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@akobayashi93817 months agoThe images of those children break my heart. Their future. 2
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@spointz89367 months agoGreat analyst you brought on! Very impartial. 7
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@melvinsharty44177 months agoThomas jefferson once said, " we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with. ...Expand8
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@andreasmetzner20057 months agoBrilliant and accurate synopsis. Always a must to listen to intelligent. 11
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@tmi45077 months agoSo were not gonna mention anything about the history of the british empire itself and how it ties deeply into this? 41
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@fumaseven1037 months agoEveryone is equal, but some are more equal than others. 6
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@vulbaby49897 months agoNo one has any excuses to kill innocent children, no one. 15
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@MjdMhmd-lr6jv7 months agoThe fact that not one arab country is giving refuge to the palestinians from gaza is trulyegypt must open rafah crossing. 310
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@avbhayekar7 months agoSurprised that he did not mention about british government involvement and balfour declaration which resulted in this mess. It doesn' t make sense to . ...Expand3
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@Lala.H.R7 months ago2 state thats it. This needs to stop a total massacre genocide. 5
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@Dustinwhy87 months agoIsrael: has an army complete with tanks and jets. hamas: we throw rocks. 5
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@ericsynchrona54957 months agoTo be clear: it' s " to try to" not " to try, and. " 1
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@JuanRomero-nm6hi7 months agoThis guy is good, thats tough to try and explain all that but he did it well. 72
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@BeHumanWithOutBorders7 months agoHe also didnt talk about at un which two countries refused to sign the two state resolution rest whole world signed. 4
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@ArichiKulukatoo7 months agoInimaginabile! At the end this guy is saying that cutting electricity, water and food is " putting pressure on gaza population to dismiss hamas". ...Expand2
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@vb65487 months agoBbc thanks for opening my eyes to what unbiased truly means. It' s the opposite of what you guys are. 2
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@Scribe130137 months agoWhen you' re at war for so long. You have to realize. That you' re only at war. With yourself. 1
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@lindabedwell8077 months agoThissession is so clarifying for people in the west. 4
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@drugoviic7 months agoHave they considered this thing called peace where you agree to live together without fighting and wishing the other party gets destroyed. 4
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@andrewmoore96717 months agoGod help us all. Humanity unite! Peace.
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@gerhardtharaseb56587 months agoI really don' t understand how a small country like mine namibia is recognized as a country, but a place where millions of people have lived for hundreds of years is not, 48
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@isoldepotgieter90727 months agoI think the raid/onslaught in gaza began 2 days ago. Israel sent in special forces to eliminate hamas insurgents. Tanks and mock training with tanks, us. ...Expand4
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@xCaptxCrunchx7 months agoThe suez canal plays a huge factor. Israel is an unsinkable aircraft carrier and whoever controls the canal holds the advantage when the next great war. ...Expand41
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@skeggjoldgunnr31677 months agoA knowledgeable man answering good poignant questions rather frankly and very precisely. What happened? Is this the same mainstream media i thought i knew?
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@1suitcasesal7 months agoSo basically a group of people say that their fairy godmother told them they could have this piece of land. So then they felt it was just ok to try to. ...Expand1
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@traysee25237 months agoDont forget they were cheering on saturday when they bought the hostages to gaza. I dont see them cheering now. 2
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@shragafyvushnochomowitz63947 months agoA very brief summary of facts: the historical records show that jews who lived in israel prior to 70ad were displaced by the roman empire and under after the end of the roman empire, the turkish ottoman empire ruled israel, by which time the namehad been changed by vespasian to the namereflects historical records of greek and roman sources: it means " a place bereft of palestine as a 20th century entity was created by the british after the defeat of the ottoman empire; under british rule the local authority split israel into two parts namely the hashemite kingdom of trans-jordan on the east bank of the jordan river and the state of israel in the west bank of the jordan river. ...Expand2
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@tonyclifton4957 months ago- Thank God Hamas is so concerned about unhealthy drinking water otherwise they wouldn't be able to use their citizens as human shields. 10
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@Tj-ho2fs7 months agoEgypt doesnt want palestinian terrorists. They once tried to let them in. The palestinians tried to overthrow the egyptian government. Same thing happened in jordan.
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@DoctrinePolice7 months agoThe royal caribbean ship that the us government leased to evacuate us citizens from israel just left haifa en route to cyprus where the people will have to find their own way back home. 1
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@Hak9927 months agoWas looking to when sebastian will be back again.
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@mmeysarosh7 months agoFirst, palestine as defined was originally termed by the greek in trade with the philistines about 12th century bc or nearly 1900 years before the first yasser arafat was the figure who defined the name palestinians under the plo flag in 1964 for the current struggle we see today. Prior to the current situation, the territory had been under the ottoman empire, the crusaders, various arab caliphates, byzantines, and the mongols had reached it as well. The point being is the modern day palestinians do not have any clear connection to the ancient philistines for which they derive their name from. the final history of the philistines was them being wiped around the 5th century bc by thethe modern day palestinians are thought to be a blend of various arab descents that had controlled the territories at points between the 7th-20th centuries ad with no relation to the philistines. Never really identifying at any point as palestinians until 1964. israel had taken control of significant territories during the third arab-israeli war that was initiated when nasser of egypt blocked the straight of tamir, which israel warned post the second arab-israeli war in 1956 would constitute an act of war. This event was the catalyst to the modern occupations we see today. Some of the other israeli territory gains were a result of the arab refusal of the 1947 un partition plan and subsequently declared a war, which resulted instead in the establishment of the state of israel. Its what palestinians call ' the disaster' while he is correct that there haven' t been a modern state of israel and the last dated to the roman empire, there had been two separate periods in what some would consider a state (kingdoms back then) but there hasn' t been any existence a state of palestine in modern or ancient history. this journalist has perspectives which sound like massages on historical events, but that can be said of most viewpoints. But as some have already stated, much of the modern mess was a british creation in their efforts in the area. ...Expand1
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@montisiddique80107 months agoBbc how about inviting better experts like scott ritter, miko peled? 1
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@adriaanluijk35627 months agoWho are hamas; it was supported by israel (yes with bibi) and america as an alternative to the plo(with arafat) so it is the same story as the creation ofthe russians) and isis (against syria etc) 4
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@uyaracalinsky19767 months agoShish that was some fancy foot work to try not to portray hamas leaders as completely lunatics.
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@elsamaria19147 months agoBbc i am proud and thankful for your unbiased reporting regarding the israel -gaza conflict. 5
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@dearshajed7 months agoPlease stop war we are human, we don' t war.
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@stevencharnock92717 months agoHe says it is safe to go to egypt then in the next breath he says there may be a problem with protests. Has he ever seen what a protest is like in the arab world? It makes the poll tax protests look like children playing.
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@user-rr9ng9bo9l7 months agoJewish claim is not based only on biblical claims, there were jewish hebrew states there for a very long time and jews lived there as majority group until. ...Expand10
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@Tj-ho2fs7 months agoI have no doubt in my mind that those who are supporting hamas would have happily helped the nazis. 1
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@justinarich7 months agoCan anyone tell me a palestinian faction that has said they would actually accept peace with israel? if not what is the moral argument to assist / enable / defend them as a society and group of people? 6
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@sircharlesnot7 months agothere were people living there for 100s of years 1
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@Ramaya20137 months agoAnyone that is making excuses for islamic terrorism are either grossly ignorant, purposefully naive, or approve of what occurred.
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@bkh85287 months agoNot bad bbc news questions 3 and 4 were basically correct, only a bit of misinformation there. 2
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@judysteadman7997 months agoSomeone said peace will come when arab peoples love their children more than they love to hate. Heartbreaking at the same time. Prayers israel people and palestinian people. 5
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@mohammedrehan54737 months agoYou need not to be a muslim or arab to support palestine. You just need to have humanity for the innocent civilians of palestine who just want their freedom and rights.
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@user-mu3iy8fq3d6 months agoAs the israel war unfolds, the urgent cry for peace reverberates globally. The toll on civilian lives and infrastructure is deeply distressing. Swift diplomatic. ...Expand
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@smachiavelli73457 months ago" far fromit' s very simple really.
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@saralamuni7 months agoBecause they blame each other for their own suffering. 21
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@springsmart7 months agoTowards the end, expert antony sebastian is factually wrong about the siege, it has been publicly announced that the siege that the supply of food and it' s could also have a strong influence from the fact that the people who control the water are personally angry with the tragedy and refuse to supply their enemy with anything, even if it should also reach the innocent people who aren' t hamas. ...Expand29
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@gloriastanleygarcia46817 months agoThis host doesnt state that this area was called judaea and samaria where jewish people lived for centuries along side of arab people some from the n id="hidden23"eighboring countries and the romans changed it to palestine. All arabs adopted the name palestinians when in actually the true number of arabs originally in that land were approximately 800, 0. Its also important to state that no arab country fully accept people from other countries ( they are always second class citizens ) also historically arabs kill other arabsjust look at the recent war in siria. ...Expand4
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@cattleNhay7 months agoThat was 5 a in a row if you were wondering. 1
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@tanektan91137 months agoIt' s unfortunate that hamas is in charge in gaza. now, palestinians have to pay the price for supporting & voting hamas into power. 82
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@billygoat5207 months agoI think every telecast should includeisrael is notand when jews are being talked about, what definition are they me a jew is someone who has accepted that faith, not ethnic who does not practice the faith. So, all israelis are not jews and to criticize is to critique a political enemy, definitely not the religion. I think a better name for the ethnic group is hebrews. Israel wants to characterize this war as war against jews no matter how you define the word. ...Expand1
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@fatimaahmed87487 months agoIf you' re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing -malcolm x open your eyes. 5
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@Crashed1319637 months agoIt could be because of this, from google. there are over 100 israeli illegal outposts in the west bank. In total, over 450, 0 israeli settlers putin is trying the same thing in ukraine. ...Expand18
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@taufigmohamed3607 months agoHe said there was no state for palestine before what? Absolute hypocrisy. 1
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@helenaferreira12357 months agoQuick answer: due to british empire poor decisions. Which they dont mention at all! 10
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@cxst127 months agoIt all comes down to who and under what definition is a state legitimatized? By un and other world powers, or the fact that you and your people have been. ...Expand1
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@liberalmind7 months agoAny palestinian who leaves gaza will never be allowed back into thecommunity. They were all told to go to the south by israel because it is closer to the exit. Israel is going to raze northern gaza to the ground. ...Expand1
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@WormholeJim7 months agoThe zionist movement in the first half of the 20th century pointed to uganda in africa as a suitable location for a jewish homeland. But i get why sebastian. ...Expand1
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@user-kw8lp1ei1v7 months agoPalestinian and israelis are brother. You have to solution your issues. Please stop fight. Don' t fight. Around the world they don' t care wh id="hidden30"at are you fighting. Solving your issues. I love you palestinian and israelian. ...Expand
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@rodelynpitcher78677 months agoBut why the islam countries do not want to open their boarders to help the palestinians? Also, you can just killed 1500 iraelis and expect then to just. ...Expand21
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@Kw-ku1wm7 months agoInternational communities need to ask hamas to stop and release all 199 hostages including us, uk, israel will use all means to r the hostages. Really sorry to see both nation civilians suffering because of irresponsible individuals. ...Expand1
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@jonathonmeyers95817 months agoIf they didn' t turn their water pipes into rockets, they wouldn' t be thirsty right now. 8
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@darrenwendell17237 months agoVery simple: if you steal land you need to give it back.
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@OldOneTooth7 months agoRemember how american indians got forced into still more impoverished lands, attacked by settlers and military. Remember how the british settlers occupied. ...Expand
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@paulusbalan24637 months agoSome people celebrated hamas killing spree in israel but they condemn israel for retaliating! 1
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@shijic81757 months agoIsrael has given order to be away from there and it shows that they have the concern over innocent ordinary people. But hamas terrorists gave importance for brutally killing the innocent people. 3
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@user-wl6yf9jo2c7 months agoHi my god bless people. People kindly open the gatewe are warriors sooo much for babies and childrenso please kind to them and welcome them inthey all our children s and brothers and sisters please kind to them we are prying for them please help them god bless to everyone we are so much worried for babies they dont deserve it, please help them. My loving friend we are so much pretty with children s who doesnt know pain we love children dont give them hard time. Help them i believe everyone crying for this. We dont need to take any side. Seriously we all worried for babies please help them. ...Expand
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@methodman3487 months agoThe israel and palestine conflict was all britain' s fault. I read that the british promised the arab authorities control over the area once they had overthrown the ottomans, but then broke their promise.
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@heshamhejazi85127 months agoAs an egyptian i have no problem to engage in war to safe palestinian lives & home land if israel tried to push the situation more to get worse. 1
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@KeepsLearning7 months agoWith all the money and support from other arab nations, gaza has not developed power and water independence in israel. Israel focused on technology, esp.. ...Expand
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@acoleman87837 months ago" occupied areas" what exactly does that mean? He keeps saying that.
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@firstname98117 months agoBecause of a magical zombie sky wizard. 4
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@sarahlockridge78797 months agoThey are unfortunately at war because both sides believe they have a right to be there based on anchient times of abraham. Its a very sad situation. We are all gods people. So sad.
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@samihabis7 months agoThe 1948 nakba will simply not be repeated. colonial britain was and still is the reason for what happened and is happening in the middle east the destruction of what they calland its erasure from existence is inevitable, no matter how much its supporters try to delay this inevitable matter. ...Expand
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@darnellrobeson47617 months agoFor some strange reason people in america only care about the bible when the israelis are involved. Otherwise its a disposable book. Its weird.
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hamas: we throw rocks. 5
the historical records show that jews who lived in israel prior to 70ad were displaced by the roman empire and under after the end of the roman empire, the turkish ottoman empire ruled israel, by which time the namehad been changed by vespasian to
the namereflects historical records of greek and roman sources: it means " a place bereft of
palestine as a 20th century entity was created by the british after the defeat of the ottoman empire; under british rule the local authority split israel into two parts namely the hashemite kingdom of trans-jordan on the east bank of the jordan river and the state of israel in the west bank of the jordan river. ...Expand 2
the final history of the philistines was them being wiped around the 5th century bc by thethe modern day palestinians are thought to be a blend of various arab descents that had controlled the territories at points between the 7th-20th centuries ad with no relation to the philistines. Never really identifying at any point as palestinians until 1964.
israel had taken control of significant territories during the third arab-israeli war that was initiated when nasser of egypt blocked the straight of tamir, which israel warned post the second arab-israeli war in 1956 would constitute an act of war. This event was the catalyst to the modern occupations we see today. Some of the other israeli territory gains were a result of the arab refusal of the 1947 un partition plan and subsequently declared a war, which resulted instead in the establishment of the state of israel. Its what palestinians call ' the disaster'
while he is correct that there haven' t been a modern state of israel and the last dated to the roman empire, there had been two separate periods in what some would consider a state (kingdoms back then) but there hasn' t been any existence a state of palestine in modern or ancient history.
this journalist has perspectives which sound like massages on historical events, but that can be said of most viewpoints. But as some have already stated, much of the modern mess was a british creation in their efforts in the area. ...Expand 1
if not what is the moral argument to assist / enable / defend them as a society and group of people? 6
now, palestinians have to pay the price for supporting & voting hamas into power. 82
-malcolm x
open your eyes. 5
there are over 100 israeli illegal outposts in the west bank. In total, over 450, 0 israeli settlers
putin is trying the same thing in ukraine. ...Expand 18
please kind to them
we are prying for them
please help them
god bless to everyone
we are so much worried for babies they dont deserve it, please help them. My loving friend
we are so much pretty with children s who doesnt know pain
we love children dont give them hard time. Help them i believe everyone crying for this. We dont need to take any side. Seriously we all worried for babies
please help them. ...Expand
colonial britain was and still is the reason for what happened and is happening in the middle east the destruction of what they calland its erasure from existence is inevitable, no matter how much its supporters try to delay this inevitable matter. ...Expand