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[niniko]

Israeli forces are conducting an offensive against Hamas in Gaza by land, sea and air, while Palestinian rockets continue to hit Israel.

[M.Helen]

As far as I know, the conflict has now ended. The Palestinian part had a lot of victims, probably several thousands times more than Israeli part.

[Steven]

take a look at this web war between Gaza and Israel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEEUhgxmX8I

[Martin]

Gaza was part of Palestine when it was administered by Britain in a mandate granted by the League of Nations after World War I. In fighting after Israel declared its independence in large areas of Palestine in 1948, the Egyptians captured the Gaza Strip. Palestinian refugees from the coastal cities to the north took refuge there. They or their descendants still live in UN camps in Gaza. Israel captured it in the war of 1967 and eventually moved about 8,000 settlers there, but all Israeli settlers and soldiers left in 2005.