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During the early stages of the war, a video described as "Hamas executes people by throwing them off a roof of a building!" was shared widely on social media. [29] But the video did not depict Hamas, or any other group based in Palestine, it was a misrepresented video of ISIS in Iraq, from 2015. [29]
An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [ac] has been taking place in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. It is the fifth war of the Gaza–Israel conflict since 2008, and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. [145]
In April 2020, Jessica Prim was arrested carrying several knives after live-streaming her attempt to "take out" presidential nominee Joe Biden. Prim was arrested in New York City on a pier where she appeared to have been trying to get to the U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Comfort. QAnon claimed the ship was used by a cabal of pedophiles.
The Iranian-backed group Hamas, long designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and Israel, launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
Over 450,000 Israelis live in illegal settlements on Palestinian land in the West Bank, with another 220,000 in east Jerusalem, which was occupied by Israel after the Six-Day War in 1967.
Since 7 October 2023, numerous violent incidents prompted by the Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing Israel–Hamas war have been reported worldwide. They have accompanied a sharp increase in global antisemitism and Islamophobia, as well as anti-Israeli sentiment and anti-Palestinian sentiment or broader anti-Arab sentiment. [1]
About 60 members of various Indigenous cultures from around the world participated. They said they affirm the God-given right of the people of Israel to the land, and compared the suffering of Jews in the state of Israel to the suffering of Indigenous nations. [393] An Israeli airstrike in Tyre killed seven people and injured 17 others. [394] [395]
Israel ordered evacuations from eastern neighborhoods of Khan Yunis. [130] Hezbollah claimed an attack on an IDF site in Malkia. [131] Hamas claimed an attack on an IDF "command headquarters" in the Netzarim Corridor. [132] Israeli authorities demolished a Palestinian home in 'Anata, northeast of the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem. [133]