Thousands have been killed in the ongoing conflict.
, issued by the British government in 1917, announced Britain's promise for a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, which was then under the rule of the Ottoman Empire.
In February 1947, the British proposed that the United Nations consider the future of Palestine and take over relations in the region amid ongoing tension.to split Palestine into two independent states -- a "Jewish State" and an "Arab State" with Jerusalem under UN trusteeship, despite opposition from Palestinian Arabs of the region.
Israel, backed by foreign powers, won the war, and the territory was divided into three parts -- Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. Egypt and Jordan retained control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip respectively until 1967. It ended in 1993, when Israel's then-Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin, and then-leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasir Arafat signed the Oslo accords, which declared the PLO as a representative for the Palestinian people and recognized Israel's "right to exist in peace," according to the United States Department of State.
"In Gaza, recurrent cycles of hostilities, greater divisions, and a blockade have considerably worsened people's living conditions," the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations states on its website.
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