Hamas' Al Aqsa Flood Operation into Israel follows unprecedented violence across occupied Palestinian territories this year, with over 200 Palestinians killed and over 1,100 displaced.
Hamas carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday. / Photo: AP
The attack follows one of the most violent years on record in the territories with over 200 Palestinians killed, including over 38 children, by Israeli forces and settlers. Four Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank have been completely displaced, the report says, adding that in six other communities, over 50 percent of the residents left since 2022 and in seven additional communities more than 25 percent of the community has left.
However, Israel’s far-right government has continued to provide Israeli settlers with support through protection under Israeli police during attacks on Palestinian towns. Since early July 2023, 13 Palestinian families comprising 84 people have been displaced from Masafer Yatta in the southern West Bank, citing increased settler violence and increased movement restrictions imposed by Israeli forces as the primary reasons.
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