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The [[Gaza–Israel conflict]] is an ongoing, often armed, struggle in the Middle East involving numerous actors and factions. Tensions between [[Israel]] and the [[Gaza Strip]] have resulted in many casualties on both sides, and have contributed to regional instability. In 2018 the conflict flared up, with friction over border issues culminating in the deadly [[2018 Gaza border protests]]. |
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==The conflict== |
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Palestinian youth had been sending [[Incendiary kite|fire-Kites]] into Southern [[Israel]] for months, since March 30th.<ref name="timesofisrael.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-fire-kites-destroy-much-of-nature-reserve-along-gaza-border/|title=In worst blaze to date, Gaza fire kites destroy vast parts of nature reserve|website=Timesofisrael.com}}</ref> Close to 200 rockets were launched from the [[Gaza Strip]] toward Southern Israel since late Friday, July 13, 2018. Thirty of the rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome. A few Israelis were wounded. This round of violence started in Gaza with burning tires during the "March to return" protests and escalated to an "aerial terror offensive" against Israeli border communities. But the damage of this conflict is far reaching, since not only people but also wildlife and nature is under attack. Also the black smoke, fires and deforestation contribute to regional and [[Global warming]].<ref name="ynetnews.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5278025,00.html|title=Massive flaming kite-caused fire rips through southern forest|date=6 March 2018|website=Ynetnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/10-staggering-images-from-the-gaza-israel-border-clashes-1.5979062|title=10 Staggering Images From the Gaza-Israel Border Violence|date=8 April 2018|website=Haaretz.com}}</ref> |
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On July 14 the [[Israeli Air Force]] (IAF) launched attacks in the Gaza Strip.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/IDF-strikes-terror-tunnels-as-31-Hamas-rockets-fired-to-southern-Israel-562479|title=Three wounded as close to 200 projectiles fired at Israel from Gaza Strip|website=Jpost.com}}</ref> "This was a red line and a sufficient reason to go on the offense," said a defense official. "We made it clear that there's no such thing as us halting our fire while they continue launching incendiary kites. If they don't stop, we'll have to keep going."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5309871,00.html|title=Defense official: IDF officer's injury prompted Gaza escalation|date=14 July 2018|website=Ynetnews.com}}</ref> |
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==Casualties and injured civilians on July 14== |
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Following the rocket attack from Gaza and retaliation by the Israeli Air force. |
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Two people were killed and fourteen wounded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/07/smoke-rises-gaza-israeli-military-renews-bombing-180714112426621.html|title=Israeli air raids kill two Palestinian teens in Gaza|website=Aljazeera.com}}</ref> |
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==Environmental disaster== |
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[[File:Wheat field near Sapir college firebombe kite damage 519.jpg|thumb|Wheat field near Sapir college firebombe kite damage 519]] |
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[[File:Demege caused by palestinian fire-kites.jpg|thumb|Burnt fields in Eshkol, caused by fire-kites that were launched from Gaza. Incendiary devices were attached to the kite.]] |
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Fire kites and fire balloons also burnt nature reserves, killed wildlife and polluted this dry, desert region.<ref name="timesofisrael.com"/> Shokeda Forest and Carmia forest reserve have been severely damaged by fire.<ref name="timesofisrael.com"/><ref name="ynetnews.com"/> Ecologist Dr. Assaf Tzoer explains: "Fires usually start in thorn fields, and then quickly spread; consuming slower animals such as [[chameleons]] and [[turtles]] that simply cannot escape them. Their populations in these region have simply vanished. Faster moving animals do tend to be able to escape, but not all of them."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mideastenvironment.apps01.yorku.ca/2018/06/kite-terrorisms-catastrophic-damages-revealed-ynet/|title=Environment and Climate in the Middle East - Kite terrorism’s catastrophic damages revealed – YNET|website=Mideastenvironment.apps01.yorku.ca|accessdate=17 July 2018}}</ref> |
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==New restrictions== |
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The UN criticized Israel for closing the Kerem Shalom crossing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/07/10/world/middleeast/ap-ml-israel-palestinians.html|title=UN Criticizes Israeli Closure of Gaza Border Crossing|website=Nytimes.com|accessdate=17 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Israel halts flow of gas and fuel into Gaza |url=https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Israel-halts-flow-of-gas-and-fuel-into-Gaza-562682 |newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of violent incidents in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, 2018]] |
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*[[List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2018]] |
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*Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj_t128jIWU Israel pounds Gaza while Hamas fires rockets at Israel] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{Israel–Gaza conflict}} |
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{{portal bar|2010s|Arab–Israeli conflict}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaza-Israel conflict, 2018}} |
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[[Category:2018 in Israel]] |
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[[Category:2018 in the Gaza Strip]] |
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[[Category:Israel–Gaza Strip border]] |
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