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Major events and context to the conflict

AP: Hamas surprise attack out of Gaza stuns Israel and leaves hundreds dead in fighting, retaliation

Read how the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 has completely changed the scope and scale of this war, and further how this has given Israel full argument for defense of their people and land.

AP: Israel’s Netanyahu signals he’s moving ahead with Trump’s idea to transfer Palestinians from Gaza

Read how the American president suggests that the United States should take over the Gaza Strip and develop it.

NPR: An Israeli police raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque triggers a spate of violence

Read how the tensions at the Temple Mount/ Al-Aqsa Mosque continue to this day and remain a central sacred location that is disputed over

NBC: Ramping up criticism of Israel, Pope Francis calls situation in Gaza ‘shameful’

Read how one of the most prominent religious figures in the world has denounced the fighting and violence in the region, bringing a third major religion into the conversation.

The Times of Israel: Linda Sarsour tweets that Jesus was Palestinian, Twitter goes crazy

Read how the nationality of Jesus Christ is debating in relation to religious or Moral obligations and destiny to land rights.

Twitter (X):Palestinians perform their prayer in the streets after being denied entry into Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Read how the Palestinian Muslim defiance for violence as an attempt to halter their prayer.

ABC: US extremists exploit Israeli-Palestinian tensions with calls for violence, hate: Experts

Read how this conflict taking place in the Middle East is affecting public discourse in the United States and what is driving the rise in political and religious violence in relation to the conflict

PBS: A Year of War: Israelis and Palestinians (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

Watch the documentary on the war in Gaza to get a sense of the dire humanitarian situation there but also the religious and political factors at play in this conflict.