WHY IN NEWS
  • Heavy air strikes and rocket fire in the Israel-Gaza conflict claimed more lives on both sides.
  • Israel's intense bombing campaign has killed 213 Palestinians, 61 children and more than 1400 people in Gaza in more than a week.
  • The UN saying nearly 40,000 Palestinians have been displaced and 2500 have lost their homes.
  • The UN security council was to hold an emergency meeting amid a diplomatic push to end the fighting.
  • Around 3500 rocket fired by GAZA.
REASON OF THE CONFLICT:-
A conflict was arises for the holly site revered by both Muslims and Jews where the police and right-wing Israelis escalated against the holly places for control and HAMAS In support of Palestinians people  began firing rockets after warning Israel to withdraw from the site.

INDIA ON THE UNSC MEETING OVER ISRAEL-GAZA CONFLICT:-
  • T.S tirumurti India's permanent representative to the UN said" India reiterates its strong support for the just Palestinian cause and its non-volatile commitment to the two-state solution.
  • India has expressed deep concern over the violence in Jerusalem, especially on Haramesh-sharif/temple mount.
HAMAS
  • Hamas was founded in 1987 and co founder is  sheik Ahmed Yassin, as an branch of the Egyptian Muslim brotherhood.
  • The purposed for the establishment of Hamas was to liberate Palestinians from Israeli occupation and also to establish an Islamic state in the Israel.
  • India has also urged both sides to unilaterally change the existing status quo.
  • In present day the HAMAS is leading by Ismail Haniyeh.
BACKGROUND
  • Israel-Gaza conflict started when in 2006 legislative assembly HAMAS defeated FATAH party by full majority votes.
  • Canada, E.U, Israel, Japan and U.S classify Hamas as a Terrorist organization and Brazil, China, Egypt, Iran, Norway, Qatar, Russia, Syria and turkey not consider HAMAS as terrorist organization.
  • Australia, New Zealand, Paraguay and the U.K classify only its military wing as a terrorist organization.
  • In 2008, The U.S proposal in UNSC which claim HAMAS as terrorist organization was rejected by UNSC.
  • their are many operations perform by the Israel since 2006 against the Gaza to prevent from  crossing the border(many more) such as operation summer rains, operation autumn clouds Etc.
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
  • It is a Sunni Islamic organization founded in Egypt 
  • Founder- Islamic scholar and school teacher Hassan-al-Banna in 1928.
  • The government of Egypt, Bahrain, Russia, Syria, Saudi Arabia and UAE considered the Sunni Islamic Organization as a terrorist group.
ISRAEL

CAPITAL - JERUSALEM

PRIME MINISTER- BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

CURRENCY- ISRAELI SHEKEL

PALESTINE

CAPITAL- RAMALLAH, EAST JERUSALEM

PRIME MINISTER- MOHAMMAD SHTAYYEH

CURRENCY- ISRAELI SHEKEL, JORDANIAN DINA