While Palestinian leaders view Israel’s control over the West Bank as an unjustified “occupation,” Israel defends its actions as necessary for national security and backed by historical and legal claims.
In the Six-Day War, Israel tripled its size practically overnight, but the Arab world refused to recognize these gains. This set the stage for decades of conflict that persist to this day.
Despite some news outlets publishing the claims by Hamas blaming Israel, the IDF produced evidence that it was a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket misfiring.
