Israeli officials are still reportedly considering this option, with tanks and heavy artillery close to the territory’s northern perimeter and already involved in fighting, though from the outside residents in the northern parts of the strip have started evacuating their homes in response. The flare-up could get worse still, namely if Israel decides to launch a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip. Combined, these confrontations are well on their way to becoming one of the worst spasms in the recent history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is extremely serious, partly because it is taking place on several fronts at once: Israeli police actions against Palestinians protesting home evictions or praying at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, cross-border fighting between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza, marches from Jordan on the West Bank border, and violence in Israel’s mixed cities – towns with significant numbers of Jewish and Palestinian citizens. How serious is the most recent flare-up in the conflict? In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts explain what is behind the explosive events and where they might lead. The confrontations across Israel-Palestine are well on the way to becoming one of the worst spasms of violence there in recent memory.
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