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Israel is once again in armed conflict, this time against terrorist-branded Hamas.
It is the ninth time that the Jewish state has been at war since Israel was established in 1948.
Here is the background to today’s brutal battles.
Footnote: The number of Israeli wars depends on how you count. We have calculated the wars in 1948, 1967, 1973, 1982, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2014 and 2023. Sources for the article are Foreign Policy InstituteWikipedia, New York Times and CBS News.