ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2008

Okay, so there are two groups of people who live in a place called Israel and Palestine. They both think that they should have control of the land, and they have been fighting about it for a very long time.

In 2008, things got really bad and the two groups started using violence to try to get what they wanted. This means they were hurting each other in lots of different ways like throwing rocks, shooting guns, and bombing buildings.

The violence made lots of people really scared and they couldn't live their normal lives anymore. Some people had to leave their homes and families were separated because it wasn't safe to be together.

People all over the world wanted the fighting to stop and they tried to help by talking to the two groups and making them think about how they could work together to find a solution.

It was a really sad and scary time for everyone involved, and we all hope that something like this doesn't happen again.