i'm afraid you are wrong. just read.Before the massacre of over a thousand innocent Israelis, people from Gaza could come and go at the Rafah checkpoint with Egypt. This was at the discretion of Egypt and Hamas. Israel did not control Rafah. Before October 7th, life in Gaza was fairly normal. People went to work and school.
People went to the beach. People went out to dinner. The economy in Gaza is not great. Why is that? It's because Hamas stole millions in aid to build tunnels and for rockets to launch at Israel. The Gaza strip was part of Egypt until they lost control over it after the Six Day War in 1967. The people of Gaza elected Hamas to represent them. Big mistake. The "Palestinians" have passed on multiple opportunities to make a peace deal with Israel. They chose to hang on to the fantasy that they could destroy Israel and kill all the Jews. The "Palestinians" will go down in history as the people who fucked around and found out, repeatedly. "Palestinians" is in quotes because there's no such thing as "Palestine". I know a lot of people will disagree with what I have said.
It doesn't matter to me. All the history and facts are available to people if they're interested in what's true. The truth will set you free...lol.
Rafah Border Crossing
the story of Zionism and Israel is one of millions of Jews invading a geographic area whose people are ill equipped to defend themselves. setup a discriminatory religious state. and then proceed to eradicate or liquidate people already living in the region. Gaza and the West Bank are essentially the conclaves that serve as pens for non-Jews (including Christians) Israel want out of the country or dead by whatever means.
First Aliyah
History of Zionism
History of Israel
the sticking point with peace has always been the same issue. Palestinians want access to the lands and homes that were theirs before they were exiled and those homes given to Jewish settlers. or at least be given proper compensation financially. Israel has always been a hard no on that item.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Israeli–Palestinian peace process
its also important to understand the results of asymmetric warfare. its easy enough to label opposing forces "terrorists" under these circumstances but also understand that this is as much public relations ploy.
Asymmetric warfare
i'm happy to debate on the facts of the matter.