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human
What is going on between Israel and Palestine?

I'm 19 and I know I should know what is going on between these two countries, but I don't. Why was Gaza invaded? What's up with Hamas? What started the conflict between the two nations?

I know this is a seriously controversial issue and it's hard to not be biased (I assume, based on the reactions I've seen from people), but please just try to explain to me what's happening leaving out personal opinions.

Also, yes, I know I'm a moron for not knowing anything about this already. My natural instinct is to "just Google it", but I'm worried about whether articles will be too one-sided.

EDIT: Thanks to everyone who responded. Please keep responding if you feel like you have something to add, but I feel like I get the general idea now.
gpt
Palestine and Israel are two brother who can not get along. Israel and Palestine both claim the same room as theirs. Israel claims he had it long ago so it should be his, while Palestine argues that he lives there now, so it is his. Back in 1947, their mother, England, demanded that they split Palestine's room equally. Palestine was very angry about this and the day the split happened had his friends Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq attack Israel and drive Israel out of the room. To everyone's surprise Israel won the fight and took most of the room away from Palestine. Since then, Palestine and his friends, including his right hand, Hamas, have regularly attacked Israel and then been defeated. It's only because England and her other friends have insisted since 1967 that Israel hand back any part of the room that he wins that Palestine still has a corner of the room.

Hamas has been flicking a large amount of spitballs (small rockets) at Israel for over a month. Israel has been telling him to knock it off for over a month, but Hamas increased the number of spitballs ever time he was told to stop. Finally Israel has had enough and is now throwing stones (large rockets) at Hamas's vulnerable spots (military commander, prime minister's office), really hurting Hamas, and is moving to go give Hamas a beat-down. Everyone else is trying to figure out how to de-escalate the situation and get the two to stop fighting.