Israel-Palestine conflict: A brief history in maps and charts As Gaza reels from Israel’s devastating bombardments, here’s a brief history of the conflict using maps and charts. Israel’s deadly bombardment of Gaza has killed nearly 15,000 people, including 10,000 women and children, in over 50 days, making it the deadliest war for the besieged Palestinian enclave till date. Israel has rebuffed calls for a ceasefire as a four-day humanitarian truce comes to an end on November 28. It is unclear whether the truce will be extended. The Balfour declaration The Israeli-Palestinian issue goes back nearly a century when Britain, during World War I, pledged to establish a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine under the Balfour Declaration . British troops took control of the territory from the Ottoman Empire at the end of October 1917. Jewish immigration to Palestine A large-scale Jewish migration to Palestine began, accelerated by Jewish people fleeing Nazi