How did fighting between Israel and Hamas begin? Although this weekend's attack is unprecedented in its scale, tensions between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas have been constant. The conflict goes back 100 years, when Britain took control of what was then known as Palestine after the Ottoman Empire was defeated in the First World War. The area was then populated by a Jewish minority and Arab majority. Tensions heightened when Britain was tasked with creating a Jewish homeland in Palestine - a move that was opposed by Palestinian Arabs, who also claimed the land. The number of Jewish immigrants...