Here is a series of maps explaining why. The land which would become Israel was for centuries part of the Turkish-ruled Ottoman Empire. After World War One and the collapse of the empire ...

A picture from the site of the massacre at the Supernova electronic music festival in Re'im, Israel where 260 people died and more than 100 people were taken hostage. Pic: AP/Ilia Yefimovich A ...

Satellite photos, radar imagery and records ... with thousands of buildings and large swathes of open land damaged on the border between Israel and Lebanon. Both sides have so far stopped short ...