The two countries, who have been locked in a decades-long conflict, have seen tensions flare over the past week following a controversial court decision to evict Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah, a neighbourhood in East Jerusalem.

Initial clashes, including some inside mosques such as the al-Aqsa Mosque and other religious sites, saw over 300 people injured. In response, Hamas, a fundamentalist organisation, shot over 400 rockets into Israel, killing two people and injuring 70.

Israel retaliated with air strikes of its own in Gaza, killing at least 30 – including 10 children – and wounding 203 people.

Malta’s government expressed its condolences “to the families of the victims, including civilian casualties and recalls the right of the Palestinians not to be deprived of their homes in East Jerusalem. Malta reiterates its full support to a two-state solution in the Middle East.”

The conflict has been ongoing for years, with respective Israeli and Palestinian nationalist movements pushing for sovereignty for their people in the region. Over the last century, the Palestinian people have been consistently pushed into smaller and smaller enclaves in a land that they once lived freely in, leading to regular conflict.

Do you ever think the battle between Israel and Palestine will ever end?