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href="/wiki/Gaza_genocide" title="Gaza genocide">Gaza genocide</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Operation Returning Echo</b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (מבצע הד חוזר) was an <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a> (IDF) military operation in the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a> from March 9 until March 14, 2012. It was the worst outbreak of violence covered by the media in the region since the 2008–2009 <a href="/wiki/Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%9309)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaza War (2008–09)">Gaza War</a> (Operation Cast Lead).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 9, Israel carried out a targeted air strike in the Gaza Strip killing <a href="/wiki/Zohair_al-Qaisi" class="mw-redirect" title="Zohair al-Qaisi">Zohair al-Qaisi</a>, the secretary general of the <a href="/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees" title="Popular Resistance Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a> (PRC). Another militant was also killed in the strike, as well as seriously injuring a man nearby.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">IDF</a>, though the PRC denies this, Al-Qaisi had overseen the <a href="/wiki/2011_southern_Israel_cross-border_attacks" title="2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks">2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks</a>, which killed eight Israelis including six civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Israeli officials said that he was preparing the final stages of a new mega-attack that could have claimed multiple lives.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Palestinian militant groups retaliated<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by launching <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel" title="Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel">rocket attacks on Israel</a>, with over 300 <a href="/wiki/Grad_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Grad missile">Grad missiles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qassam_rockets" class="mw-redirect" title="Qassam rockets">Qassam rockets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mortar_shell" class="mw-redirect" title="Mortar shell">mortar shells</a> launched, of which 177 hit Israeli territory<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> striking the major urban centers of <a href="/wiki/Ashdod" title="Ashdod">Ashdod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashkelon" title="Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beersheba" title="Beersheba">Beersheba</a>, as well as smaller communities.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Twenty-three Israelis were injured, all of them civilians, and schools throughout southern Israel were kept closed for most of the week to protect students from rocket fire. Israel's <a href="/wiki/Iron_Dome" title="Iron Dome">Iron Dome</a> missile defense system intercepted many of the Palestinian-launched projectiles aimed at large cities, shooting down 56 rockets in 71 attempts.<sup id="cite_ref-mar14toi_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar14toi-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mar10iht_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar10iht-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Haaretz1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haaretz1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Israel attacked with 37 air strikes on Gazan weapons storage facilities, rocket launching sites, weapon manufacturing facilities, training bases, posts, tunnels and militants, killing 22, mostly from <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad" title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> and the others from the <a href="/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees" title="Popular Resistance Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a>. Four civilians were killed as well.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another 74 Palestinians were reportedly injured during the conflict, mostly civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-dailystar_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailystar-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some deaths and injuries among Palestinian civilians during the escalation, which were reported as casualties of the clashes, were later shown to be unrelated to Israeli actions.<sup id="cite_ref-nayefafp_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nayefafp-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-barkaafp_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barkaafp-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The United States, France, and an official from the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> condemned the Palestinian attacks, and the US stressed that Israel has the right to defend itself.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters1_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_Islamic_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Organization of the Islamic Conference">Organization of the Islamic Conference</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Arab_League" title="Arab League">Arab League</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> condemned Israel's responsive air strikes on militants.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-timesofisrael1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesofisrael1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 13, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant groups. <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a> did not participate in the fighting directly, and insisted that all-out war would "be devastating to the Palestinian people."<sup id="cite_ref-wp_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2011_southern_Israel_cross-border_attacks" title="2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks">2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks</a></div> <p>On August 18, 2011, a series of cross-border parallel attacks and mutual cover was carried out in southern <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> on <a href="/wiki/Highway_12_(Israel)" title="Highway 12 (Israel)">Highway 12</a> near the <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egyptian</a> border by a squad of presumably 12 militants in four groups.<sup id="cite_ref-haaretz1_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haaretz1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The militants first opened fire at an <a href="/wiki/Egged_(company)" title="Egged (company)">Egged</a> No. 392 bus as it was traveling on Highway 12 in the <a href="/wiki/Negev" title="Negev">Negev</a> near <a href="/wiki/Eilat" title="Eilat">Eilat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aljazhome_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aljazhome-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several minutes later, a bomb was detonated next to an Israeli army patrol along Israel's border with Egypt. In a third attack, an <a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-tank missile">anti-tank missile</a> hit a private vehicle, killing four civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-jpost1_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpost1-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eight <a href="/wiki/Israelis" title="Israelis">Israelis</a> – six civilians, one <a href="/wiki/Yamam" title="Yamam">Yamam</a> special Unit police officer and one <a href="/wiki/Golani_Brigade" title="Golani Brigade">Golani Brigade</a> soldier—were killed in the multiple-stage attack.<sup id="cite_ref-jpost3_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpost3-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jpost4_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpost4-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israeli security forces</a> reported eight attackers killed, and Egyptian security forces reported killing another two.<sup id="cite_ref-haaretz1_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haaretz1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chronology_of_events">Chronology of events</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_9">March 9</h3></div> <p>In the afternoon, a strike on a car in <a href="/wiki/Gaza_City" title="Gaza City">Gaza City</a> killed <a href="/wiki/Zohair_al-Qaisi" class="mw-redirect" title="Zohair al-Qaisi">Zohair al-Qaisi</a>, the secretary-general of the Popular Resistance Committees, and his collaborator, Mahmoud Hanani. According to Israel, al-Qaisi was killed because he was in the process of organizing a large terrorist attack to be carried out on Israel's border with Gaza. Al-Qaisi was one of the masterminds of the <a href="/wiki/2011_southern_Israel_cross-border_attacks" title="2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks">2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks</a>, which killed eight Israelis. Hanani was one of the Palestinians freed from Israel as part of the deal to <a href="/wiki/Gilad_Shalit_prisoner_exchange" title="Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange">free Gilad Shalit</a> in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iron_Dome_near_Sderot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Iron_Dome_near_Sderot.jpg/305px-Iron_Dome_near_Sderot.jpg" decoding="async" width="305" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Iron_Dome_near_Sderot.jpg/458px-Iron_Dome_near_Sderot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Iron_Dome_near_Sderot.jpg/610px-Iron_Dome_near_Sderot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2006" data-file-height="1504" /></a><figcaption>The "<a href="/wiki/Iron_Dome" title="Iron Dome">Iron Dome</a>" anti-missile system. As of March 11, over a hundred rockets were fired on Israel in three days. More than thirty rockets were intercepted as of March 11, only those that were heading towards population centres.</figcaption></figure> <p>On the same day, Palestinians <a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2012">increased</a> the daily rocket barrage on Israel injuring three persons and causing a traffic accident in which two were wounded. The Israeli Air Force killed 15 more militants and a civilian in retaliatory attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Iron_Dome" title="Iron Dome">Iron Dome</a> successfully intercepted 90% of the rockets targeted.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 10, attacks on Israel continued, without causing damage.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several Palestinians were killed while preparing to fire rockets. Militants fired guns in the air and crowds chanted "Revenge, revenge!" during funeral processions in Gaza City.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Particulars of individual Palestinian rocket attacks on March 9: </p> <ul><li>Two mortar shells were fired into the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the early evening, at least four Grad missiles fired at <a href="/wiki/Ashdod" title="Ashdod">Ashdod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gan_Yavne" title="Gan Yavne">Gan Yavne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Malachi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiryat Malachi">Kiryat Malachi</a> were intercepted by Iron Dome.<sup id="cite_ref-IDF12_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IDF12-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Late in the evening, several rockets were fired at <a href="/wiki/Beersheba" title="Beersheba">Beersheba</a>. Some landed on the outskirts of the city, and at least one was intercepted by Iron Dome.<sup id="cite_ref-IDF12_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IDF12-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Six Qassam rockets were fired on the <a href="/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council">Shaar Hanegev</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sdot_Negev_Regional_Council" title="Sdot Negev Regional Council">Sdot Negev</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol</a> regional councils.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_10">March 10</h3></div> <p>Particulars of Palestinian rocket attacks: </p> <ul><li>During the night, a rocket fired at <a href="/wiki/Beersheba" title="Beersheba">Beersheba</a> damaged a building and activated <a href="/wiki/Civil_defense_siren" title="Civil defense siren">air raid sirens</a>. Residents fled to shelters. A second rocket fired at the city was intercepted by <a href="/wiki/Iron_Dome" title="Iron Dome">Iron Dome</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Two rockets fired at <a href="/wiki/Ashdod" title="Ashdod">Ashdod</a> were intercepted by Iron Dome.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A rocket fired at <a href="/wiki/Beersheba" title="Beersheba">Beersheba</a> from the northern Gaza Strip landed in an open area.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Two rockets exploded in the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A rocket exploded near <a href="/wiki/Sderot" title="Sderot">Sderot</a>. The Color Red alarm sounded in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A Qassam rocket exploded in the <a href="/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council">Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Two rockets fired at <a href="/wiki/Ashkelon" title="Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a> were intercepted by Iron Dome.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Two rockets exploded in the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A rocket exploded near <a href="/wiki/Netivot" title="Netivot">Netivot</a>, while another landed near <a href="/wiki/Sderot" title="Sderot">Sderot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Shortly before 2 pm, a Qassam rocket exploded in a farm in the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Two rockets hit the <a href="/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council">Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council</a> within the space of an hour.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Two rockets hit the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Two rockets fired at <a href="/wiki/Ashdod" title="Ashdod">Ashdod</a> were intercepted by Iron Dome. The Color Red alarm sounded in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>After nightfall, shrapnel from a rocket intercepted over <a href="/wiki/Ashkelon" title="Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a> by Iron Dome fell on a home in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A rocket landed near a farming facility in the <a href="/wiki/Be%27er_Tuvia_Regional_Council" title="Be'er Tuvia Regional Council">Be'er Tuvia Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-horse_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-horse-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A Qassam rocket hit a stable near <a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Malachi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiryat Malachi">Kiryat Malachi</a>, killing a horse.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Two Grad rockets were fired at <a href="/wiki/Ashkelon" title="Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-horse_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-horse-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Five rockets exploded in open areas in the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_11">March 11</h3></div> <p>As of March 11, over a hundred rockets were fired on Israel in three days. More than thirty rockets were intercepted as of March 11, only those that were heading towards population centres. Overnight, IAF struck new targets in Gaza, killing two Palestinians.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Palestinians fired at least 39 rockets into Israel on March 11.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Particulars of individual attacks: </p> <ul><li>In the morning, two rockets were fired into Israel, one into the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a> and one at <a href="/wiki/Ashkelon" title="Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Later in the morning, several rockets were fired at <a href="/wiki/Ashdod" title="Ashdod">Ashdod</a>, at least one of which was intercepted by <a href="/wiki/Iron_Dome" title="Iron Dome">Iron Dome</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Shrapnel from a rocket fired at <a href="/wiki/Beersheba" title="Beersheba">Beersheba</a> and intercepted by Iron Dome fell on the city. A vehicle and a sewer pipe were damaged and several residents suffered from shock.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A rocket hit a school in <a href="/wiki/Beersheba" title="Beersheba">Beersheba</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> exploding in its courtyard and damaging its outer walls and disconnecting parts of the neighborhood from landlines. A second rocket landed in the middle of a residential neighborhood in the city; fifteen homes were damaged and several residents suffered from shock.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Two rockets were launched at <a href="/wiki/Ofakim" title="Ofakim">Ofakim</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Three Qassam rockets exploded in the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Two rockets fired at <a href="/wiki/Ashkelon" title="Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a> were intercepted by Iron Dome.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Two Qassam rockets landed in the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Late at night, four Grad rockets were fired at <a href="/wiki/Ashkelon" title="Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>. Some were intercepted by Iron Dome.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_12">March 12</h3></div> <p>On March 12, Israel carried out nine raids against military targets.<sup id="cite_ref-Mar12_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mar12-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Islamic Jihad confirmed two of its members were killed. In another attack, five civilians were struck. A 16-year-old school boy was killed on March 12, though his death was later shown to be unrelated to Israeli actions.<sup id="cite_ref-nayefafp_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nayefafp-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 24 people, including children, were wounded in a pre-dawn strike on <a href="/wiki/Gaza_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaza city">Gaza city</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mar12_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mar12-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Schools in southern Israel remained closed.<sup id="cite_ref-Mar12_75-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mar12-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Palestinians fired 42 rockets into Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Particulars of individual attacks: </p> <ul><li>During the night, seven Qassam rockets were fired into the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. One landed in a village and damaged several homes and vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the morning, three rockets were fired at <a href="/wiki/Beersheba" title="Beersheba">Beersheba</a>. One was intercepted by Iron Dome and the two others landed outside the city. A warning siren sounded in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the morning, five rockets fired at <a href="/wiki/Ashdod" title="Ashdod">Ashdod</a> were intercepted by Iron Dome. At least one additional rocket landed near the city. The Color Red alarm sounded in the city and surrounding areas.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Two trucks that were transporting goods from Israel into the Gaza Strip were damaged by mortar shells on the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A Qassam rocket landed in the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Two Qassam rockets landed in the <a href="/wiki/Shaar_Hanegev_Regional_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaar Hanegev Regional Council">Shaar Hanegev Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 1 pm, two Grad rockets exploded near <a href="/wiki/Beersheba" title="Beersheba">Beersheba</a>. Air raid sirens sounded in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 1:30 pm, a Qassam rocket fired from the northern Gaza Strip exploded in the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 1:30 pm, one or two rockets landed near <a href="/wiki/Gedera" title="Gedera">Gedera</a>. Two vehicles were damaged, and several people suffered from shock.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the most northern target to be hit by the Palestinians, located 28 kilometres (17 mi) south-east of Tel Aviv and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Ashdod.<sup id="cite_ref-jpost2_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpost2-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 2:30 pm, three rockets exploded in the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 2:30 pm, a rocket exploded in <a href="/wiki/Ashdod" title="Ashdod">Ashdod</a>. Two people were injured by shrapnel, and several other people suffered from shock. Damage was caused to stores and a vehicle.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two other rockets fired at the city were intercepted by Iron Dome.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 4:30 pm, a rocket exploded near <a href="/wiki/Ofakim" title="Ofakim">Ofakim</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 5 pm, a rocket fired at <a href="/wiki/Ashdod" title="Ashdod">Ashdod</a> was intercepted by Iron Dome.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 6:30 pm, two rockets exploded in the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 8 pm, two rockets fired at <a href="/wiki/Ashkelon" title="Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a> were intercepted by Iron Dome. A third rocket landed in an open area.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Air raid sirens sounded in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 9 pm, two mortar shells were fired into Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 10 pm, a Qassam rocket exploded in the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_13">March 13</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IDF-Rocket_Hits_Netivot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/IDF-Rocket_Hits_Netivot.jpg/220px-IDF-Rocket_Hits_Netivot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/IDF-Rocket_Hits_Netivot.jpg/330px-IDF-Rocket_Hits_Netivot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/IDF-Rocket_Hits_Netivot.jpg/440px-IDF-Rocket_Hits_Netivot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="816" /></a><figcaption>A rocket fired from Gaza hit the city of Netivot</figcaption></figure> <p>An informal ceasefire was reached early on March 13. Despite this, Palestinians fired at least 7 rockets and 10 mortars at Israel throughout the day.<sup id="cite_ref-mar14toi_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar14toi-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Particulars of individual attacks: </p> <ul><li>Before morning, a rocket exploded in the <a href="/wiki/Shaar_Hanegev_Regional_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaar Hanegev Regional Council">Shaar Hanegev Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ynetnews1_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ynetnews1-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the morning, a mortar shell landed in the <a href="/wiki/Ashkelon_Coast_Regional_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashkelon Coast Regional Council">Ashkelon Coast Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the morning, a Qassam rocket exploded in the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jpost5_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpost5-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 10:30 am, a mortar shell fired at the <a href="/wiki/Ashkelon_Coast_Regional_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashkelon Coast Regional Council">Ashkelon Coast Regional Council</a> set off the Color Red alarm in the area, but it apparently landed within the Gaza Strip.<sup id="cite_ref-ynetnews2_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ynetnews2-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around noon, six mortar shells were fired into the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ynetnews3_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ynetnews3-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ynetnews4_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ynetnews4-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 7 pm, a Qassam rocket was fired into the <a href="/wiki/Ashkelon_Coast_Regional_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashkelon Coast Regional Council">Ashkelon Coast Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ynetnews5_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ynetnews5-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 8 pm, a mortar shell was fired into the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ynetnews6_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ynetnews6-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 11 pm, a rocket exploded in a parking lot in <a href="/wiki/Netivot" title="Netivot">Netivot</a>. A 40-year-old man was injured by shrapnel, and 20<sup id="cite_ref-autogeneratedil_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogeneratedil-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> people were treated for shock. Several vehicles were damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-ynetnews7_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ynetnews7-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> IAF aircraft struck targets in Gaza in retaliation during early morning of March 14.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_14">March 14</h3></div> <p>Despite the ceasefire, Palestinians continued to launch missiles into Israel. Around 7 pm, a Grad rocket fired at <a href="/wiki/Beersheba" title="Beersheba">Beersheba</a> was intercepted by Iron Dome. A second rocket landed in an empty field. Neither projectile caused injuries or damage.<sup id="cite_ref-jpost6_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpost6-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the attack, local authorities announced that schools in <a href="/wiki/Ashdod" title="Ashdod">Ashdod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashkelon" title="Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beersheba" title="Beersheba">Beersheba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Gat" title="Kiryat Gat">Kiryat Gat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Malachi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiryat Malachi">Kiryat Malachi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gan_Yavne" title="Gan Yavne">Gan Yavne</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bnei_Shimon_Regional_Council" title="Bnei Shimon Regional Council">Bnei Shimon Regional Council</a> would be closed for March 15. Some schools had been open on March 14 after the recent escalation was perceived as having ended.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Israel responded to the attack with air strikes on an infiltration tunnel and a rocket launching site.<sup id="cite_ref-ynetnews8_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ynetnews8-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_15">March 15</h3></div> <p>Despite the ceasefire, Palestinians fired a barrage of rockets into Israel. The attacks were praised by <a href="/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</a> Secretary General <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Nasrallah" title="Hassan Nasrallah">Hassan Nasrallah</a>, who, in a Hezbollah graduation ceremony, lauded the fact that "the resistance was able to force a million and half a million of Israelis to stay in shelters".<sup id="cite_ref-jpost7_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpost7-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Details of individual attacks: </p> <ul><li>In the morning, Palestinians fired a Qassam rocket into the <a href="/wiki/Sdot_Negev_Regional_Council" title="Sdot Negev Regional Council">Sdot Negev Regional Council</a> near <a href="/wiki/Netivot" title="Netivot">Netivot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jpost8_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpost8-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Several hours later, a Grad rocket fired at <a href="/wiki/Beersheba" title="Beersheba">Beersheba</a> was intercepted by Iron Dome. Air raid sirens sounded in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-ynetnews8_115-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ynetnews8-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>After nightfall, a Grad rocket fired at <a href="/wiki/Ashdod" title="Ashdod">Ashdod</a> was intercepted by Iron Dome, and air raid sirens sounded in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-ynetnews9_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ynetnews9-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 9 pm, a rocket was fired into the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ynetnews10_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ynetnews10-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around 9:30 pm, a rocket exploded in the <a href="/wiki/Ashkelon_Coast_Regional_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashkelon Coast Regional Council">Ashkelon Coast Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ynetnews11_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ynetnews11-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_16">March 16</h3></div> <p>Despite the ceasefire, Palestinians fired a rocket into the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_19">March 19</h3></div> <p>Despite the ceasefire, Palestinians fired a rocket into the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>, causing no injuries or damage.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_20">March 20</h3></div> <p>Despite the ceasefire, Palestinians fired a rocket into the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>, causing no injuries or damage.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_21">March 21</h3></div> <p>Despite the ceasefire, Palestinians fired a rocket into the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. Later, a mortar shell was fired into the <a href="/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council">Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. This was followed moments later by a second mortar shell fired at <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a> soldiers near the border fence. No injuries or damage were reported in any of the attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_29">March 29</h3></div> <p>Despite the ceasefire, Palestinians fired three mortar shells into the <a href="/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council" title="Eshkol Regional Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>, causing no injuries or damage.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Disputed_incidents">Disputed incidents</h2></div> <p>On 12 March, 16-year-old Nayef Qarmut was killed and six other teenagers were injured in an apparent explosion near <a href="/wiki/Beit_Lahiya" class="mw-redirect" title="Beit Lahiya">Beit Lahiya</a> in the Gaza Strip. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Adham_Abu_Selmiya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adham Abu Selmiya (page does not exist)">Adham Abu Selmiya</a>, a spokesman for medical services in the <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a>-ruled territory, said that Qarmut was killed by an Israeli air strike. The <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a>, however, denied that any air strikes had taken place in that time and location. An <a href="/wiki/Agence_France-Presse" title="Agence France-Presse">Agence France-Presse</a> correspondent at the scene said there were no signs of any impact consistent with an air strike, and that the most likely cause of the teen's death was an explosive device he was carrying.<sup id="cite_ref-nayefafp_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nayefafp-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 March, Adham Abu Selmiya said that 8-year-old Barka al-Mugrahbi died of wounds sustained in the same purported air strike which he had said killed Nayef Qarmut. However, on the same day, witnesses and relatives said that the boy was killed by being struck in the head by an errant bullet when gunmen were firing in the air during a Gazan funeral procession for a militant.<sup id="cite_ref-barkaap_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barkaap-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abu Selmiya corrected his account, blaming his original account on "wrong information" from the hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-barkaafp_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barkaafp-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Iron_Dome">Iron Dome</h2></div> <p>About 300 rockets being fired by militants from Gaza.<sup id="cite_ref-Haaretz1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haaretz1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 10 March 2012, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jerusalem_Post" title="The Jerusalem Post">The Jerusalem Post</a></i> reported an Iron Dome success rate of shooting down 90% of rockets launched from Gaza the system engaged (rockets which will land in unpopulated areas are ignored)<sup id="cite_ref-jpostMar12_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpostMar12-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and there were no Israeli casualties, whether civilian or military. The success of the Iron Dome system was widely acclaimed on the Israeli side. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reactions">Reactions</h2></div> <p>The United Nations, the United States and France condemned the Palestinian attacks, and the US stressed that Israel has the right to defend itself.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters1_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_Islamic_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Organization of the Islamic Conference">Organization of the Islamic Conference</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Arab_League" title="Arab League">Arab League</a> and <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> condemned Israel's air strikes on militants.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-timesofisrael1_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesofisrael1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The result, according to Leor Sapir, brought five strategic benefits to Israel: (1) it enabled a new weapon system to be tested in an authentic operational setting: (2) it provided crucial data to check if Iron Dome's technology met its original expectations. (3) It inspired both confidence in the system's capabilities and set realistic expectations: (4) It enabled, in a controlled conflict to get the Gaza terrorist infrastructure to waste a significant number of rockets: (5) Above all, activating Iron Dome has a deterrent effect by sending with its 76% hit-rate a powerful message to Iran and Hezbollah.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twitter_incidents">Twitter incidents</h2></div> <p>Some images of children in the conflict were outdated and caused controversy. During the <a href="/wiki/March_2012_Gaza-Israel_clashes" class="mw-redirect" title="March 2012 Gaza-Israel clashes">March 2012 Gaza-Israel clashes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ofir_Gendelman" title="Ofir Gendelman">Ofir Gendelman</a>, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a>, tweeted a photo of an Israeli woman and her two children ducking a Gaza rocket describing it as "when a rocket fired by terrorists from Gaza is about to hit their home." When it was proved the photo was from 2009 he said "I never stated that the photo was current."<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During that period Khulood Badawi, an Information and Media Coordinator for the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> <a href="/wiki/Office_for_the_Coordination_of_Humanitarian_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs">Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs</a>, tweeted a picture of a Palestinian child covered in blood. She was criticized because the child was killed in 2006, allegedly in an accident.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She later tweeted that she mistakenly had tweeted an old photo.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ma%27an_News_Agency" title="Ma'an News Agency">Ma'an News Agency</a> reported a week later that the hospital medical report on the dead girl read that she died “due to falling from a high area during the Israeli strike on Gaza”. There are differing accounts of how the Israeli air strike, reported to be as little as 100 meters away, may have caused the accident. Israel has denied having any involvement in the girl's death.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Palestinian_militants_killed">List of Palestinian militants killed</h2></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Zohair_al-Qaisi" class="mw-redirect" title="Zohair al-Qaisi">Zohair al-Qaisi</a>, commander of the <a href="/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees" title="Popular Resistance Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a> (PRC), killed in initial air strike on 9 March.<sup id="cite_ref-jpqaisi_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpqaisi-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ahmad Hanini, senior PRC member, killed in same air strike.<sup id="cite_ref-jpqaisi_138-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpqaisi-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hussein Barham Al-Breim (51), of the PRC, killed while on his motorcycle east of <a href="/wiki/Khan_Yunis" title="Khan Yunis">Khan Yunis</a> on 10 March.<sup id="cite_ref-mar10yn_139-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar10yn-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mar10maan_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar10maan-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mansour Kamal Abu Nuseira (20), of the PRC, killed in same air strike.<sup id="cite_ref-mar10yn_139-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar10yn-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mar10maan_140-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar10maan-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mahdi Abu Shawish (24), of the PRC, killed in <a href="/wiki/Rafah" title="Rafah">Rafah</a> later on 10 March.<sup id="cite_ref-mar10yn_139-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar10yn-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mar10maan_140-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar10maan-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ahmad Hajjaj, of <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad" title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> (PIJ), killed in his car in <a href="/wiki/Gaza_City" title="Gaza City">Gaza City</a> on 10 March.<sup id="cite_ref-hajjajmaan_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hajjajmaan-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Fayiq Saad, of PIJ, killed in same air strike.<sup id="cite_ref-hajjajmaan_141-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hajjajmaan-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Muatasim Hajjaj, of PIJ, killed in same air strike.<sup id="cite_ref-hajjajmaan_141-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hajjajmaan-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Shadi Sayqali, of PIJ .<sup id="cite_ref-12maan_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12maan-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hazim Qureiqi, of PIJ.<sup id="cite_ref-12maan_142-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12maan-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ubeid Gharably, of PIJ.<sup id="cite_ref-12maan_142-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12maan-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Muhammad Hararah, of PIJ.<sup id="cite_ref-12maan_142-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12maan-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Muhammad <a href="/wiki/Al-Maghar" title="Al-Maghar">Maghari</a>, of PIJ, killed in <a href="/wiki/Beit_Lahiya" class="mw-redirect" title="Beit Lahiya">Beit Lahiya</a> on 10 March, according to PIJ.<sup id="cite_ref-hajjajmaan_141-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hajjajmaan-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-paltoday_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paltoday-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mahmoud Najim, of PIJ, killed in same air strike, according to PIJ.<sup id="cite_ref-hajjajmaan_141-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hajjajmaan-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-paltoday_143-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paltoday-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Muhammad al-Ghamry (26), of PIJ, killed on 10 March.<sup id="cite_ref-hajjajmaan_141-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hajjajmaan-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-paltoday_143-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paltoday-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ahmed Deeb Salem (24), of the PRC, killed in <a href="/wiki/Gaza_City" title="Gaza City">Gaza City</a> on 11 March, according to the PRC.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Raafat Abu Eid (24), of PIJ, killed in his vehicle in <a href="/wiki/Khan_Yunis" title="Khan Yunis">Khan Yunis</a> on 12 March.<sup id="cite_ref-5maan_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5maan-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hamadah Salman Abu Mutlaq (24), killed east of <a href="/wiki/Khan_Yunis" title="Khan Yunis">Khan Yunis</a> on 12 March.<sup id="cite_ref-5maan_146-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5maan-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bassam al-Ajla, of PIJ, killed east of <a href="/wiki/Gaza_City" title="Gaza City">Gaza City</a> later on 12 March, while preparing to fire a rocket at Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-2maan_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2maan-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Muhammad Thaher, of PIJ, killed in same air strike.<sup id="cite_ref-2maan_147-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2maan-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Jihad_Movement_in_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> (PIJ)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2012">List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pillar_of_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Pillar of Defense">Operation Pillar of Defense</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150430074844/http://www.moqawmh.ps/index.php?view=ns&news_id=9922">Archived</a> April 30, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, moqawmh.ps 11-03-2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5maan-146"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-5maan_146-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-5maan_146-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=467140">5 killed, 46 injured in fourth day of Gaza airstrikes</a>, Ma'an News Agency 12-03-2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2maan-147"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2maan_147-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2maan_147-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=467421">Medics: 2 killed in Israeli airstrike east of Gaza City</a>, Ma'an News Agency 12-03-2012</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Gaza–Israel_conflict109" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_conflict" title="Template:Gaza–Israel 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href="/wiki/Palestinian_refugees" title="Palestinian refugees">Palestinian refugees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip#History" title="Gaza Strip">History of the Gaza Strip</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashkelon#History" title="Ashkelon">History of Ashkelon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Hamas" title="History of Hamas">History of Hamas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">1956</a></span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khan_Yunis_massacre" title="Khan Yunis massacre">Khan Yunis massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Rafah_massacre" title="1956 Rafah massacre">Rafah massacre</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Intifada" title="First Intifada">First Intifada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Intifada" title="Second Intifada">Second Intifada</a> and aftermath in 2000–2005 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Muhammad_al-Durrah" title="Killing of Muhammad al-Durrah">Killing of Muhammad al-Durrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Israeli_operation_in_Rafah" title="2004 Israeli operation in Rafah">2004 Israeli operation in Rafah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Beit_Hanoun_raid" title="2004 Beit Hanoun raid">2004 Beit Hanoun raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Israeli_operation_in_the_northern_Gaza_Strip" title="2004 Israeli operation in the northern Gaza Strip">2004 Israeli operation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_disengagement_from_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip">Israeli disengagement</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Jan</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Palestinian_legislative_election" title="2006 Palestinian legislative election">Palestinian legislative election</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Jun</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Gaza_beach_explosion" title="2006 Gaza beach explosion">Gaza beach explosion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Gaza_cross-border_raid" title="2006 Gaza cross-border raid">Gaza cross-border raid</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Jun–Nov</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_conflict" title="2006 Gaza–Israel conflict">2006 Gaza–Israel conflict</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Oct–Nov</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Israeli_operation_in_Beit_Hanoun" title="2006 Israeli operation in Beit Hanoun">2006 Israeli operation in Beit Hanoun</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Nov</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_shelling_of_Beit_Hanoun" title="2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun">Beit Hanoun shelling</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Jan–Feb</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_breach_of_the_Egypt%E2%80%93Gaza_border" title="2008 breach of the Egypt–Gaza border">Egypt–Gaza border breach</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Feb–Mar</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Hot_Winter" title="Operation Hot Winter">Operation Hot Winter</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Apr</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Jun–Dec</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_ceasefire" title="2008 Israel–Hamas ceasefire">Israel–Hamas ceasefire</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Dec</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%932009)" title="Gaza War (2008–2009)">Gaza War (2008–2009)</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Jan</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%932009)" title="Gaza War (2008–2009)">Gaza War (2008–2009)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%932009)" title="Timeline of the Gaza War (2008–2009)">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incidents_in_the_Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%932009)" title="Incidents in the Gaza War (2008–2009)">Incidents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%932009)" title="Casualties of the Gaza War (2008–2009)">Casualties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effects_of_the_Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%932009)" title="Effects of the Gaza War (2008–2009)">Effects</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Feb–Mar</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Israeli_attacks_on_Gaza_in_2009" title="List of Israeli attacks on Gaza in 2009">Israeli attacks</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Apr</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Fact_Finding_Mission_on_the_Gaza_Conflict" title="United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict">UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Mar</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_2010_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_clashes" title="March 2010 Israel–Gaza clashes">Israel–Gaza clashes</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">May</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaza_Freedom_Flotilla" title="Gaza Freedom Flotilla">Gaza Freedom Flotilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaza_flotilla_raid" title="Gaza flotilla raid">Gaza flotilla raid</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Jul</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Flotilla_II" title="Freedom Flotilla II">Freedom Flotilla II</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Aug</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_southern_Israel_cross-border_attacks" title="2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks">2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2012</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Mar</span> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">March 2012 Gaza–Israel clashes</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Nov</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Gaza_War" title="2012 Gaza War">2012 Gaza War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2012_Gaza_War" title="Timeline of the 2012 Gaza War">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reactions_to_2012_Gaza_War" title="Reactions to 2012 Gaza War">Reactions</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2014</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">July</span> <a href="/wiki/2014_Gaza_War" title="2014 Gaza War">2014 Gaza War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Israeli_strikes_and_Palestinian_casualties_in_the_2014_Gaza_War" title="List of Israeli strikes and Palestinian casualties in the 2014 Gaza War">List of Israeli strikes and Palestinian casualties in the 2014 Gaza War</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">August</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Fact_Finding_Mission_on_the_2014_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict" title="United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict">UN Fact Finding Mission on the 2014 conflict</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">May–Jun</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Flotilla_III" title="Freedom Flotilla III">Freedom Flotilla III</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2018</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Mar</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%932019_Gaza_border_protests" title="2018–2019 Gaza border protests">Gaza border protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_airborne_arson_attacks" title="Palestinian airborne arson attacks">Palestinian airborne arson attacks</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Nov</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/November_2018_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_clashes" title="November 2018 Gaza–Israel clashes">Gaza–Israel clashes</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">May</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_2019_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_clashes" title="May 2019 Gaza–Israel clashes">Gaza–Israel clashes</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">November</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/November_2019_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_clashes" title="November 2019 Gaza–Israel clashes">Gaza–Israel clashes</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Feb</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Muhammad_al-Na%27im" class="mw-redirect" title="Killing of Muhammad al-Na'im">Killing of Muhammad al-Na'im</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">May</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Israel%E2%80%93Palestine_crisis" title="2021 Israel–Palestine crisis">Israel–Palestine crisis</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2022</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Aug</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_clashes" title="2022 Gaza–Israel clashes">2022 Gaza–Israel clashes</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2023</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Apr</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Al-Aqsa_clashes" title="2023 Al-Aqsa clashes">Al-Aqsa clashes</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">May</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_2023_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_clashes" title="May 2023 Gaza–Israel clashes">Clashes</a></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">October</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaza_war" title="Gaza war">Gaza war</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2024</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Israeli_resettlement_of_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Proposed Israeli resettlement of the Gaza Strip">Proposed Israeli resettlement of the Gaza Strip</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel" title="Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel">Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2001" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2001">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2002%E2%80%932006" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2002–2006">2002–2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2007" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2007">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2008" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2008">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2009" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2009">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2010" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2010">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2011" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2011">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2012" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2012">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2013" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2013">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2014" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2014">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2015" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2015">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2016" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2016">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2017" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2017">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2018" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2018">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2019" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2019">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2020" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2020">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2021" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2021">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2022" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2022">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2023" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2023">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2024" title="List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2024">2024</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related<br />topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" 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4em">Participants</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Israelis" title="Israelis">Israelis</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_Police" title="Israel Police">Israel Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mossad" title="Mossad">Mossad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shin_Bet" title="Shin Bet">Shabak (Shin Bet)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_nationalism" title="Palestinian nationalism">Palestinians</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Principals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-Palestine_Protectorate" title="All-Palestine Protectorate">All-Palestine Protectorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization" title="Palestine Liberation Organization">Palestine Liberation Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatah" title="Fatah">Fatah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Authority" title="Palestinian Authority">Palestinian Authority</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Other groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Martyrs%27_Brigades" title="Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades">al-Aqsa Brigades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Children_in_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Children in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict">Children</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine" title="Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine">DFLP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenin_Brigades" title="Jenin Brigades">Jenin Brigades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lions%27_Den_(militant_group)" title="Lions' Den (militant group)">Lions' Den</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad" title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad">PIJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Liberation_Front" title="Palestinian Liberation Front">PLF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Popular_Struggle_Front" title="Palestinian Popular Struggle Front">PPSF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine" title="Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine">PFLP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine_%E2%80%93_General_Command" title="Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command">PFLP-GC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees" title="Popular Resistance Committees">PRC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabireen_Movement" title="Sabireen Movement">Sabireen Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sons_of_Zouari" title="Sons of Zouari">Sons of Zouari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulkarm_Brigade" title="Tulkarm Brigade">Tulkarm Brigade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Third-party groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arab_League" title="Arab League">Arab League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Individuals34" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Individuals</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Israelis" title="Israelis">Israelis</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moshe_Arens" title="Moshe Arens">Moshe Arens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ami_Ayalon" title="Ami Ayalon">Ami Ayalon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ehud_Barak" title="Ehud Barak">Ehud Barak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Ben-Gurion" title="David Ben-Gurion">David Ben-Gurion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naftali_Bennett" title="Naftali Bennett">Naftali Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menachem_Begin" title="Menachem Begin">Menachem Begin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meir_Dagan" title="Meir Dagan">Meir Dagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moshe_Dayan" title="Moshe Dayan">Moshe Dayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avi_Dichter" title="Avi Dichter">Avi Dichter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuval_Diskin" title="Yuval Diskin">Yuval Diskin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benny_Gantz" title="Benny Gantz">Benny Gantz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Efraim_Halevy" title="Efraim Halevy">Efraim Halevy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Halutz" title="Dan Halutz">Dan Halutz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tzipi_Livni" title="Tzipi Livni">Tzipi Livni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golda_Meir" title="Golda Meir">Golda Meir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaul_Mofaz" title="Shaul Mofaz">Shaul Mofaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yitzhak_Mordechai" title="Yitzhak Mordechai">Yitzhak Mordechai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ehud_Olmert" title="Ehud Olmert">Ehud Olmert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimon_Peres" title="Shimon Peres">Shimon Peres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaakov_Peri" title="Yaakov Peri">Yaakov Peri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin" title="Yitzhak Rabin">Yitzhak Rabin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amnon_Lipkin-Shahak" title="Amnon Lipkin-Shahak">Amnon Lipkin-Shahak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yitzhak_Shamir" title="Yitzhak Shamir">Yitzhak Shamir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariel_Sharon" title="Ariel Sharon">Ariel Sharon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabtai_Shavit" title="Shabtai Shavit">Shabtai Shavit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moshe_Ya%27alon" title="Moshe Ya'alon">Moshe Ya'alon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Yatom" title="Danny Yatom">Danny Yatom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zvi_Zamir" title="Zvi Zamir">Zvi Zamir</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Palestinians" title="Palestinians">Palestinians</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Zaidan" title="Muhammad Zaidan">Abu Abbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Abbas" title="Mahmoud Abbas">Mahmoud Abbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moussa_Arafat" title="Moussa Arafat">Moussa Arafat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasser_Arafat" title="Yasser Arafat">Yasser Arafat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahya_Ayyash" title="Yahya Ayyash">Yahya Ayyash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marwan_Barghouti" title="Marwan Barghouti">Marwan Barghouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Dahlan" title="Mohammed Dahlan">Mohammed Dahlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Deif" title="Mohammed Deif">Mohammed Deif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Habash" title="George Habash">George Habash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadie_Haddad" title="Wadie Haddad">Wadie Haddad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ismail_Haniyeh" title="Ismail Haniyeh">Ismail Haniyeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayef_Hawatmeh" title="Nayef Hawatmeh">Nayef Hawatmeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amin_al-Husseini" title="Amin al-Husseini">Amin al-Husayni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghazi_al-Jabali" title="Ghazi al-Jabali">Ghazi Jabali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Jibril" title="Ahmed Jibril">Ahmed Jibril</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalil_al-Wazir" title="Khalil al-Wazir">Abu Jihad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salah_Khalaf" title="Salah Khalaf">Salah Khalaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leila_Khaled" title="Leila Khaled">Leila Khaled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izz_El-Deen_Sheikh_Khalil" title="Izz El-Deen Sheikh Khalil">Sheikh Khalil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khaled_Mashal" title="Khaled Mashal">Khaled Mashal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuheir_Mohsen" title="Zuheir Mohsen">Zuheir Mohsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ali_Mustafa" title="Abu Ali Mustafa">Abu Ali Mustafa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Nidal" title="Abu Nidal">Abu Nidal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izz_ad-Din_al-Qassam" title="Izz ad-Din al-Qassam">Izz ad-Din al-Qassam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jibril_Rajoub" title="Jibril Rajoub">Jibril Rajoub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdel_Aziz_al-Rantisi" title="Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi">Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Hassan_Salameh" title="Ali Hassan Salameh">Ali Hassan Salameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salah_Shehade" title="Salah Shehade">Salah Shehade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramadan_Shalah" title="Ramadan Shalah">Ramadan Shalah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fathi_Shaqaqi" title="Fathi Shaqaqi">Fathi Shaqaqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahlam_Tamimi" title="Ahlam Tamimi">Ahlam Tamimi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Yassin" title="Ahmed Yassin">Ahmed Yassin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="*_Timeline_**_military_operations34" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict">Timeline</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_operations_of_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Military operations of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict">military operations</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Intercommunal_conflict_in_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine">Background</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="1920–194811" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.0em">1920–1948</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1920 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Nebi_Musa_riots" title="1920 Nebi Musa riots">Nebi Musa riots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tel_Hai" title="Battle of Tel Hai">Battle of Tel Hai</a></li></ul></li> <li>1921 <a href="/wiki/Jaffa_riots" title="Jaffa riots">Jaffa riots</a></li> <li>1929 <a href="/wiki/1929_Palestine_riots" title="1929 Palestine riots">Palestine riots</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1929_Hebron_massacre" title="1929 Hebron massacre">Hebron massacre</a></li></ul></li> <li>1936–1939 <a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%931939_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine" title="1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine">Arab revolt</a></li> <li>1944–1947 <a href="/wiki/Jewish_insurgency_in_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine">Jewish insurgency</a></li> <li>1947–1948 <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%931948_civil_war_in_Mandatory_Palestine" title="1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine">Civil War</a> / <a href="/wiki/Nakba" title="Nakba">Nakba</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-right:0.5em;"> </th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="1948–197011" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.0em">1948–1970</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1948 <a href="/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War" title="1948 Arab–Israeli War">Arab–Israeli War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Killings_and_massacres_during_the_1948_Palestine_war" title="Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine war">massacres</a></li></ul></li> <li>1948–present <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_fedayeen" title="Palestinian fedayeen">Fedayeen insurgency</a> <ul><li>1951–1967 <a href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_against_Israeli_civilians_before_1967" title="List of attacks against Israeli civilians before 1967">Attacks against Israeli civilians</a></li> <li>1950s–1960s <a href="/wiki/Reprisal_operations" title="Reprisal operations">Reprisal operations</a></li></ul></li> <li>1953 <a href="/wiki/Qibya_massacre" title="Qibya massacre">Qibya massacre</a></li> <li>1956 <a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Suez Crisis</a> / <a href="/wiki/Kafr_Qasim_massacre" title="Kafr Qasim massacre">Kafr Qasim</a> / <a href="/wiki/Khan_Yunis_massacre" title="Khan Yunis massacre">Khan Yunis</a> / <a href="/wiki/1956_Rafah_massacre" title="1956 Rafah massacre">Rafah massacres</a></li> <li>1967 <a href="/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a></li> <li>1967–1970 <a href="/wiki/War_of_Attrition" title="War of Attrition">War of Attrition</a> <ul><li>1968 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Karameh" title="Battle of Karameh">Battle of Karameh</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-right:0.5em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_insurgency_in_South_Lebanon" title="Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon">Palestinian<br />insurgency</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="1968–198211" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.0em">1968–1982</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1970 <a href="/wiki/Avivim_school_bus_bombing" title="Avivim school bus bombing">Avivim school bus bombing</a></li> <li>1972 <a href="/wiki/Sabena_Flight_571" title="Sabena Flight 571">Sabena Flight 571</a> / <a href="/wiki/Munich_massacre" title="Munich massacre">Munich massacre</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mossad_assassinations_following_the_Munich_massacre" title="Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre">"Bayonet"</a> (1973 <a href="/wiki/Lillehammer_affair" title="Lillehammer affair">Lillehammer affair</a>)</li> <li>1974 <a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Shmona_massacre" title="Kiryat Shmona massacre">Kiryat Shmona massacre</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ma%27alot_massacre" title="Ma'alot massacre">Ma'alot massacre</a></li> <li>1975 <a href="/wiki/Savoy_Hotel_attack" title="Savoy Hotel attack">Savoy Hotel attack</a></li> <li>1976 <a href="/wiki/Entebbe_raid" title="Entebbe raid">Entebbe raid</a></li> <li>1978 <a href="/wiki/Coastal_road_massacre" title="Coastal road massacre">Coastal road massacre</a> / <a href="/wiki/1978_South_Lebanon_conflict" title="1978 South Lebanon conflict">South Lebanon conflict</a></li> <li>1980 <a href="/wiki/Misgav_Am_hostage_crisis" title="Misgav Am hostage crisis">Misgav Am hostage crisis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-right:0.5em;"> </th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="1973–198711" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.0em">1973–1987</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1973 <a href="/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War" title="Yom Kippur War">Yom Kippur War</a></li> <li>1975 <a href="/wiki/Ben_Yehuda_Street_bombings#1975" title="Ben Yehuda Street bombings">Zion Square bombing</a></li> <li>1982 <a href="/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War" title="1982 Lebanon War">Lebanon War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Beirut" title="Siege of Beirut">Siege of Beirut</a></li></ul></li> <li>1983 <a href="/wiki/1983_West_Bank_fainting_epidemic" title="1983 West Bank fainting epidemic">1983 West Bank fainting epidemic</a></li> <li>1984 <a href="/wiki/Bus_300_affair" title="Bus 300 affair">Bus 300 affair</a></li> <li>1985 <a href="/wiki/Achille_Lauro_hijacking" title="Achille Lauro hijacking"><i>Achille Lauro</i> hijacking</a> / <a href="/wiki/Operation_Wooden_Leg" title="Operation Wooden Leg">"Wooden Leg"</a></li> <li>1987 <a href="/wiki/Night_of_the_Gliders" title="Night of the Gliders">Night of the Gliders</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/First_Intifada" title="First Intifada">First Intifada</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="1987–199111" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.0em">1987–1991</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1988 <a href="/wiki/Khalil_al-Wazir#Assassination" title="Khalil al-Wazir">Tunis raid</a></li> <li>1989 <a href="/wiki/1989_Tel_Aviv%E2%80%93Jerusalem_bus_attack" title="1989 Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus attack">Bus 405 attack</a></li> <li>1990 <a href="/wiki/1990_Temple_Mount_killings" title="1990 Temple Mount killings">Temple Mount killings</a></li> <li>1990s <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_suicide_attacks" title="Palestinian suicide attacks">Palestinian suicide attacks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_suicide_attacks#1990s" title="List of Palestinian suicide attacks">list</a></li></ul></li> <li>1994 <a href="/wiki/Cave_of_the_Patriarchs_massacre" title="Cave of the Patriarchs massacre">Cave of the Patriarchs massacre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Intifada" title="Second Intifada">Second Intifada</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="2000–200511" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.0em">2000–2005</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel" title="Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel">Palestinian rocket attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_suicide_attacks" title="Palestinian suicide attacks">Palestinian suicide attacks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_suicide_attacks#2000s" title="List of Palestinian suicide attacks">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Israeli_assassinations#2000s" title="List of Israeli assassinations">Israeli assassinations</a></li> <li>2000 <a href="/wiki/October_2000_protests_in_Israel" title="October 2000 protests in Israel">October events</a></li> <li>2001 <a href="/wiki/Santorini_affair" title="Santorini affair"><i>Santorini</i></a></li> <li>2002 <a href="/wiki/Karine_A_affair" title="Karine A affair"><i>Karine A</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/Operation_Defensive_Shield" title="Operation Defensive Shield">"Defensive Shield"</a> / <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jenin_(2002)" title="Battle of Jenin (2002)">Battle of Jenin</a> / <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nablus" title="Battle of Nablus">Battle of Nablus</a> / <a href="/wiki/Operation_Determined_Path" title="Operation Determined Path">"Determined Path"</a></li> <li>2003 <a href="/wiki/Ain_es_Saheb_airstrike" title="Ain es Saheb airstrike">Ain es Saheb airstrike</a></li> <li>2004 <a href="/wiki/2004_Israeli_operation_in_Rafah" title="2004 Israeli operation in Rafah">"Rainbow"</a> / <a href="/wiki/2004_Beit_Hanoun_raid" title="2004 Beit Hanoun raid">Beit Hanoun raid</a> / <a href="/wiki/2004_Israeli_operation_in_the_northern_Gaza_Strip" title="2004 Israeli operation in the northern Gaza Strip">"Days of Penitence"</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-right:0.5em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Palestinian dissident<br />campaigns</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="2006–present14" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.0em">2006–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2006 <a href="/wiki/Operation_Bringing_Home_the_Goods" title="Operation Bringing Home the Goods">"Bringing Home the Goods"</a></li> <li>2008 <a href="/wiki/2008_Jerusalem_yeshiva_attack" title="2008 Jerusalem yeshiva attack">Jerusalem yeshiva attack</a> / <a href="/wiki/2008_Jerusalem_bulldozer_attack" title="2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack">Jerusalem bulldozer attack</a></li> <li>2009 <a href="/wiki/2009_Al-Aqsa_clashes" title="2009 Al-Aqsa clashes">Al-Aqsa clashes</a></li> <li>2010 <a href="/wiki/2010_Palestinian_militancy_campaign" title="2010 Palestinian militancy campaign">Palestinian militancy campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%932016_wave_of_violence_in_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="2015–2016 wave of violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict">2015–2016 violence</a></li> <li>2017 <a href="/wiki/2017_Temple_Mount_crisis" title="2017 Temple Mount crisis">Temple Mount crisis</a></li> <li>2021 <a href="/wiki/2021_Israel%E2%80%93Palestine_crisis" title="2021 Israel–Palestine crisis">Israel–Palestine crisis</a></li> <li>2022 <a href="/wiki/2022_Al-Aqsa_clashes" title="2022 Al-Aqsa clashes">Al-Aqsa clashes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-right:0.5em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_conflict" title="Gaza–Israel conflict">Gaza–Israel<br />conflict</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="2006–present14" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.0em">2006–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2006 <a href="/wiki/2006_Gaza_beach_explosion" title="2006 Gaza beach explosion">Gaza beach explosion</a> / <a href="/wiki/2006_Gaza_cross-border_raid" title="2006 Gaza cross-border raid">Gaza cross-border raid</a> / <a href="/wiki/2006_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_conflict" title="2006 Gaza–Israel conflict">"Summer Rains"</a> / <a href="/wiki/2006_Israeli_operation_in_Beit_Hanoun" title="2006 Israeli operation in Beit Hanoun">"Autumn Clouds"</a> / <a href="/wiki/2006_shelling_of_Beit_Hanoun" title="2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun">Beit Hanoun shelling</a></li> <li>2008 <a href="/wiki/2008_breach_of_the_Egypt%E2%80%93Gaza_border" title="2008 breach of the Egypt–Gaza border">Egypt–Gaza border breach</a> / <a href="/wiki/Operation_Hot_Winter" title="Operation Hot Winter">"Hot Winter"</a></li> <li>2008–2009 <a href="/wiki/Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%932009)" title="Gaza War (2008–2009)">Gaza War</a></li> <li>2010 <a href="/wiki/Gaza_flotilla_raid" title="Gaza flotilla raid">Gaza flotilla raid</a></li> <li>2012 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">"Returning Echo"</a> / <a href="/wiki/2012_Gaza_War" title="2012 Gaza War">"Pillar of Defense"</a></li> <li>2014 <a href="/wiki/2014_Gaza_War" title="2014 Gaza War">"Protective Edge"</a></li> <li>2015 <a href="/wiki/Freedom_Flotilla_III" title="Freedom Flotilla III">Freedom Flotilla III</a></li> <li>2018 <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%932019_Gaza_border_protests" title="2018–2019 Gaza border protests">Gaza border protests</a> / <a href="/wiki/November_2018_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_clashes" title="November 2018 Gaza–Israel clashes">November clashes</a></li> <li>2019 <a href="/wiki/May_2019_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_clashes" title="May 2019 Gaza–Israel clashes">May clashes</a> / <a href="/wiki/November_2019_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_clashes" title="November 2019 Gaza–Israel clashes">"Black Belt"</a></li> <li>2021 <a href="/wiki/2021_Israel%E2%80%93Palestine_crisis" title="2021 Israel–Palestine crisis">"Guardian of the Walls"</a></li> <li>2022 <a href="/wiki/2022_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_clashes" title="2022 Gaza–Israel clashes">"Breaking Dawn"</a></li> <li>2023 <a href="/wiki/May_2023_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_clashes" title="May 2023 Gaza–Israel clashes">"Shield and Arrow"</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gaza_war" title="Gaza war">Gaza war</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Diplomacy/law34" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Diplomacy/law</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Timeline58" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Timeline</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">1948–1991</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1948 <a href="/wiki/1948_Palestinian_expulsion_and_flight" title="1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight">Palestinian expulsion and flight</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_and_villages_depopulated_during_the_1947%E2%80%931949_Palestine_war" title="List of towns and villages depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war">depopulated towns and villages</a></li></ul></li> <li>1949 <a href="/wiki/Lausanne_Conference_of_1949" title="Lausanne Conference of 1949">Lausanne Conference</a></li> <li>1967–present <a href="/wiki/Israeli_settlement" title="Israeli settlement">Israeli settlement</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_settler_violence" title="Israeli settler violence">settler violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_law_and_Israeli_settlements" class="mw-redirect" title="International law and Israeli settlements">international law</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1981–1982 <a href="/wiki/Fahd_Plan" title="Fahd Plan">Fahd Plan</a></li> <li>1991 <a href="/wiki/Madrid_Conference_of_1991" title="Madrid Conference of 1991">Madrid Conference</a></li> <li>1993–1995 <a href="/wiki/Oslo_Accords" title="Oslo Accords">Oslo Accords</a></li> <li>1994 <a href="/wiki/Protocol_on_Economic_Relations" title="Protocol on Economic Relations">Paris Protocol</a></li> <li>1994 <a href="/wiki/Gaza%E2%80%93Jericho_Agreement" title="Gaza–Jericho Agreement">Gaza–Jericho Agreement</a></li> <li>1994–present <a href="/wiki/United_States_security_assistance_to_the_Palestinian_National_Authority" title="United States security assistance to the Palestinian National Authority">US security assistance to the PA</a></li> <li>1997 <a href="/wiki/Protocol_Concerning_the_Redeployment_in_Hebron" title="Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron">Hebron Agreement</a></li> <li>1998 <a href="/wiki/Wye_River_Memorandum" title="Wye River Memorandum">Wye River Memorandum</a></li> <li>1999 <a href="/wiki/Sharm_El_Sheikh_Memorandum" title="Sharm El Sheikh Memorandum">Sharm El Sheikh Memorandum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2000 <a href="/wiki/2000_Camp_David_Summit" title="2000 Camp David Summit">Camp David Summit</a> / <a href="/wiki/The_Clinton_Parameters" title="The Clinton Parameters">Clinton Parameters</a></li> <li>2001 <a href="/wiki/Taba_Summit" title="Taba Summit">Taba Summit</a></li> <li>2002 <a href="/wiki/Quartet_on_the_Middle_East" title="Quartet on the Middle East">Quartet established</a></li> <li>2003 <a href="/wiki/Road_map_for_peace" title="Road map for peace">Road Map</a></li> <li>2005 <a href="/wiki/Israeli_disengagement_from_Gaza" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli disengagement from Gaza">Israeli disengagement from Gaza</a></li> <li>2005 <a href="/wiki/Agreement_on_Movement_and_Access" title="Agreement on Movement and Access">Agreement on Movement and Access</a></li> <li>2006 <a href="/wiki/Valley_of_Peace_initiative" title="Valley of Peace initiative">Valley of Peace initiative</a></li> <li>2007 <a href="/wiki/Annapolis_Conference" title="Annapolis Conference">Annapolis Conference</a></li> <li>2009 <a href="/wiki/2009_Aftonbladet_Israel_controversy" title="2009 Aftonbladet Israel controversy"><i>Aftonbladet</i> Israel controversy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2010–11 <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%932011_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_peace_talks" title="2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks">Israeli–Palestinian peace talks</a></li> <li>2011 <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Papers" title="Palestine Papers">Palestine Papers</a></li> <li>2013–2014 <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%932014_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_peace_talks" title="2013–2014 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks">Israeli–Palestinian peace talks</a></li> <li>2023–present <a href="/wiki/Gaza_genocide" title="Gaza genocide">Gaza genocide</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United Nations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Israel_and_the_United_Nations" title="Israel and the United Nations">Israel and the UN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine_and_the_United_Nations" title="Palestine and the United Nations">Palestine and the UN</a></li> <li>1947 <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine" title="United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine">UN Resolution 181</a></li> <li>1948 <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_194" title="United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194">UN Resolution 194</a></li> <li>1967 <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_242" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 242">UN Resolution 242</a></li> <li>ICJ cases <ul><li>2004 <a href="/wiki/Legal_Consequences_of_the_Construction_of_a_Wall_in_the_Occupied_Palestinian_Territory" title="Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory">Wall construction</a></li> <li>2023–present <a href="/wiki/South_Africa%27s_genocide_case_against_Israel" title="South Africa's genocide case against Israel">South African allegation of genocide</a></li> <li>2024 <i><a href="/wiki/Nicaragua_v._Germany" title="Nicaragua v. Germany">Nicaragua v. Germany</a></i></li> <li>2023–2024 <a href="/wiki/ICJ_case_on_Israel%27s_occupation_of_the_Palestinian_territories" title="ICJ case on Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories">Israeli occupation</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Court" title="International Criminal Court">ICC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Court_investigation_in_Palestine" title="International Criminal Court investigation in Palestine">Palestine investigation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Court_arrest_warrants_for_Israeli_leaders" title="International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli leaders">arrest warrants</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Analysis34" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Analysis</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Palestinianism" title="Anti-Palestinianism">Anti-Palestinianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparisons_between_Israel_and_Nazi_Germany" title="Comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany">Comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany</a></li> <li>Criticism <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Hamas" title="Criticism of Hamas">Criticism of Hamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Israel" title="Criticism of Israel">Criticism of Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_criticism_of_the_occupation_of_Palestine" title="Israeli criticism of the occupation of Palestine">Israeli criticism of the occupation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_coverage_of_the_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Media coverage of the Arab–Israeli conflict">Media coverage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racism_in_Israel" title="Racism in Israel">Racism in Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racism_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Racism in the State of Palestine">Racism in Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_anti-Zionism" title="Timeline of anti-Zionism">Timeline of anti-Zionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/There_was_no_such_thing_as_Palestinians" title="There was no such thing as Palestinians">There was no such thing as Palestinians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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