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.longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=2006_Gaza_cross-border_raid&params=31_14_00_N_34_17_08_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">31°14′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">34°17′08″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">31.23333°N 34.28556°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">31.23333; 34.28556</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Commanded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Jabari" title="Ahmed Jabari">Ahmed Jabari</a> (reportedly)<sup id="cite_ref-haaretz2012nov14_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haaretz2012nov14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Target</th><td class="infobox-data">IDF army post near the <a href="/wiki/Kerem_Shalom" title="Kerem Shalom">Kerem Shalom</a> border crossing</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">25 June 2006<br />Around 5:30 am<sup id="cite_ref-mfa_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mfa-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – (<a href="/wiki/GMT" class="mw-redirect" title="GMT">GMT</a>+2)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Executed by</th><td class="infobox-data">7 or 8 Palestinian militants<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <a href="/wiki/Izz_ad-Din_al-Qassam_Brigades" class="mw-redirect" title="Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades">Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades</a>, <a href="/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees" title="Popular Resistance Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Islam_(Gaza_Strip)" class="mw-redirect" title="Army of Islam (Gaza Strip)">Army of Islam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Outcome</th><td class="infobox-data">Capture of <a href="/wiki/Gilad_Shalit" title="Gilad Shalit">Gilad Shalit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Casualties</th><td class="infobox-data">2 Palestinian militants and 2 IDF soldiers killed<br />4 IDF soldiers injured</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Gilad_Shalit_on_Hamas_poster.jpg/400px-Gilad_Shalit_on_Hamas_poster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="623" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Gilad Shalit on <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a> poster,<br /> <a href="/wiki/Nablus" title="Nablus">Nablus</a> 7 May 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>2006 Gaza cross-border raid</b>, known by Palestinian militants as <b>Operation Dispersive Illusion</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">عملية الوهم المتبدد</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">ʿAmaliyyat al-Wahm Al-mutabadid</i></span>) was an armed incursion carried out by seven or eight<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gazan Palestinian militants on 25 June 2006 who attacked <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a> (IDF) positions near the <a href="/wiki/Kerem_Shalom_Crossing" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerem Shalom Crossing">Kerem Shalom Crossing</a> through an <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_tunnel_warfare_in_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Palestinian tunnel warfare in the Gaza Strip">attack tunnel</a>. In the attack, two IDF soldiers<sup id="cite_ref-haaretz_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haaretz-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and two Palestinian militants<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were killed, four IDF soldiers were wounded, one of whom was <a href="/wiki/Gilad_Shalit" title="Gilad Shalit">Gilad Shalit</a>, who was captured and taken to the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a>.<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> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a>'s military wing, the <a href="/wiki/Izz_ad-Din_al-Qassam_Brigades" class="mw-redirect" title="Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades">Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades</a>, claimed responsibility, together with the <a href="/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees" title="Popular Resistance Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a> (which includes members of <a href="/wiki/Fatah" title="Fatah">Fatah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement">Islamic Jihad</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a>), and a previously unknown group calling itself the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Army_of_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian Army of Islam">Army of Islam</a>. They stated the raid was in retaliation to an Israeli shelling and a series of air raids that had killed 22 Palestinians earlier that month.<sup id="cite_ref-RTE.ie_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RTE.ie-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The abduction of Shalit caused Israel to launch <a href="/wiki/Operation_Summer_Rains" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Summer Rains">Operation "Summer Rains"</a> which consisted of a series of incursions into Gaza. The operation failed to retrieve Shalit who was eventually released on 18 October 2011 as part of a <a href="/wiki/Gilad_Shalit_prisoner_exchange" title="Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange">prisoner swap</a>. It was the first time since the <a href="/wiki/Abduction_and_killing_of_Nachshon_Wachsman" title="Abduction and killing of Nachshon Wachsman">capture of Nachshon Wachsman</a> in 1994, that Palestinian fighters had captured an Israeli soldier.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc29June2006_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc29June2006-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<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> <p>In February 2005, the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Authority" title="Palestinian Authority">Palestinian Authority</a> President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced a ceasefire which effectively ended the <a href="/wiki/Second_Intifada" title="Second Intifada">Second Intifada</a>.<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> Hamas unilaterally agreed to abide by the ceasefire.<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. (June 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Under the direction of Sharon, Israel withdrew from Gaza in September 2005. </p><p>To international surprise, Hamas won the Palestinian elections in January 2006, which were declared democratic by observers.<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> The 'Quartet' demanded that Hamas renounce violence, recognize Israel, and accept previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements, which Hamas refused to do, resulting in aid being withheld.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Israel imposed a <a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Blockade of the Gaza Strip">blockade and sanctions on Gaza</a>, and withheld customs revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hamas had announced a ceasefire in 2005 and until 10 June 2006. On 8 February 2006 Hamas' leader <a href="/wiki/Khaled_Meshaal" class="mw-redirect" title="Khaled Meshaal">Khaled Meshaal</a> offered a "long-term ceasefire" with Israel if the latter would withdraw to 1967 boundaries. Hours previously, Israeli Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Ehud_Olmert" title="Ehud Olmert">Ehud Olmert</a>, had promised never to give up control of key components of the occupied West Bank.<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> However, according to the IDF, Hamas was still implicated in rocket attacks against Israeli civilians.<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> </p><p>On 8 June 2006, while the cease-fire was still in effect, <a href="/wiki/Jamal_Abu_Samhadana" title="Jamal Abu Samhadana">Jamal Abu Samhadana</a>, Hamas' Inspector General in the Ministry of the Interior and founder of the <a href="/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees" title="Popular Resistance Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a>, was assassinated by an Israeli air-strike on the Salah al-Dein Brigades training camp in Gaza which killed three other Palestinians. It was the fourth time Israel had tried to kill him.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc2006jun8_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc2006jun8-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His supporters threatened to avenge his death.<sup id="cite_ref-Xinhua_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xinhua-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The IDF said Samhadana was planning an attack on Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc2006jun8_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc2006jun8-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next day, Palestinian fighters in Gaza fired rockets into southern Israel and a few hours later an <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Beach_Blast" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaza Beach Blast">explosion</a>, which the IDF attributed to its shelling of a reported launch site, killed a Palestinian family of eight and injured at least 30 others. Hamas formally withdrew from its 16-month ceasefire in response to the explosion.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_attack_and_the_capture">The attack and the capture</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">See also: <a href="/wiki/Gilad_Shalit" title="Gilad Shalit">Gilad Shalit</a></div> <p>On Sunday morning, 25 June 2006, at about 5:30 am (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>+2) a squad of Palestinian militants from the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a> crossed the border into Israel via a 300-meter-long tunnel they had dug near the <a href="/wiki/Kerem_Shalom" title="Kerem Shalom">Kerem Shalom</a> border crossing.<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> The militants surfaced in Israeli territory shielded by a row of trees, and came up behind IDF border positions facing Gaza. As militants from within the Gaza Strip bombarded Israeli positions with mortar and anti-tank fire,<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. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> the militant squad split into three cells.<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. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>One cell aligned itself behind a <a href="/wiki/Merkava_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Merkava III">Merkava Mark III</a> tank, another behind a concrete watchtower, and another behind an armored personnel carrier. The militants simultaneously opened fire on their targets. The militants that attacked the tank blew open its rear door with an <a href="/wiki/Rocket-propelled_grenade" title="Rocket-propelled grenade">RPG</a>. The tank's gunner, Corporal <a href="/wiki/Gilad_Shalit" title="Gilad Shalit">Gilad Shalit</a>, was wounded by the RPG blast, suffering a broken left hand and a light shoulder wound.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated4_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two of the militants then approached the tank. The RPG hit caused the tank to go up in flames, and its fire extinguisher system was activated. However, the engine stopped working and the ventilation system failed to work as a result, creating suffocating conditions inside. The tank's commander and driver climbed out to escape, and were gunned down by the militants. A militant then climbed onto the tank's turret and threw grenades into the tank, wounding another crew member. Shalit climbed out of the tank to escape the suffocating conditions, and as he emerged onto the turret, he saw one of the militants climbing onto the tank, with his AK-47 strapped to his back. Shalit at this point could have easily killed the militant using the .50 caliber machine gun mounted on the turret, but instead surrendered to him. He later told IDF investigators that he was confused and in a state of shock, and thus never thought of shooting him. Shalit was then taken to Gaza with the militants.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An Israeli tank soon arrived on the scene and an IDF observation post witnessed their escape, although it was not known at the time that the militants had a captive Israeli soldier with them, and the tank did not open fire in time, as the commander was awaiting permission. When permission was finally granted, the tank opened fire with its machine guns.<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. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The squad's third member was positioned near a road, and fired an RPG at an IDF jeep driven by a captain. After the captain returned fire, the militant fled towards a tunnel dug along the fence, throwing grenades. An IDF armored vehicle fired at him, but missed, and he escaped.<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. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Two militants attacked the watchtower, raking it with RPG and small-arms fire, wounding two soldiers manning the tower. One militant crept towards the tower and placed an explosive charge next to the bottom doors. The ensuing explosion damaged the tower's communication cables. The militant then attempted to climb the stairs, while the second militant remained on the ground as backup. IDF soldiers in the tower spotted the militant climbing the stairs and opened fire, killing him in the upper part of the stairway. The second militant was spotted by an IDF lookout, and soldiers then opened fire and killed him.<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. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The third cell attacked an empty armored personnel carrier placed as a decoy before retreating, firing an RPG which damaged it and caused it to burst into flames.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated4_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Immediately afterwards the militants made their way back into the Gaza Strip, with Shalit, through the ground after they blew an opening in the security fence and disappeared. As they retreated, the militants left behind explosive charges. Meanwhile, large Israeli military forces arrived at the site and began helping the wounded. The charges left behind by the militants exploded as IDF troops were combing the area, lightly injuring three soldiers. When they reached the tank, the soldiers discovered the two bodies and a wounded crewman. When it became clear that the fourth crew member was missing, an abduction alert was declared, and, various Israeli forces infiltrated Gaza.<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. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casualties">Casualties</h3></div> <p>Two Israeli soldiers were killed in the operation; Staff Sergeant Pavel Slutzker, 20, of <a href="/wiki/Dimona" title="Dimona">Dimona</a><sup id="cite_ref-mfa_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mfa-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Lieutenant Hanan Barak, 20, of <a href="/wiki/Arad,_Israel" title="Arad, Israel">Arad</a><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> and two Palestinian militants; Muhammed Farawneh, 22, of <a href="/wiki/Khan_Yunis" title="Khan Yunis">Khan Yunis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Islam_(Gaza_Strip)" class="mw-redirect" title="Army of Islam (Gaza Strip)">Army of Islam</a> member<sup id="cite_ref-albawaba1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-albawaba1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Hamed Rantisi, 22, of <a href="/wiki/Rafah" title="Rafah">Rafah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees" title="Popular Resistance Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a> member.<sup id="cite_ref-albawaba1_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-albawaba1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Israeli_retaliation">Israeli retaliation</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Summer_Rains" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Summer Rains">Operation Summer Rains</a></div> <p>The day after, on 26 June 2006, three Palestinian militant organization took responsibility for the raid; the <a href="/wiki/Izz_ad-Din_al-Qassam_Brigades" class="mw-redirect" title="Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades">Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades</a> (the armed wing of <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees" title="Popular Resistance Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a> organization (which includes members of <a href="/wiki/Fatah" title="Fatah">Fatah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement">Islamic Jihad</a>, and Hamas) and the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Army_of_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian Army of Islam">Army of Islam</a> and issued a joint statement on 26 June 2006, in which they claimed responsibility for the raid and offered information on Shalit only if Israel agreed to release all female Palestinian prisoners and all Palestinian prisoners under the age of 18, who were held without charges and tried without the right of defense.<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> <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> reported at the time that there were 95 Palestinian women and 313 Palestinian children in Israeli Jails. Israel rejected the offer.<sup id="cite_ref-Friel2013_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friel2013-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two days later, on 28 June 2006, Israel launched <a href="/wiki/Operation_Summer_Rains" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Summer Rains">Operation Summer Rains</a>. In addition various international bodies conducted diplomatic activity, among them Egypt, in an attempt to release Shalit. Due to the fact that Shalit was a French citizen, France attempted to get him released through diplomatic means. However, the captors, who operated under the orders of <a href="/wiki/Khaled_Mashal" title="Khaled Mashal">Khaled Mashal</a> and the Hamas military leadership, refused to release him. According to David Siegel, a spokesman at the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., "Israel did everything it could in exhausting all diplomatic options and gave <a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Abbas" title="Mahmoud Abbas">Mahmoud Abbas</a> the opportunity to return the abducted Israeli… This operation can be terminated immediately, conditioned on the release of Gilad Shalit."<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> </p><p>On the night of 28–29 June 2006, the IDF arrested dozens of Hamas leaders in the West bank, including 20 Palestinian parliament members and eight Palestinian ministers. This retaliation operation was reportedly planned several weeks in advance. On the same day, four <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israeli Air Force</a> aircraft flew over <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syrian</a> President Bashar Assad's palace in <a href="/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia">Latakia</a>, as an IDF spokesperson said that Israel views the Syrian leadership as a sponsor of Hamas.<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> </p><p>On 1 July 2006, Shalit's captors issued another demand to the Israelis, demanding that Israel release an additional 1,000 Palestinian prisoners (in addition to all female and young prisoners, as previously demanded) and end Israel's incursions into Gaza.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two days later, the captors issued a 24-hour ultimatum for meeting their demands, threatening unspecified consequences if Israel refused.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hours after the ultimatum was issued, Israel officially rejected the demands, stating that: "there will be no negotiations to release prisoners".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 July 2006 Shalit's captors made an ultimatum according to which they demanded that Israel must fulfill all of its demands by 4 July 2006 at 6:00 am. However, the captors did not specify exactly what would happen if the demands were not met. The Israeli Prime Minister's office formally rejected the ultimatum. After the ultimatum period expired the Army of Islam group announced that no more information would be released about Shalit's fate.<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. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Operation Summer Rains, which failed to achieve its main objective (the release of Shalit), ended on 26 November 2006 when the Israeli prime minister <a href="/wiki/Ehud_Olmert" title="Ehud Olmert">Ehud Olmert</a> and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas agreed on a <a href="/wiki/Cease-fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Cease-fire">cease-fire</a>, after the Palestinian militancy organizations agreed to stop firing rockets on <a href="/wiki/Sderot" title="Sderot">Sderot</a> and after Israel agreed to cease IDF operations in the Gaza Strip. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <span class="extendedconfirmed-show"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2006_Gaza_cross-border_raid&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a></span><span class="nonextendedconfirmed-show"><span class="sysop-show"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2006_Gaza_cross-border_raid&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a> or </span><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3A2006_Gaza_cross-border_raid&preload=Template%3ASubmit+an+edit+request%2Fpreload&action=edit&section=new&editintro=Template%3AEdit+extended-protected%2Feditintro&preloadtitle=Extended-confirmed-protected+edit+request+on+10+February+2025&preloadparams%5B%5D=edit+extended-protected&preloadparams%5B%5D=2006+Gaza+cross-border+raid">making an edit request</a></span></span>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2011</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Gilad_Shalit_Salutes_Israel_Prime_Minister_Benjamin_Netanyahu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Gilad_Shalit_Salutes_Israel_Prime_Minister_Benjamin_Netanyahu.jpg/250px-Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Gilad_Shalit_Salutes_Israel_Prime_Minister_Benjamin_Netanyahu.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Gilad_Shalit_Salutes_Israel_Prime_Minister_Benjamin_Netanyahu.jpg/375px-Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Gilad_Shalit_Salutes_Israel_Prime_Minister_Benjamin_Netanyahu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Gilad_Shalit_Salutes_Israel_Prime_Minister_Benjamin_Netanyahu.jpg/500px-Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Gilad_Shalit_Salutes_Israel_Prime_Minister_Benjamin_Netanyahu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>After more than five years in Hamas captivity, IDF soldier <a href="/wiki/Gilad_Shalit_prisoner_exchange" title="Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange">Gilad Shalit was released</a> and returned to Israel, while nearly a thousand <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian people">Palestinian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arab-Israeli" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab-Israeli">Arab-Israeli</a> prisoners are being released in exchange, 18 October 2011.</figcaption></figure> <p>Hamas high-ranking commander Abu Jibril Shimali, whom Israel considers responsible for coordinating the abduction of Shalit, was killed during the violent clashes between Hamas and the <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaida" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Qaida">al-Qaida</a>-affiliated <a href="/wiki/Jund_Ansar_Allah" title="Jund Ansar Allah">Jund Ansar Allah</a> organization in Gaza in August 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-Hamas:_Head_of_Al-Qaida_affiliate_killed_in_Gaza_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hamas:_Head_of_Al-Qaida_affiliate_killed_in_Gaza-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 October 2009, Israel received a video clip of 2:42 minutes length in which Gilad Shalit was filmed. In exchange, Israel released 20 Palestinian prisoners. During the same day the video clip was broadcast on television channels worldwide. The video, which was published publicly after the Shalit family approval to do so, showed Gilad Shalit in uniform reading a pre-written message, in which he urged the Israeli government to finalize the deal for his release. In addition, during the video clip Shalit stood up for a few seconds and moved towards the camera so that his health condition would be evident in the video, as much as possible. In addition, during the video clip Shalit was holding an Arab newspaper from 14 September 2009 in order to prove that the video was recorded just before its release.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shalit was released in a <a href="/wiki/Gilad_Shalit_prisoner_exchange" title="Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange">prisoner exchange</a> on 18 October 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hamas commander who directed the raid, <a href="/wiki/Raed_al_Atar" title="Raed al Atar">Raed al Atar</a>, was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the <a href="/wiki/2014_Israel-Gaza_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Israel-Gaza conflict">2014 Israel–Gaza conflict</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Official_reactions">Official reactions</h2></div> <dl><dt>Involved parties</dt></dl> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span>Israel: </p> <ul><li>Israeli Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Ehud_Olmert" title="Ehud Olmert">Ehud Olmert</a> stated that Israel held the Palestinian Authority, the Hamas government and President <a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Abbas" title="Mahmoud Abbas">Mahmoud Abbas</a> "responsible for this event – with all this implies."<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Israel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of General Staff (Israel)">Chief of Staff</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a> Lt. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Dan_Halutz" title="Dan Halutz">Dan Halutz</a> stated that "The Palestinians are responsible for the fate of the kidnapped soldier, and we will do everything in our power to retrieve him."<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/46px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Authority" title="Palestinian Authority">Palestinian Authority</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Authority" title="Palestinian Authority">Palestinian Authority</a> President <a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Abbas" title="Mahmoud Abbas">Mahmoud Abbas</a> condemned the attack and stated that "We have always warned against the danger of certain groups or factions leaving the national consensus and carrying out operations for which the Palestinian people will always have to pay the price".<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> In addition Abbas called on the international community "to prevent Israel from exploiting the attack to carry out large-scale aggression in the Gaza Strip".<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ghazi Hamad, the spokesman of the Hamas government in Gaza, called for Shalit's captors "to protect his life and treat him well" and called on Israel "not to escalate the situation."<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>International</dt></dl> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States – The US state department released a statement saying "We urge both sides to exercise restraint and avoid steps which further escalate the situation"<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></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gilad_Shalit" title="Gilad Shalit">Gilad Shalit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Israeli–Palestinian conflict">Israeli–Palestinian conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_political_violence" title="Palestinian political violence">Palestinian political violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Hezbollah_cross-border_raid" title="2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid">2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abduction_and_killing_of_Nachshon_Wachsman" title="Abduction and killing of Nachshon Wachsman">Abduction and killing of Nachshon 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<i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i> on 26 June 2006</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/26/world/middleeast/26mideast.html?pagewanted=all">Militants' Raid on Israel Raises Gaza Tension</a> – published on <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> on 26 June 2006</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/word/africa/25iht-web.0626gaza.2041377.html">Palestinian militants infiltrate Israel, attack Israeli army post</a> – published on <i>The New York Times</i> on 25 June 2006</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5115092.stm">Israeli soldier 'seized' in raid</a> – published on <a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a> on 25 June 2006</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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charter">revised</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatah%E2%80%93Hamas_conflict" title="Fatah–Hamas conflict">Fatah–Hamas conflict</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gaza_(2007)" title="Battle of Gaza (2007)">Takeover of the Gaza Strip</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_anniversary_of_Hamas" title="25th anniversary of Hamas">25th anniversary of Hamas</a> (2012)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#008000; color:white;;width:1%;background:#80BF80; color:black;">Political wing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_Hamas" title="List of leaders of Hamas">List of leaders of Hamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamas_government_in_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Hamas government in the Gaza Strip">Hamas government in the Gaza Strip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamas_temporary_committee" title="Hamas temporary committee">Hamas temporary committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Salvation_Party" title="Islamic Salvation Party">Islamic Salvation Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khaled_Mashal" title="Khaled Mashal">Khaled Mashal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ismail_Haniyeh" title="Ismail Haniyeh">Ismail Haniyeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahya_Sinwar" title="Yahya Sinwar">Yahya Sinwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basem_Naim" title="Basem Naim">Basem Naim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Baraka" title="Ali Baraka">Ali Baraka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mousa_Abu_Marzook" title="Mousa Abu Marzook">Mousa Abu Marzook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaher_Jabarin" title="Zaher Jabarin">Zaher Jabarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essam_al-Da%27alis" title="Essam al-Da'alis">Essam al-Da'alis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdel_Aziz_al-Rantisi" title="Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi">Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Rantisi_Hospital" title="Al-Rantisi Hospital">hospital</a></li></ul></li> <li>Women: <a href="/wiki/Jamila_Abdallah_Taha_al-Shanti" title="Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti">Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umm_Nidal" title="Umm Nidal">Umm Nidal</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Elections9" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFDFBF;;width:1%">Elections</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/2005_Palestinian_presidential_election" title="2005 Palestinian presidential election">2005 presidential</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Palestinian_legislative_election" title="2006 Palestinian legislative election">2006 legislative</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#008000; color:white;;width:1%;background:#80BF80; color:black;">Law and order</th><td 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التنفيذية">ar</a>]</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Said_Seyam" title="Said Seyam">Said Seyam</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_law" title="Palestinian law">Palestinian law</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Capital punishment in the Gaza Strip">Executions</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#008000; color:white;;width:1%;background:#80BF80; color:black;">Military wing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Joint_Operations_Room" title="Palestinian Joint Operations Room">Palestinian Joint Operations Room</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qassam_Brigades" title="Al-Qassam Brigades">Al-Qassam Brigades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nukhba_forces" title="Nukhba forces">Nukbha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayman_Nofal" title="Ayman Nofal">Ayman Nofal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamas_in_Lebanon" title="Hamas in Lebanon">al-Aqsa Flood Vanguards unit</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="People6" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFDFBF;;width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Leader: <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Deif" title="Mohammed Deif">Mohammed Deif</a></li> <li>Spokesperson: <a href="/wiki/Abu_Ubaida_(Hamas)" title="Abu Ubaida (Hamas)">Abu Ubaida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marwan_Issa" title="Marwan Issa">Marwan Issa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahya_Ayyash" title="Yahya Ayyash">Yahya Ayyash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adnan_al-Ghoul" title="Adnan al-Ghoul">Adnan al-Ghoul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salah_Shehade" title="Salah Shehade">Salah Shehade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazen_Faqha" title="Mazen Faqha">Mazen Faqha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wa%27el_Nassar" title="Wa'el Nassar">Wa'el Nassar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Jabari" title="Ahmed Jabari">Ahmed Jabari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imad_Abbas" title="Imad Abbas">Imad Abbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emad_Akel" title="Emad Akel">Emad Akel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nidal_Farahat" title="Nidal Farahat">Nidal Farahat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yunis_Al_Astal" title="Yunis Al Astal">Yunis Al Astal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Ghandour_(militant)" title="Ahmed Ghandour (militant)">Ahmed Ghandour</a></li> <li>Women <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reem_Riyashi" title="Reem Riyashi">Reem Riyashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatma_Omar_An-Najar" title="Fatma Omar An-Najar">Fatma Omar An-Najar</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFDFBF;;width:1%">Operations</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/Murder_of_Yaron_and_Efrat_Ungar" title="Murder of Yaron and Efrat Ungar">Murder of Yaron and Efrat Ungar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sbarro_restaurant_suicide_bombing" title="Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing">Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Immanuel_bus_attack" title="2001 Immanuel bus attack">2001 Immanuel bus attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Ashdod_Port_bombings" title="2004 Ashdod Port bombings">2004 Ashdod Port bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IDF_outpost_bombing_attack_(December_2004)" title="IDF outpost bombing attack (December 2004)">IDF outpost bombing</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2006 Gaza cross-border raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%932009)" title="Gaza War (2008–2009)">Gaza War (2008–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2010_West_Bank_shooting_attack" title="August 2010 West Bank shooting attack">August 2010 West Bank shooting attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Gaza_War" title="2012 Gaza War">2012 Gaza War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Gaza_War" title="2014 Gaza War">2014 Gaza War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Israel%E2%80%93Palestine_crisis" title="2021 Israel–Palestine crisis">2021 Israel–Palestine crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_October_Hamas-led_attack_on_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel">2023 attack on Israel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaza_war" title="Gaza war">Gaza war</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFDFBF;;width:1%">Weapons</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/Al-Bana" title="Al-Bana">Al-Bana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batar" title="Batar">Batar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qassam_rocket" title="Qassam rocket">Qassam rocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasin_(RPG)" title="Yasin (RPG)">Yasin (RPG)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#008000; color:white;;width:1%;background:#80BF80; color:black;">Social services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_University_of_Gaza" title="Islamic University of Gaza">Islamic University of Gaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mujama_al-Islamiya" title="Mujama al-Islamiya">Mujama al-Islamiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Authority_Martyrs_Fund" title="Palestinian Authority Martyrs Fund">Palestinian Authority Martyrs Fund</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#008000; color:white;;width:1%;background:#80BF80; color:black;">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Aqsa_TV" title="Al-Aqsa TV">Al-Aqsa TV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tomorrow%27s_Pioneers" title="Tomorrow's Pioneers">Tomorrow's Pioneers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Voice_Radio" title="Al-Aqsa Voice Radio">Al-Aqsa Voice Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Quds_TV" title="Al-Quds TV">Al-Quds TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shehab_News_Agency" title="Shehab News Agency">Shehab News Agency</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Al-Watan_(Palestine)" title="Al-Watan (Palestine)">Al-Watan</a></i> (defunct)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#008000; color:white;;width:1%;background:#80BF80; color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Hamas" title="Foreign relations of Hamas"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: black; text-decoration: inherit;">Foreign relations</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Support from (<a href="/wiki/Iranian_support_for_Hamas" title="Iranian support for Hamas">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_support_for_Hamas" title="Israeli support for Hamas">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatari_support_for_Hamas" title="Qatari support for Hamas">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_support_for_Hamas" title="Turkish support for Hamas">Turkey</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Hamas_relations" title="Russia–Hamas relations">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamas_in_Lebanon" title="Hamas in Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#008000; color:white;;width:1%;background:#80BF80; color:black;">Related articles</th><td 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/March_2012_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_clashes" title="March 2012 Gaza–Israel clashes">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"> 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Participants34" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/March_2012_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_clashes" title="March 2012 Gaza–Israel clashes">"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" 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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 class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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<li><a href="/wiki/2001_HaSharon_Mall_suicide_bombing" title="2001 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing">1st HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing</a> (May 18, 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolphinarium_discotheque_massacre" title="Dolphinarium discotheque massacre">Dolphinarium discotheque massacre</a><sup>2</sup> (June 1, 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binyamina_train_station_suicide_bombing" title="Binyamina train station suicide bombing">Binyamina train station suicide bombing</a> (July 16, 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sbarro_restaurant_suicide_bombing" title="Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing">Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing</a><sup>2</sup> (August 9, 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahariya_train_station_suicide_bombing" title="Nahariya train station suicide bombing">Nahariya train station suicide bombing</a> (September 9, 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_80_junction_bus_823_attack" title="Camp 80 junction bus 823 attack">Camp 80 junction bus 823 attack</a> (November 29, 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Yehuda_Street_bombings#2001_bombing" title="Ben Yehuda Street bombings">Ben Yehuda Street Bombings</a> (December 1, 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haifa_bus_16_suicide_bombing" title="Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing">Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing</a> (December 2, 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Hadera_attack" title="2002 Hadera attack">Hadera attack</a> (January 18, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Tel_Aviv_outdoor_mall_bombing" title="2002 Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing">Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing</a> (January 25, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffa_Street_bombing" title="Jaffa Street bombing">Jaffa Street bombing</a> (January 27, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnei_Shomron_Mall_suicide_bombing" title="Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing">Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing</a> (February 16, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeshivat_Beit_Yisrael_bombing" title="Yeshivat Beit Yisrael bombing">Yeshivat Beit Yisrael bombing</a> (March 2, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seafood_Market_attack" title="Seafood Market attack">Seafood Market attack</a> (March 5, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atzmona_attack" title="Atzmona attack">Atzmona attack</a> (March 7, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_Moment_bombing" title="Café Moment bombing">Café Moment bombing</a> (March 9, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matzuva_attack" title="Matzuva attack">Matzuva attack</a><sup>1</sup> (March 12, 2002)</li> <li>Egged bus 823 bombing (March 20, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George_Street_bombing" title="King George Street bombing">King George Street bombing</a> (March 21, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passover_massacre" title="Passover massacre">Passover massacre</a> (March 27, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_HaYovel_supermarket_bombing" title="Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing">Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing</a> (March 29, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matza_restaurant_suicide_bombing" title="Matza restaurant suicide bombing">Matza restaurant suicide bombing</a> (March 31, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yagur_Junction_bombing" title="Yagur Junction bombing">Yagur Junction bombing</a> (April 10, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Mahane_Yehuda_Market_bombing" title="2002 Mahane Yehuda Market bombing">Mahane Yehuda Market bombing</a> (April 12, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Rishon_LeZion_bombing" title="2002 Rishon LeZion bombing">Rishon LeZion bombing</a> (May 7, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netanya_Market_bombing" title="Netanya Market bombing">Netanya Market bombing</a> (May 19, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pi_Glilot_bombing_attempt" title="Pi Glilot bombing attempt">Pi Glilot bombing attempt</a> (May 23, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megiddo_Junction_bus_bombing" title="Megiddo Junction bus bombing">Megiddo Junction bus bombing</a> (June 5, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Herzliya_bombing" title="2002 Herzliya bombing">Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing</a> (June 11, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patt_Junction_bus_bombing" title="Patt Junction bus bombing">Patt Junction bus bombing</a> (June 18, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neve_Shaanan_Street_bombing" title="Neve Shaanan Street bombing">Neve Shaanan Street bombing</a> (July 17, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_University_bombing" title="Hebrew University bombing">Hebrew University bombing</a> (July 31, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meron_Junction_Bus_361_attack" title="Meron Junction Bus 361 attack">Meron Junction Bus 361 attack</a> (August 4, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allenby_Street_bus_bombing" title="Allenby Street bus bombing">Allenby Street bus bombing</a> (September 19, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karkur_junction_suicide_bombing" title="Karkur junction suicide bombing">Karkur junction suicide bombing</a> (October 21, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Metzer_attack" title="2002 Metzer attack">Metzer attack</a> (November 2, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Menachem_bus_bombing" title="Kiryat Menachem bus bombing">Kiryat Menachem bus bombing</a> (November 21, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Beit_She%27an_attack" title="2002 Beit She'an attack">Beit She'an attack</a> (November 28, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv_central_bus_station_massacre" title="Tel Aviv central bus station massacre">Tel Aviv central bus station massacre</a> (January 5, 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haifa_bus_37_suicide_bombing" title="Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing">Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing</a> (March 5, 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike%27s_Place_suicide_bombing" title="Mike's Place suicide bombing">Mike's Place suicide bombing</a> (April 30, 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_French_Hill_suicide_bombings" title="2003 French Hill suicide bombings">Jerusalem bombings</a> (May 18, 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afula_mall_bombing" title="Afula mall bombing">Afula mall bombing</a> (May 19, 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidka_Square_bus_bombing" title="Davidka Square bus bombing">Davidka Square bus bombing</a> (June 11, 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Oleg_Shaichat" title="Murder of Oleg Shaichat">Murder of Oleg Shaichat</a> (July 28, 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shmuel_HaNavi_bus_bombing" title="Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing">Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing</a> (August 19, 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tzrifin_bus_stop_attack" title="Tzrifin bus stop attack">Tzrifin bus stop attack</a> (September 9, 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_Hillel_bombing" title="Café Hillel bombing">Café Hillel bombing</a> (September 9, 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxim_restaurant_suicide_bombing" title="Maxim restaurant suicide bombing">Maxim restaurant suicide bombing</a> (October 4, 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geha_Interchange_bus_stop_bombing" title="Geha Interchange bus stop bombing">Geha Interchange bus stop bombing</a> (December 25, 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Erez_Crossing_bombing" title="2004 Erez Crossing bombing">2004 Erez Crossing bombing</a><sup>3</sup> (January 14, 2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaza_Street_bus_bombing" title="Gaza Street bus bombing">Gaza Street bus bombing</a> (January 29, 2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Bell_Park_bus_bombing" title="Liberty Bell Park bus bombing">Liberty Bell Park bus bombing</a> (February 22, 2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Ashdod_Port_bombings" title="2004 Ashdod Port bombings">Ashdod Port bombings</a> (March 14, 2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beersheba_bus_bombings" title="Beersheba bus bombings">Beersheba bus bombings</a> (August 31, 2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmel_Market_bombing" title="Carmel Market bombing">Carmel Market bombing</a> (November 1, 2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karni_border_crossing_attack" title="Karni border crossing attack">Karni border crossing attack</a> (January 13, 2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stage_Club_bombing" title="Stage Club bombing">Stage Club bombing</a> (February 25, 2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2005_HaSharon_Mall_suicide_bombing" title="July 2005 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing">2nd HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing</a> (July 12, 2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadera_Market_bombing" title="Hadera Market bombing">Hadera Market bombing</a> (October 26, 2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2005_HaSharon_Mall_suicide_bombing" title="December 2005 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing">3rd HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing</a> (December 5, 2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Rosh_Ha%27ir_restaurant_bombing" title="2nd Rosh Ha'ir restaurant bombing">2nd Rosh Ha'ir restaurant bombing</a> (April 17, 2006)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gaza cross-border raid</a><sup>2</sup> (June 25, 2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eilat_bakery_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="Eilat bakery bombing">Eilat bakery bombing</a> (January 29, 2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Dimona_suicide_bombing" title="2008 Dimona suicide bombing">Dimona suicide bombing</a> (February 4, 2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Jerusalem_yeshiva_attack" title="2008 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