Yitzhak Rabin9 March 1995
Two Palestinians blow themselves up outside two Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and kill seven Israeli soldiers and an American, Alisa Flatow, the Islamic Jihad and Hamas take responsibility
Israel · Government / Government of Israel. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Two Palestinians blow themselves up outside two Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and kill seven Israeli soldiers and an American, Alisa Flatow, the Islamic Jihad and Hamas take responsibility
The Israeli operation is in retaliation to the firing of Qassasm rockets and mortar bombs into Israeli towns by Palestinian militants. Israel closes all border crossings into the Gaza Strip in response to the Palestinian attacks, aid and fuel shipments are affected by the border closing. An Israeli strike kills Several Palestinians in Gaza, as many as 20 Palestinians, many member of Hamas, die in the attack
This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.