Historical place archive

Gaza Strip in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Gaza Strip in Israel. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

15 records12 event labels5 people1956โ€“2005

Historical events in Gaza Strip

1956

November 1956
Eleventh Brigade Captures Gaza Strip
Asaf Simhoni ยท Suez War

Simhoni's Southern Command uses the 11th Brigade to capture the Gaza Strip during Operation Kadesh.

November 1956
Twelfth Brigade Supports Gaza Capture
Asaf Simhoni ยท Suez War

Simhoni employs the 12th Brigade in support of the Israeli operation that captures the Gaza Strip.

1987

1987
Intifada, 1st
Yitzhak Shamir ยท Government of Israel

Shamir leads the Israeli government as protests and confrontations spread in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

1989

1989
Infifada
Military

Israeli security forces intensify arrests of Hamas and Islamic Jihad activists

1991

1991
Infifada
Military

Israel maintains closures curfews and military patrols in response to unrest

1993

13 September 1993
Rule of Gaza Strip
Yitzhak Rabin ยท Government of Israel

Leaders of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) signed the Oslo Accords calling for Palestinian administration of the Gaza Strip, implemented in May 1994. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy, Arafat has control of most of the Gaza Strip and 27% of the West Bank

1994

May 1994
Withdrawal from Gaza
Yitzhak Rabin ยท Government of Israel

Israel begins withdrawing from parts of the Gaza Strip under the Oslo implementation process

25 October 1994
Assassination of Imad Akel
Imad Akel ยท Hamas

Violence breaks out in the Gaza Strip, a day after Israeli undercover soldiers kill Imad Akel, the head of the military wing of Hamas

25 October 1994
Death of Imad Akel
Imad Akel ยท Hamas

Violence breaks out in the Gaza Strip, a day after Israeli undercover soldiers kill Imad Akel, the head of the military wing of Hamas

25 October 1994
Hamas
Imad Akel ยท Hamas

Violence breaks out in the Gaza Strip, a day after Israeli undercover soldiers kill Imad Akel, the head of the military wing of Hamas

25 October 1994
Hamas
Yitzhak Rabin ยท Government of Israel

Violence breaks out in the Gaza Strip, a day after Israeli undercover soldiers kill Imad Akel, the head of the military wing of Hamas

2000

2000
Infifada
Military

Israeli forces confront Palestinian demonstrations and armed attacks during the uprising

2001

August 2001
Targeted Killings
Ariel Sharon ยท Second Intifada

Approves intensified targeted operations against militants during the Second Intifada.

2004

October 2004
Gaza Operations
Ariel Sharon ยท Second Intifada

Authorizes major Israeli operations in Gaza during continuing Second Intifada violence.

2005

15 August 2005
Gaza Disengagement
Ariel Sharon ยท Disengagement Plan

Begins implementing Israeli withdrawal from Gaza settlements.

Provenance

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