Arab–Israeli conflict
60 events
- 14 May 1948The NakbaOn 14 May 1948 Ben-Gurion proclaimed the State of Israel as the British Mandate ended; the Arab armies entered the next…
- 21 October 1948Hula massacre
- 24 February 1949The Arab defeat in the 1948 warOn 24 February 1949 Egypt signed the first of the Rhodes armistice agreements with Israel, followed by Lebanon (23…
- 23 March 1949Lebanon–Israel armistice signed at NaqouraOn 23 March 1949 the armistice agreement between Lebanon and Israel was signed at Ras al-Naqoura under United Nations…
- 29 October 1956The Tripartite Aggression on EgyptOn 29 October 1956 Israel attacked Sinai, and France and Britain followed with a landing at Port Said to retake the…
- 5 June 1967The Six-Day WarOn 5 June 1967 Israel launched a lightning war in which it occupied Sinai, the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan within six…
- 23 July 1968Hijacking of El Al flight 426
- 26 December 1968Attack on El Al flight 253 in Athens
- 18 February 1969Attack on El Al flight 432 in Zurich
- 29 August 1969Hijacking of TWA flight 840
- 22 July 1970Hijacking of Olympic Airways flight 255
- 6 September 1970Four airliners hijacked
- 28 February 1971Prisoner exchange
- 8 May 1972Hijacking of Sabena flight 571
- 30 May 1972Lod airport attack
- 5 September 1972The Munich operationA hostage-taking of Israeli athletes during the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, on 5–6 September 1972, carried out…
- 29 October 1972Hijacking of Lufthansa flight 615
- 10 April 1973The Verdun operationOn the night of 10 April 1973 Israeli commandos landed in Beirut (Operation "Spring of Youth") and assassinated three…
- 11 July 1973Mossad operation in Tripoli
- 6 October 1973The October WarOn 6 October 1973 Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in Sinai and the Golan; after early successes Israel crossed the…
- 17 October 1973The rise of Saudi Arabia
- 27 June 1976Hijacking of Air France flight 139
- 20 November 1977Sadat at the KnessetAnwar Sadat's visit to the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem.
- 28 March 1978Assassination of Wadie Haddad
- 17 September 1978The Camp David AccordsOn 17 September 1978 Sadat and Begin signed the framework for peace at Camp David under Carter's sponsorship, followed…
- 26 March 1979Egypt–Israel peace treatyOn 26 March 1979 Sadat and Begin signed the peace treaty in Washington; Egypt left the conflict, its membership of the…
- 25 November 1987The Night of the Gliders
- 9 December 1987The first intifadaOn 9 December 1987 the first intifada broke out in the Jabalia camp after an Israeli truck ran over four workers, and…
- 14 December 1987Founding of HamasOn 14 December 1987, with the outbreak of the first intifada, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin issued the first statement in the…
- 30 October 1991The Madrid peace conferenceOn 30 October 1991 the Madrid conference was held with a Lebanese delegation headed by Fares Boueiz alongside Syria,…
- 13 September 1993The Oslo AccordsOn 13 September 1993 Arafat and Rabin signed the Declaration of Principles (Oslo) at the White House, which set up the…
- 19 October 1994Bus bombings in IsraelOn 19 October 1994 a Hamas martyrdom bomber blew up a bus on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv (22 dead), part of a wave of…
- 23 January 1995Clinton freezes assets of 12 organisations incl. Hezbollah (EO 12947)
- 7 May 1998Nasrallah's speech "on the Jews"
- 31 December 1999Quds Day 1999: "the enemy before you is weaker than a spider's web", to the Palestinians before the liberationOn 31 December 1999, the last day of the century, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah opened the Quds Day speech with the verse…
- 28 September 2000The second intifadaOn 28 September 2000 the al-Aqsa intifada broke out after Sharon's visit to the Haram al-Sharif; it went on for years…
- 12 October 2000al-Rai al-Aam interview on the second intifada
- 21 February 2002Hezbollah members detained in Jordan over arms smuggling to the intifada
- 28 March 2002The Arab summit in BeirutThe "Arab Peace Initiative" for normalisation with Israel in exchange for its withdrawal from the occupied Arab…
- 6 September 2003Assassination attempt on Sheikh Yassin and Haniyeh in Gaza
- 22 March 2004Assassination of Sheikh Ahmad YassinOn 22 March 2004 Israel assassinated Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the founder of Hamas, with helicopter missiles as he left the…
- 17 April 2004Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi assassinated
- 12 September 2005Israel withdraws from GazaOn 12 September 2005 Israel completed its unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the dismantling of its…
- 25 June 2006Capture of Gilad ShalitOn 25 June 2006 Hamas and two other factions captured the soldier Gilad Shalit in an attack through a tunnel on a…
- 28 June 2006Assault on GazaOn 28 June 2006 Israel began Operation "Summer Rains" in Gaza after the capture of Shalit, invading parts of the Strip…
- 27 December 2008Assault on Gaza ("Cast Lead")From 27 December 2008 to 18 January 2009 Israel waged Operation "Cast Lead" on Gaza after the collapse of the truce…
- 29 December 2008Nasrallah calls on Egyptians to open RafahOn 28 December 2008, the second day of the "Cast Lead" aggression, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called on the Egyptian…
- 8 July 2014Operation "Protective Edge" on GazaFrom 8 July to 26 August 2014 Israel waged the "Protective Edge" aggression on Gaza after the kidnapping and killing of…
- 25 July 2014Quds Day 2014 speech: "we stand with Gaza"
- 6 December 2017Trump recognises Jerusalem as Israel's capitalOn 6 December 2017 Trump announced the United States' recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and the moving of…
- 11 December 2017Jerusalem solidarity demonstration in Dahieh
- 14 May 2018US embassy moves to Jerusalem; the Great March of Return massacreOn 14 May 2018, the seventieth anniversary of the Nakba, the American embassy in Jerusalem was opened in execution of…
- 10 May 2021The "Sword of Jerusalem" battleFrom 10 to 21 May 2021 Hamas fought the "Sword of Jerusalem" battle with Israel after the events of Sheikh Jarrah and…
- 25 May 2021Liberation Day 2021: the "Jerusalem equation"
- 5 August 2022Assault on Islamic Jihad in GazaBetween 5 and 7 August 2022 Israel waged Operation "Breaking Dawn" against Islamic Jihad in Gaza (49 dead) without…
- 6 April 2023Rockets from the South
- 7 October 20237 OctoberAt dawn on 7 October 2023 Hamas launched the "al-Aqsa Flood" attack from Gaza on the settlements of the Gaza envelope…
- 8 October 2023Hezbollah opens the "support front" from the southOn 8 October 2023, the day after the al-Aqsa Flood, the Islamic Resistance shelled Israeli positions in the Shebaa…
- 25 October 2023Nasrallah meets Nakhalah and Arouri: axis coordination after the FloodOn 25 October 2023 Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah met the secretary-general of Islamic Jihad Ziad al-Nakhalah and the deputy…
- 3 November 2023Nasrallah's first speech after 7 OctoberOn 3 November 2023, after four weeks of anticipation, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gave his first speech after the al-Aqsa…