5 September – Four Israeli warplanes bomb three PLOguerrilla bases on the outskirts of the Palestinian refugee camp Ain al-Hilweh in Lebanon. Up to 41 people were reported killed in the incident. An IDF spokesman stated that the targets bombed were being used by terrorist cells that were planning raids against Israeli targets.[1][2]
8 October – During a shootout that took place between Israeli security forces and four armed Islamic Jihad guerrillas in the Gaza Strip, all four guerrillas were killed, as well as one Shin Bet officer.[3]
6 December – The Israeli businessman Shlomo Takal is stabbed to death at the main shopping square in Gaza City.[4][5]
8 December – Israeli truck driver collides with two taxis carrying workers returning from work in Israel. Four Palestinians from the refugee camp Jabalia in the Gaza Strip are killed in the incident. A rumor which spread among Palestinians that the crash was deliberate and made in retaliation for the murder of an Israeli businessman in Gaza City two days earlier, sparked the First Intifada the next day.[6]
9 December – First Intifada begins: violence, riots, general strikes, and civil disobedience campaigns by Palestinians spread across the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli forces respond with tear gas, plastic bullets, and live ammunition.[7]
10 December – Hamas is founded by Palestinian Islamic scholar Ahmed Yassin after the outbreak of the First Intifada.
Deaths
29 August – Naji al-Ali, a Palestinian cartoonist, noted for the political criticism of Israel in his works. (born 1938)
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