Beginning of the First Intifada

Date: December 9, 1987 • Location: Sederot, Israel

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1987–1993.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

Israel and the Palestinians are engaged in an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the former territory of Mandatory Palestine. Key aspects of the conflict have included Palestinian refugees, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements, borders, security, water rights, the permit regime in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian freedom of movement, and the Palestinian right of return.