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This document contains a timeline of events leading up to Operation Summer Rains in the 2006 Israel-Hamas crisis.

Contents 1 March 28 2 June 9 3 June 13 4 June 24 5 June 25 6 June 26 7 June 27 8 June 29 9 July 1 10 References 11 See also

[edit] March 28

Islamic Jihad 28 March 2006, Islamic Jihad fired a 122mm Katyusha rocket from the Gaza Strip into Israel.[1] Katyushas, frequently used by Hezbollah in Lebanon, had never before been fired from Gaza. Larger numbers of Qassam rockets began landing in the Western Negev in March of 2006: 49 in March, 64 in April, 46 in May, and over 83 by the end of June. Most of the rocket launches prior to 2006 were carried out by Islamic Jihad but following Hamas's election victory, other groups such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement have been claimed to take over the firings. (see: History of the Qassam)

[edit] June 9

Hamas Following the Gaza beach blast in which seven members of one family and one other Palestinian were killed on a Gaza beach, the armed wing of Hamas calls off its 16-month-old truce. Israel claims it was shelling 250m away from the family's location; Palestinians claimed that the explosion was Israeli responsibility.[2] [3] Reports have concluded Israel had not been responsible for the blast.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

[edit] June 13

IDF Israel kills 11 Palestinians in a missile strike on a van carrying Palestinian militants and rockets in Gaza. Nine among those killed are civilian bystanders. Reuters calls this "the deadliest such attack in four years".[3]

[edit] June 24

IDF Israeli commandos entered the Gaza Strip and captured Osama and Mustafa Muamar, who Israel claims are Hamas militants, and Palestinians claims are the sons of a Hamas supporter but not Hamas members themselves. It was Israel's first raid into the Strip since the country pulled out of Gaza in September 2005.[10][11][12]

[edit] June 25

Hamas Hamas soldiers launch a cross-border raid into Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing two Israeli soldiers and capturing Israeli Corporal Gilad Shalit.[3]

[edit] June 26

Hamas Shalit's captors call for the release of all Palestinian women and children under the age of 18 held in Israeli prisons in return for information about Shalit. [citation needed]

Israel Israel refuses to bargain with Hamas,[citation needed] as they view them as a terrorist organization and their methods and policies to be acts of terror.

[edit] June 27

IDF Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops move into southern Gaza, where Shalit is believed to be held. Israeli airplanes bomb bridges and Gaza's power station. The coastal area electricity supply is reduced by more than 40 per cent. (see: Operation Summer Rains)

[edit] June 29

IDF Israeli troops detain one third of the Palestinian cabinet and nearly two dozen members of the Palestinian Legislative Council who are Hamas members.[3]

[edit] July 1

The group that captured Shalit request that Israel free 1000 "Palestinian, Arab and Muslim prisoners" and end the attack on Gaza in return for releasing Shalit. Israel rejects the proposal.[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4855056.stm
2. ^ Hamas breaks truce with rockets, BBC Online, 10 June, 2006
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} CHRONOLOGY-Key events since Hamas rose to power, Reuters, 4 July, 2006
4. ^ [1]
5. ^ [2]
6. ^ [3]
7. ^ Der Krieg der Bilder, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 16 June, 2006
8. ^ [4]
9. ^ Human Rights Watch switches stories
10. ^ "Gaza Strip arrests", The Observer, 25 June 2006
11. ^ Jonathan Cook, "Kidnapped by Israel", Media Lens, 30 June 2006
12. ^ "Noam Chomsky interview regarding Gaza and Lebanon", Democracy Now!, 14 July 2006

[edit] See also

Timeline of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis