Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
1991–present: Peace process
Month, DayEvent(s)

Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Section Title: 1991–present: Peace process
Table Section Text: Month, DayEvent(s)

Month, Day	Event(s)

1991

October 30	Madrid Conference.

December 16	United Nations General Assembly Resolution 4686 revoked Resolution 3379 of November 10, 1975 (on Zionism and racism) by a vote of 111 to 25 and 13 abstentions.

1992 During 1992, 11 Israeli civilians and 14 members of the Israeli armed forces were killed by Palestinians. In the same period, 134 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli army.

May 24	Murder of Helena Rapp: 15-year-old Israeli girl was stabbed to death on the way to school by a Palestinian.

June	Labour Party leader Yitzhak Rabin elected Prime Minister of Israel.

1993 During 1993, 154 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli army. An additional 13 were killed by Israeli civilians.

April	Mehola Junction bombing, the first suicide attack by Hamas. One Palestinian bystander was killed by the blast, and eight Israeli soldiers were slightly injured.

August 20	Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin signed the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government in Oslo. This event is also seen by many people as the definitive end to the First Intifada (although some argue it had effectively ended by 1991–1992).

1994 During 1994, 106 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli security forces, and an additional 38 killed by Israeli civilians. In the same period 11 Israeli civilians and 12 members of the Israeli armed forces were killed by Palestinians.

February 25	Cave of the Patriarchs attack. Baruch Goldstein opened fire on Palestinian Muslims worshipping at the Ibrahimi Mosque, killing 29 and injuring 125.

April 6	Hamas carried out their second suicide bombing, in Afula, Israel, killing 8 people.

May 18	Israeli forces withdrew from Jericho and Gaza City in compliance with the Oslo accords.

July	Yasser Arafat returned from exile to head the Palestinian National Authority.

October 19	22 Israelis killed by a Hamas suicide attack on a bus in Tel Aviv. This was the first major suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.

October 26	With mediation provided by the United States, the Israel–Jordan Treaty of Peace was signed by Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein.

November 30	Afula axe attack: A Palestinian killed a 19-year-old female Israeli soldier with an axe.

December 10	Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1995 During 1995, 42 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli security forces, and an additional two killed by Israeli civilians. In the same period seven Israeli civilians and nine members of the Israeli armed forces were killed by Palestinians.

January 22	Beit Lid massacre: a double suicide bombing by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad killed 21 in one of the biggest attacks which further divided the Israeli public over the peace process.

April 9	Kfar Darom bus attack: eight Israelis were killed and 52 injured in an Islamic Jihad suicide bombing.

July 24	Ramat Gan bus bombing: six Israelis killed and 33 wounded in a Hamas suicide bombing.

August 21	Ramat Eshkol bus bombing: five Israelis killed in a Hamas suicide bombing and over 100 injured.

September 28	Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, also known as Oslo II, signed in Washington, D.C.

November 4	Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated in Tel Aviv by Jewish extremist Yigal Amir. Shimon Peres assumed the position of acting Prime Minister.

1996 During 1996, 69 Palestinians and 4 Lebanese militants were killed by the Israeli security forces, and an additional three killed by Israeli civilians.

January 5	Shin Bet kill Yahya Ayyash, commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, using a telephone bomb.

February 25 – March 4	A series of suicide attacks in Jerusalem (Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombings and in the French Hill), Tel Aviv and Ashkelon left more than 60 Israelis dead.

April 11–27	Operation "Grapes of Wrath" and the shelling of Qana. Operation "Grapes of Wrath" (Hebrew: מבצע ענבי זעם) was the Israeli Defense Force's code-name (Hezbollah calls it April War) for a sixteen-day campaign against Lebanon in 1996.

May	Likud's leader Benjamin Netanyahu elected Prime Minister of Israel.

June 9	Murder of Yaron and Efrat Ungar: Married Israeli couple shot dead by Palestinian gunmen while driving with their one-year-old son.

1997 During 1997, 18 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli security forces, and an additional four killed by Israeli civilians. In the same period six Israeli civilians were killed by Palestinians.

January 15–17	Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron signed. The agreement called for an IDF withdrawal from 80% of Hebron, and initiation of withdrawal from rural areas in the West Bank, as well as remaining parts of the West Bank apart from settlements and military locations.

March 13	Island of Peace massacre: A Jordanian soldier opened fire on a large group of Israeli schoolgirls, killing 7 of them and injuring 6.

March 21	Cafe Apropo bombing: Palestinian suicide bomber killed 3 Israeli women and injured 48.

July 30	16 Israelis killed in a double suicide attack in the major market of Jerusalem. This was the worst killing during Netanyahu's time which is regarded as a relatively quiet period.

September 4	A Hamas suicide bombing at a pedestrian mall in Jerusalem killed five Israelis, including three 14-year-old girls, and led to Chicago's Persian heritage crisis.

September 25	Mossad agents failed in an attempt to kill Hamas member Khaled Mashal in Amman.

1998 During 1998, 21 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli security forces, an additional six killed by Israeli civilians. In the same period eight Israeli civilians and three members of the Israeli armed forces were killed by Palestinians.

October 23	Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat signed the Wye River Memorandum at a summit in Maryland hosted by Bill Clinton. The sides agreed on steps to facilitate implementation of the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip of September 28, 1995 and other related agreements including the Hebron Protocol of January 17, 1997 so that the Israeli and Palestinian sides could more effectively carry out their reciprocal responsibilities, including those relating to further redeployments and security.

1999 During 1999, eight Palestinians were killed by the Israeli security forces, and one person killed by Israeli civilians. In the same period one Israeli civilian and two members of the Israeli armed forces were killed by Palestinians.

May 17	Ehud Barak of the Labour Party elected Prime Minister under the One Israel banner.

2000

May 24	The Israeli Army withdrew from southern Lebanon, in compliance with U.N. Resolution 425.

July	The Camp David Summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat aimed at reaching a "final status" agreement.

Sentence(s)

On May 24, the Israeli Army withdrew from southern Lebanon, in compliance with U.N. Resolution 425.

final_sentence: On May 24, the Israeli Army withdrew from southern Lebanon, in compliance with U.N. Resolution 425.