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| 2006 | Bombing of Beirut |  |
| 12th July Beirut Israel carriy out selective reprisals bombing and artillery shelling of Lebanon, hitting rocket stores, Hezbollah headquarters in the Dahya quarter of Beirut and al-Manara television in Beirut, and killing over two hundred
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| 2006 | Bombing of Haifa | |
| 17th July Haifa Hezbollah responds with several hundred rocket attacks on Haifa, Tiberias, Safed and other towns deep in northern Israel, killing 13 civilians
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| 2006 | Bombing of Safed | |
| 17th July Safed Hezbollah responds with several hundred rocket attacks on Haifa, Tiberias, Safed and other towns deep in northern Israel, killing 13 civilians
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| 2006 | Bombing of Tiberias | |
| 17th July Tiberias Hezbollah responds with several hundred rocket attacks on Haifa, Tiberias, Safed and other towns deep in northern Israel, killing 13 civilians
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| 2006 | Ceasefire | |
| 14th Aug Cease fire, based on UN Security Council Resolution 1701
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| 2006 | Election | |
| 28th Mar Ehud Olmert elected PM of Israel, heading Kadima party coalition
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| 2006 | Health | |
| 4th Jan Ariel Sharon suffers a massive stroke, leaving the leadership of Israel and the new Kadima party in the hands of Ehud Olmert
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| 2006 | Hezbollah | |
| July G-8 meeting calls for cessation of violence, return of Israeli soldier and disarmament of Hezbolla in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1559 and UN Security Council Resolution 1680
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| 12th July Hezbollah begin a series of rocket attacks on northern Israel
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| 12th July Hezbollah terrorists cross the blue line border with Lebanon, attack an Israeli patrol, killing 3 and capturing 2 soldiers
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| 12th July Israel carriy out selective reprisals bombing and artillery shelling of Lebanon, hitting rocket stores, Hezbollah headquarters in the Dahya quarter of Beirut and al-Manara television in Beirut, and killing over two hundred
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| 17th July Hezbollah responds with several hundred rocket attacks on Haifa, Tiberias, Safed and other towns deep in northern Israel, killing 13 civilians
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| 2006 | Prime Minister | |
| 28th Mar Ehud Olmert elected PM of Israel, heading Kadima party coalition
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| 2007 | Al Aqsa Mosque | |
| Feb Jerusalem Israeli renovations near the Mughrabi gate of the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem spark widespread unrest in the Arab world, over false charges that Israel is destroying the mosque
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| 2007 | Diplomacy | |
| 8th Feb Mecca US and Israel insist that the new government must recognize right of Israel to exist, disarm terrorist groups and agree to end violence
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| 19th Feb Mecca Trilateral Israeli-Palestinian-American summit with Secretary of State Rice, PM Ehud Olmert and President Abbas ended with no visible result
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| 2007 | Hamas | |
| 8th Feb Mecca Hamas officials reiterate that they will never recognize Israel
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| 19th Feb Gaza Hamas ousts Fatah from Gaza in bloody coup
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| 2007 | Independence | |
| 8th Feb Mecca US and Israel insist that the new government must recognize right of Israel to exist, disarm terrorist groups and agree to end violence
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| 2007 | Palestinian Unity Agreement | |
| 8th Feb Mecca Hamas officials reiterate that they will never recognize Israel
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| 8th Feb Mecca Palestinian Unity Agreement in Mecca, Hamas and Fatah agree to share power, based on vaguely worded agreement
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| 8th Feb Mecca US and Israel insist that the new government must recognize right of Israel to exist, disarm terrorist groups and agree to end violence
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| 2007 | Rule of Gaza | |
| 19th Feb Gaza Hamas ousts Fatah from Gaza in bloody coup
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| 2007 | Summit | |
| 19th Feb Mecca Trilateral Israeli-Palestinian-American summit with Secretary of State Rice, PM Ehud Olmert and President Abbas ended with no visible result
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| 2008 | Bombing of Gaza | |
| 15th Jan Gaza An Israeli strike kills Several Palestinians in Gaza, as many as 20 Palestinians, many member of Hamas, die in the attack
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| 15th Jan Gaza Israel closes all border crossings into the Gaza Strip in response to the Palestinian attacks, aid and fuel shipments are affected by the border closing
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| 15th Jan Gaza The Israeli operation is in retaliation to the firing of Qassasm rockets and mortar bombs into Israeli towns by Palestinian militants
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| 2008 | Hamas | |
| 15th Jan Gaza An Israeli strike kills Several Palestinians in Gaza, as many as 20 Palestinians, many member of Hamas, die in the attack
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| 23rd Jan Gaza After members of Hamas destroy parts of a wall that separates the Gaza Strip from Egypt, tens of thousands of Palestinians pass into Egypt to buy food and supplies that are either unavailable in Gaza or are exorbitantly priced
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| 2008 | Hezbollah | |
| 31st Jan An Israeli-government-appointed panel, the Winograd Commission, on Israel's 2006 war against the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, calls the operation a "large and serious" failure and criticizes the country's leadership
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| 2008 | Invasion of Lebanon | |
| 31st Jan An Israeli-government-appointed panel, the Winograd Commission, on Israel's 2006 war against the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, calls the operation a "large and serious" failure and criticizes the country's leadership
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| 2008 | Sanctions | |
| 15th Jan Gaza Israel closes all border crossings into the Gaza Strip in response to the Palestinian attacks, aid and fuel shipments are affected by the border closing
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| 23rd Jan Gaza After members of Hamas destroy parts of a wall that separates the Gaza Strip from Egypt, tens of thousands of Palestinians pass into Egypt to buy food and supplies that are either unavailable in Gaza or are exorbitantly priced
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| 2008 | Winograd Commission | |
| 31st Jan An Israeli-government-appointed panel, the Winograd Commission, on Israel's 2006 war against the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, calls the operation a "large and serious" failure and criticizes the country's leadership
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