List of wars involving Palestine

This is a list of wars involving the State of Palestine.

Wars and other conflicts

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
First Intifada (1987–1993)[1]	Al-Qiyada al-Muwhhada Fatah Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Palestinian Communist Party Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad	Israel	Uprising suppressed[2] Madrid Conference (1991) Oslo I Accord (1993) Israel–PLO Letters of Mutual Recognition[3] Establishment of the Palestinian National Authority Creation of the West Bank "Areas" by the Oslo II Accord in 1995
Second Intifada (2000–2005)	Palestinian Authority PLO Fatah Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad Popular Resistance Committees	Israel	Uprising suppressed[4][5][6][7][8][9] Israeli forces withdraw from the Gaza Strip Israel initiates the Gaza disengagement plan Israel constructs the West Bank barrier
2006 Gaza–Israel conflict (2006)	Palestine Fatah Hamas Islamic Jihad	Israel	Israeli military victory End of Hamas rocketfire into Israel until May 2007 (though continued attacks by other groups)[10] Palestinian Authority forces deploy to stop rocket launches until June 2007.
Battle of Gaza (2007)	Fatah Palestinian Authority Support: United States (alleged by Hamas)	Hamas	Hamas victory Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip
Gaza War (2008–2009)	Gaza Strip Hamas Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine Al-Quds Brigades  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades Popular Resistance Committees	Israel Israel Defense Forces Israel Security Agency	Defeat IDF declared unilateral ceasefire, 12 hours later Hamas announced a one-week ceasefire. Humanitarian crisis and deterioration of infrastructure and basic services in Gaza.[11] Temporary reduction in the number of rockets being fired from the Gaza Strip. See results
2012 Gaza War (2012)	Gaza Strip Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades Palestinian Islamic Jihad[12] Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine–General Command Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine[13] Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Popular Resistance Committees[14]  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades[15] Jaysh al-Ummah[16]	Israel	Ceasefire[17][18][19] both sides claim victory According to Israel, the operation "severely impaired Hamas's launching capabilities."[20] According to Hamas, their rocket strikes led to the ceasefire deal[21] Cessation of rocket fire into Israel Gaza fishermen allowed 6 nmi (11 km) out to sea for fishing;[22] reduced back to 3 nmi (6 km) after 22 March 2013[23]
2014 Gaza War (2014)	Gaza Strip Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine[24] Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine[25] Popular Resistance Committees[24]  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades[26] Abdullah Azzam Brigades[27] Jaysh al-Ummah[16]	Israel	Inconclusive[28][29] According to Israel, Hamas was severely weakened and achieved none of its demands[30] According to Hamas, Israel was repelled from Gaza[31]
2021 Israel–Palestine crisis (2021)	Gaza Strip Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades[32] Smaller militant groups[a] Protesters in Israel and Palestine Arab Israeli protesters Palestinian protesters in the West Bank and Jerusalem Jordanian, Lebanese, and Syrian protesters (see international)	Israel  Israel Defense Forces  Israeli Air Force Israel Police Israel Border Police Shin Bet[34][35] Jewish Israeli protesters	Ceasefire Return to status quo ante bellum; ceasefire went into effect Victory claimed by both sides Halting of both Israeli airstrikes inside the Gaza Strip and Palestinian rocket fire into Israel
Gaza war (2023–present)	Hamas Palestinian allies:  Palestinian Islamic Jihad  Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine  Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades Palestinian Mujahideen Movement Palestinian Freedom Movement Popular Resistance Committees Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command Abdul al-Qadir al-Husseini Brigades Jaysh al-Ummah	Israel[b] Allies: Popular Forces[c][d]	Ongoing

See also

• Palestine portal
• Israel portal
• Lists portal

• List of wars involving Israel
• List of modern conflicts in the Middle East
• Palestinian casualties of war

Notes

1. Besides Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, FDD's Long War Journal identified the following militant groups as having fought in the 2021 conflict: Jihad Jibril Brigades, Humat al-Aqsa, Jaysh al-Ummah, Katibat al-Sheikh al-Emireen, Mujahideen Brigades, Abdul al-Qadir al-Husseini Brigades, and two al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades splinter factions.^[33]
2. See List of military aid to Israel during the Gaza war and American involvement
3. Popular Forces have been described as a Salafi Jihadist organisation with alleged ties to the Islamic State. Several senior leaders in the Popular Forces also allied with the Islamic State in the Sinai.^[36]
4. From May 2024^[37][38][39]