First Intifada

First Intifada
Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Top, bottom: Israeli military checkpoint near Jabalia in the Gaza Strip, 1988 Palestinian protestors confront Israeli troops in Gaza City, 1987
Date 9 December 1987 – 13 September 1993 (5 years, 9 months and 5 days) Location Israel Occupied Palestinian Territory Result Uprising suppressed[1] Madrid Conference (1991) Oslo I Accord (1993) Israel–PLO Letters of Mutual Recognition[2] Establishment of the Palestinian National Authority Territorial changes Creation of the West Bank "Areas" by the Oslo II Accord in 1995
Belligerents
Israel	Al-Qiyada al-Muwhhada Fatah Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) Palestinian Communist Party Hamas  Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Commanders and leaders
Chaim Herzog Ezer Weizman Yitzhak Shamir Yitzhak Rabin Dan Shomron	Abu Jihad X Marwan Barghouti[3]
Casualties and losses
179–200 killed by Palestinians[4]	1,962 killed[5] 1,603 killed by Israelis[5] 359 killed by Palestinians[5]

The First Intifada was a large-scale rebellion by Palestinians against the military occupation of the Palestinian territories by Israel. It started in 1987 and ended in 1993. While the rebellion was put down by the Israel Defense Forces, it led to a diplomatic victory for the Palestinians by giving recognition to the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority in the Oslo Accords. The First Intifada inspired the Second Intifada in 2000 and the Third Intifada in 2023.

1. ↑ Kober, Avi, Israel's Wars of Attrition: Attrition Challenges to Democratic States, p. 165
2. ↑ Murphy, Kim (10 September 1993). "Israel and PLO, in Historic Bid for Peace, Agree to Mutual Recognition". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
3. ↑ "Profile: Marwan Barghouti" BBC News. 26 November 2009. Accessed 9 August 2011.
4. ↑ Nami Nasrallah, 'The First and Second Palestinian intifadas,' in David Newman, Joel Peters (eds.) Routledge Handbook on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Routledge, 2013, pp. 56–68, p. 56.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Kober, Avi. "From Blitzkrieg To Attrition: Israel's Attrition Strategy and Staying Power." Small Wars & Insurgencies 16, no. 2 (2005): 216–240.