Hamas issues its first communiqué

An Israeli military vehicle collided with vehicles carrying Palestinian workers, killing four; their deaths triggered widespread anger.

Funeral demonstrations escalated into a popular uprising against Israeli military rule, spreading from Gaza into the West Bank.

The killing of seventeen-year-old Hatem al-Sisi in Jabaliya became an early symbol of the uprising.

Women participated in protests beginning on 9 December 1987 and expanded neighborhood organising in education, health, food storage and community self-reliance. Women’s committees had roots in earlier...

Mass protests spread in Gaza and the West Bank; during the uprising popular committees, labour and student networks and women’s groups organised strikes, education and mutual aid. These structures...

The General Assembly affirmed protections for the PLO observer mission under the UN Headquarters Agreement.

Palestinian communities inside Israel mobilized in solidarity with protesters in the occupied territories.

The Security Council deplored Israeli practices violating Palestinian human rights amid repression of the uprising.

Strikes, boycotts and organized civil disobedience became major components of the First Intifada.

The Security Council called on Israel to refrain from deporting Palestinian civilians from occupied territories.