The operation was preceded Process_start by a period with a number of mutual Israeli–Palestinian responsive attacks Attack .

The Gaza–Israel conflict Hostile_encounter is a part of the localized Israeli–Palestinian conflict , but is also a scene of power struggle between regional powers including Egypt , Iran and Turkey together with Qatar , supporting Supporting different sides of the conflict in light of the regional standoff between Iran and Saudi Arabia on one hand and between Qatar and Saudi Arabia on the other , as well as crisis in Egyptian-Turkish relations .

The nature of the conflict Violence has shifted Change over the years from the large-scale , regional Arab–Israeli conflict to a more local Israeli–Palestinian conflict , which peaked Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale during the 1982 Lebanon War Military_operation .

With the decline Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of the First Palestinian Intifada , the interim Oslo Accords led to Causation the creation Creating of the Palestinian National Authority in 1994 , within the context of the Israeli–Palestinian peace process .