operation `` summer rains '' ( `` unk unk unk '' ) refers Adducing to the series of battles Hostile_encounter between palestinian militants and the israel defense forces ( idf ) during summer 2006 , prompted Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by palestinian operations which resulted in Causation the capture of israeli soldier gilad shalit .

operation `` summer rains '' ( `` unk unk unk '' ) refers Adducing to the series of battles Hostile_encounter between palestinian militants and the israel defense forces ( idf ) during summer 2006 , prompted Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by palestinian operations which resulted in Causation the capture of israeli soldier gilad shalit .

israel attacked Attack with 37 air strikes Attack on gazan weapons storage facilities , rocket launching Self_motion sites , weapon manufacturing Manufacturing facilities , training Education_teaching bases , posts , tunnels and militants , killing Killing 22 , mostly from palestinian islamic jihad and the others from the popular resistance committees .

conversely , hamas 's goal was to bring Bringing international pressure Influence to bear to lift Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale israel 's blockade Besieging of the gaza strip , end Process_end israel 's offensive Military_operation , obtain Getting a third party to monitor Scrutiny and guarantee Commitment compliance with a ceasefire Process_end , release Releasing palestinian prisoners and overcome Resolve_problem its political isolation Confronting_problem .

some palestinian casualties Killing were caused Causation by misfired palestinian rockets landing Self_motion inside the gaza strip Emptying .

some palestinian casualties Killing were caused Causation by misfired palestinian rockets landing Self_motion inside the gaza strip Emptying .

the united nations has stated Statement that under resolutions of both the general assembly and the security council , it regards Participation gaza to be part of the `` occupied palestinian territories '' .

at the jericho conference Communication on 1 december 1948 , 2,000 palestinian delegates called for unification of palestine and transjordan as a step toward full arab unity .

the israeli government accused Judgment_communication the palestinian popular resistance Control committees ( prc ) , a unk coalition of palestinian militant groups , of orchestrating Causation the attacks Attack , but the prc denies Statement involvement .

the israeli government accused Judgment_communication the palestinian popular resistance Control committees ( prc ) , a unk coalition of palestinian militant groups , of orchestrating Causation the attacks Attack , but the prc denies Statement involvement .

on march 9 , 2012 , israel air force , in a strike on palestinian targets in gaza , killed Killing the secretary-general of the popular resistance committees , unk unk , whom israel considers as `` one of the masterminds '' of the august 18 , 2011 attacks .

the sectarian conflict Violence between palestinian jews and arabs emerged Coming_to_be in the 1920s , peaking Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale into a full-scale civil war Military_operation in 1947 and transforming Change into the first unk war Military_operation in may 1948 , following the israeli declaration Expressing_publicly of independence Change_of_leadership .