This was the first major ground operation Military_operation in the Gaza Strip since Israel 's unilateral disengagement plan was implemented Action between August and September 2005 .

British intelligence officials′ conclusions and the UK government 's solicitations were instrumental in initiating Process_start and planning Arranging the coup Change_of_leadership , despite the fact that the U.S. government in 1952 had been considering unilateral action ( without UK support ) to assist Assistance the Mosaddegh government .

The Gaza War , also known as Operation Cast Lead ( ) , also known in the Muslim world as the Gaza Massacre ( ) and the Battle of al-Furqan ( ) by Hamas , was a three-week armed conflict Hostile_encounter between Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Israel that began Process_start on 27 December 2008 and ended Process_end on 18 January 2009 in a unilateral ceasefire .

Hamas stated Statement its rocket fire was in response Response to Israeli military actions , subsequent to what Hamas stated Statement was a unilateral Israeli violation of a ceasefire several weeks earlier .

The conflict Hostile_encounter ended Process_end on 18 January , when Israel first declared Expressing_publicly a unilateral ceasefire , followed by Hamas ' announcing Expressing_publicly a one-week ceasefire twelve hours later .

On 31 August 1994 , the IRA called a unilateral ceasefire with the aim of having their associated political party , Sinn Féin , admitted Agree_or_refuse_to_act into the Northern Ireland peace process .

Its massacre policy caused Causation desertion Escaping and splits Destroying , while the AIS , under attack Attack from both sides , declared Expressing_publicly a unilateral ceasefire Process_end with the government in 1997 .

The Obama administration saw a need for retaliatory options , including a unilateral military strike in Pakistan , if a future successful attack was to be traced to Pakistan-based militants .

Peace agreements were signed Sign_agreement between Israel and Egypt in 1979 , resulting in Causation Israeli withdrawal Escaping from the Sinai Peninsula and abolishment GiveUp of the military governance system in the West Bank and Gaza Strip , in favor of Israeli Civil Administration and consequent unilateral annexation Change_of_leadership of the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem .