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Biographies
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Wadi‘a Qaddura Khartabil
1915 - 2007
Biography
Haydar Abd al-Shafi
10 June 1919 - 25 September 2007
Biography
Muin Bseiso
1926 - 23 January 1984
Biography
Ismail Shammout
2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
Dalal al-Mughrabi
29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978
Biography
Ismail Haniyeh
1962 - 31 July 2024
Events
Event
First Stage of British Palestine Campaign: Gaza Does not Fall
28 February 1917 - 19 April 1917
Event
Municipal Elections Are Held in Palestine
April 1927
Event
Renewal of Egyptian-Israeli Clashes
22 August 1955 - 4 September 1955
Event
Israel Occupies Gaza
1 November 1956 - 7 March 1957
Event
Basic Law for the Gaza Strip
25 February 1958 - 15 March 1958
Event
Severe Israeli-Palestinian Clashes in Lebanon
10 July 1981 - 20 July 1981
Event
First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
14 December 1987
Event
Israeli Retaliatory Strategy and First Signs of a "Militarized" Intifada
19 October 2000 - 7 November 2000
Event
Assassination of Hani Abu Bakra in Khan Yunis
14 December 2000
Event
With the Assassination of Abu Hanud, Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Reaches a New Level
26 November 2001 - 15 December 2001
Event
Assassination of Adli Hamdan in Khan Yunis
24 January 2002
Event
Triggered by a Suicide Bombing, Israel Carries Out Operation Determined Path
18 June 2002 - 16 July 2002
Event
Assassination of Hussam Hamdan in Khan Yunis
7 August 2002
Event
Israeli Army Refocuses on Gaza Strip
19 August 2002 - 7 October 2002
Event
Military Confrontation Escalates Again in Gaza
15 February 2003 - 6 March 2003
Event
The US War Against Iraq; Security Developments in the West Bank and Gaza
17 March 2003 - 9 April 2003
Event
Assassination of Nidal Salameh in Khan Yunis
29 April 2003
Event
Heightened Violence Despite Diplomacy
1 May 2003 - 29 June 2003
Event
Assassination of Hamdi Hassan Kalakh in Khan Yunis
28 August 2003
Event
Israel Launches Operation Continuous Story Against Palestinian Leaders
14 March 2004 - 5 April 2004
Event
Timing Another Israeli Escalation with Sharon's Plan
15 April 2004 - 29 April 2004
Event
In Spite of Israeli Raids, Palestinian Military Resistance Remains High in Gaza
2 May 2004 - 13 May 2004
Event
Operation Active Shield in Gaza; Assassination of Militants in Gaza and West Bank
27 June 2004 - 5 August 2004
Event
The Palestinian Leadership Faces an Internal Crisis and Risks Loss of Control
7 July 2004 - 27 July 2004
Event
Assassination Attempt of Muhammad Abu Nusayra in Khan Yunis
27 September 2004
Event
Assassination of Imad Yahia Khalil Bader and Saqer Awni Saqer in Khan Yunis Refugee Camp
9 October 2004
Event
Israeli Attacks Resume: Operations Orange Iron, Violet Iron
17 November 2004 - 28 December 2004
Event
Assassination of Said Issa Siam in Khan Yunis
17 July 2005
Event
Palestinian Legislative Elections: At the Polls
25 January 2006
Event
Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Hadi, Mohammed Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Abu al-Husain, Hassan Abu al-Husain, Huthaifa Shubair, and Mohammed Sami Hamdan in Khan Yunis
8 April 2006
Event
Israel's Operation Summer Rains Enters its 4th Month
1 October 2006 - 31 October 2006
Event
Assassination of Fadi Abdul Qader Abu Mustafa in Khan Yunis
1 June 2007
Event
Israeli Operations Against Gaza Resume
24 June 2007 - 12 July 2007
Event
Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 1, Start of Phase 1
27 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 5
31 December 2008
Event
War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet
3 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 10; Gaza Strip Segmented into 3 Operational Zones
5 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 11: Dramatic Surge in Palestinian Civilian Casualties
6 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 18
13 January 2009
Event
War on Gaza, Day 21
16 January 2009
Event
Gaza Tenuous Cease-Fire
27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009
Event
War on Gaza: Report of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into Incidents Related to UN Premises
4 May 2009
Event
Hamas's Heavy-Handed Control of a Salafi Group in Gaza
22 July 2009 - 15 August 2009
Event
Assassination of Muhammad Najjar in Khan Yunis
11 January 2011
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Day 3
10 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 13-15: Dramatic Surge in the Fighting; al-Shuja‘iyya Destruction
20 July 2014 - 22 July 2014
Event
The 2014 Gaza War, Days 21-24
28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
Event
Palestinians and International Partners Fight Against Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar
15 February 2017 - 21 October 2018
Event
Airstrikes and Rockets in Wake of Casualties during Great March of Return Protest
26 May 2018 - 20 August 2018
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1
10 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 3
12 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 4
13 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 5
14 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 7
16 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 8
17 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 10
19 May 2021
Event
May 2021 Gaza War, Day 11
20 May 2021
Event
UN Human Rights Council Establishes an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021 - 22 July 2021
Historical Texts
Document
Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
Document
Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
Document
Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
4 May 1994
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Highlights
Highlight
Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
Highlight
Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
Highlight
UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
Highlight
Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, 1948-1967
The Political and Social Remodeling of a Cramped Palestinian Space
Highlight
Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
Highlight
1956 War
The Political Failure of the Tripartite Aggression
Highlight
Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
Highlight
Beddawi Refugee Camp
Lebanon
Highlight
Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
Highlight
The May 2021 Gaza War
Against New Challenges, Israel’s Old Recipes
Highlight
The 2014 Gaza War
An Asymetric Draw
Highlight
The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
Places
Place
Khan al-Duwayr
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