Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Intifada yokutanga yePalestine (kumuka) yakaputika muna December 1987 uye yakapfuurira kusvikira kuMusangano weMadrid wa1991, pasinei zvapo nokuedza kwaIsraeri kuidzvinyirira. Kwakanga kuri kumukira kwakangoerekana kwaitika, asi pakasvika January 1988, kwakanga kwatova pasi pokutungamirirwa kubva kumuzinda wePLO muTunis, uko kwakaitwa kurwisa kwegandanga kwakapfuurira kunanga vagari vemo veIsrael. Mhirizhonga yacho yakawedzera zuva nezuva munharaunda yacho yose uye yakanga yakanyanya kuoma muGaza Strip. Intifada yakanga yakakurumbira nokuda kwokuratidzira kwayo kwokupotsera matombo kwepwere kurwisana neIsrael Defense Forces yakashongedzerwa zvikuru. Mukati meIntifada Yokutanga, vaPalestine vanosvika 1.551 navaIsraeri 422 vakaurawa. Muna 1987, Ahmed Yassin akasimbisa Hamas naAbdel Aziz al-Rantissi. Chibviro chenguva iyeyo, Hamas yave ichibatanidzwa mune iyo inodana kuti "kuramba kwakashongedzerwa nezvombo" mukurwisana naIsraeri, uko kunobatanidza zvikurukuru zviito zvougandanga mukurwisana navanhuwo zvavo vechiIsraeri.