The 2012 Gaza War, which Israel called Operation Pillar of Defense, was an eight-day military confrontation between Israel and armed groups in the Gaza Strip, mainly Hamas. It began when Israel killed Ahmed Jabari, the head of Hamas's military wing, in an air strike, after a period of rocket fire from Gaza and clashes along the border. Militants fired large numbers of rockets at Israeli towns, some reaching as far as the Tel Aviv area and Jerusalem, and the Iron Dome air defense system intercepted many of them. Israel carried out air strikes on Gaza, and civilians died on both sides. A ceasefire was brokered by Egypt, under President Mohamed Morsi, with the involvement of the United States, but it did not resolve the underlying conflict.
Before and after
- 26 October 2012Creation of Windows 8
- 29 October 2012Release of Wikidata
- 6 November 20122012 United States presidential election
- 11 November 2012Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
- from 14 November 2012 to 21 November 20122012 Gaza War
- 2 December 2012Construction of Phu Quoc International Airport
- 14 December 2012Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
- 2013Founding of Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
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