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First Intifada, which began on 8 December 1987 after an Israeli truck driver drove his vehicle into a car carrying Palestinian workers near the Beit Hanun (Erez) checkpoint in northern Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of four Palestinian workers, was a widespread popular uprising that quickly spread from Gaza to the West Bank and East Jerusalem. This process, which started in the final days of 1987, constituted a prolonged uprising characterized by mass participation in civil resistance, demo

The First Intifada was a widespread popular uprising that began on 8 December 1987 after an Israeli truck driver deliberately drove his vehicle into a car carrying Palestinian workers near the Beit Hanun (Erez) checkpoint in northern Gaza Strip, killing four Palestinian workers. The uprising quickly spread from Gaza to the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Beginning in the final days of 1987, this prolonged rebellion took the form of mass participation in civil resistance including demonstrations ge