How the truce was broken
Israel and Palestinians agree disengagement deal in Gaza. Israeli troops begin Gaza pullback. Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Arafat's Fatah faction, including al-Aqsa Martyrs, declare truce.
June
27 Israel and Palestinians agree disengagement deal in Gaza
29 Israeli troops begin Gaza pullback. Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Arafat's Fatah faction, including al-Aqsa Martyrs, declare truce
July
2 Israel withdraws from Bethlehem. US announces $30m (£18.8m) aid for West Bank and Gaza
3 Israeli troops shoot dead a militant and block traffic on Gaza's main road, angering Palestinians
5 The Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, meets the Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin for the first time
6 Israeli cabinet decides to release several hundred Palestinian prisoners
9 US approves giving $20m in aid directly to the Palestinian Authority in a move aimed at strengthening Abbas
20 Abbas meets Ariel Sharon
25 Abbas meets George Bush in Washington for the first time
27 Israel agrees to free 210 militants
28 Israeli troops fire teargas and rubber bullets to break up protests against the construction of a huge separation/security barrier in the West Bank
29 Sharon meets Bush in Washington
31 Israel announces plans for 22 new homes at a settlement in Gaza, in defiance of the US
August
2 Al-Aqsa Martyrs threaten to resume attacks after Yasser Arafat has 20 of them detained in Ramallah. Lebanon car bomb kills a Hizbullah member, Ali Hussein Saleh; Hizbullah accuses Israel of involvement
5 Abbas calls off meeting with Sharon, accusing him of dragging his feet
6 Israel releases 336 Palestinian prisoners as a gesture
8 Two Hamas militants and an Israeli soldier killed in Israeli raid on West Bank refugee camp. Two more Palestinians die later in protests
12 Two suicide bombers strike in Israel; one other person killed in each attack
14 Israeli troops kill Mohammed Seder, head of Islamic Jihad's armed wing in Hebron
17 Israelis and Palestinians fail to agree terms for the handover of four West Bank cities to Palestinian security control
19 Suicide bomber on a Jerusalem bus kills at least 20
21 Israel kills Ismail Abu Shanab of Hamas; Islamic Jihad official declares ceasefire over
27 Israel and Palestinians agree disengagement deal in Gaza
29 Israeli troops begin Gaza pullback. Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Arafat's Fatah faction, including al-Aqsa Martyrs, declare truce
July
2 Israel withdraws from Bethlehem. US announces $30m (£18.8m) aid for West Bank and Gaza
3 Israeli troops shoot dead a militant and block traffic on Gaza's main road, angering Palestinians
5 The Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, meets the Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin for the first time
6 Israeli cabinet decides to release several hundred Palestinian prisoners
9 US approves giving $20m in aid directly to the Palestinian Authority in a move aimed at strengthening Abbas
20 Abbas meets Ariel Sharon
25 Abbas meets George Bush in Washington for the first time
27 Israel agrees to free 210 militants
28 Israeli troops fire teargas and rubber bullets to break up protests against the construction of a huge separation/security barrier in the West Bank
29 Sharon meets Bush in Washington
31 Israel announces plans for 22 new homes at a settlement in Gaza, in defiance of the US
August
2 Al-Aqsa Martyrs threaten to resume attacks after Yasser Arafat has 20 of them detained in Ramallah. Lebanon car bomb kills a Hizbullah member, Ali Hussein Saleh; Hizbullah accuses Israel of involvement
5 Abbas calls off meeting with Sharon, accusing him of dragging his feet
6 Israel releases 336 Palestinian prisoners as a gesture
8 Two Hamas militants and an Israeli soldier killed in Israeli raid on West Bank refugee camp. Two more Palestinians die later in protests
12 Two suicide bombers strike in Israel; one other person killed in each attack
14 Israeli troops kill Mohammed Seder, head of Islamic Jihad's armed wing in Hebron
17 Israelis and Palestinians fail to agree terms for the handover of four West Bank cities to Palestinian security control
19 Suicide bomber on a Jerusalem bus kills at least 20
21 Israel kills Ismail Abu Shanab of Hamas; Islamic Jihad official declares ceasefire over
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