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| 4 Feb 2009 |
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| Israeli airplanes bomb the Rafah-Egypt border area |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade Bil'in; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
| 3 Feb 2009 |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
| 2 Feb 2009 |
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| Israeli occupation forces surround Bil'in, block access with razor wire and rocks; shoot teargas; youth shot in leg |
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| Al-Quds University Board votes to cut all forms of academic cooperation with Israeli academic institutions |
| 1 Feb 2009 |
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| Israeli aircraft bomb several locations in Gaza: the siege-busting tunnels, some "security" buildings |
| 29 Jan 2009 |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the Hebron area; harass, injure and kidnap Palestinian civilians; ransack homes |
| 28 Jan 2009 |
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| Visit of George Mitchell to Israel and the West Bank |
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| Israel bombs southern Gaza Strip |
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| Israel cuts diplomatic relations with Venezuela |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
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| Israeli occupation forces issue military orders confiscating land in Nahhalin |
| 27 Jan 2009 |
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| Israeli planes attack convoy in Sudan, killing 39 |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the Hebron area; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians; ransack homes |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the Ramallah area; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians; ransack houses |
| 26 Jan 2009 |
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| European Union official touring war-torn Gaza blamed Hamas for the humanitarian crisis there |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank towns; ransack homes; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the Jenin area; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
| 24 Jan 2009 |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade Qabatiya; ransack home and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
| 23 Jan 2009 |
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| BBC refuses to broadcast humanitarian appeal |
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| French president Nicolas Sarkozy orders a French frigate to participate in blockade of Gaza |
| 21 Jan 2009 |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the West Bank; harass, menace and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
| 20 Jan 2009 |
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| Inauguration of Obama as president of the United States |
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| US naval task force ordered to block ships suspected of taking arms to Gaza |
| 19 Jan 2009 |
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| Palestinians fire on settler car in West Bank |
| 18 Jan 2009 |
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| Sharm al-Sheikh conference meets to decide the future and fate of Gaza; Meeting of the states collaborating with Israel |
| 17 Jan 2009 |
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| end of Israeli attack on Gaza, which kills more than 1400 people (aka Operation Cast Lead; The Gaza Massacre) |
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| Israeli military shell UNRWA school in Beit Lahiya where 1,600 Palestinian civilians sought refuge |
| 15 Jan 2009 |
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| Israeli military bomb three hospitals in Gaza city; many fatalities and Israeli forces keep rescue crews away; phosphorous bombs used on Al Quds hospital |
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| Israeli military shell UN offices in Gaza City; UNRWA forced to cease operations in Gaza |
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| Israeli bombardment kills Said Siyam, a senior Hamas leader |
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| Israeli bombers completely destroy the al-Abrar Mosque in central Rafah; at least twenty surrounding shops were also destroyed in the attack. |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade several towns in the Hebron area; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians; ransack homes and steal money |
| 14 Jan 2009 |
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| Bolivia severs diplomatic relations with Israel |
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| Israeli soldiers use Palestinian boy as human shield in Tel al-Hawa |
| 13 Jan 2009 |
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| Israeli soldiers murder Yaser Saqr Isma’il Tmeizi, a Palestinian farmer |
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| Israeli soldier murders Rouhiya al-Najjar |
| 12 Jan 2009 |
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| Ehud Olmert claims he ordered George Bush to ensure that the US abstain from a UNSC resolution on Gaza that the US had devised |
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| Israel bans Arab parties from running in upcoming elections |
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| Israeli military bomb ambulances which sought to help civilian victims of a previous bombing; doctor and ambulance staff killed |
| 11 Jan 2009 |
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| Israeli artillery shells destroy the al-Safaa Mosque in the al-Bureij refugee camp; multiple fatalities |
| 10 Jan 2009 |
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| Demonstration outside Israeli embassy in London |
| 9 Jan 2009 |
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| Mahmoud Abbas’s presidential term expires |
| 8 Jan 2009 |
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| United Nations Security Council called for a ceasefire in Gaza leading to a full Israeli withdrawal; United States abstains |
| 7 Jan 2009 |
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| Israeli military drops leaflets on Rafah warning residents to flee the area; fighter bombers destroyed 26 houses on the same day |
| 6 Jan 2009 |
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| Venezuela severs diplomatic relations with Israel |
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| Israeli bombers target mosque in the Bureij refugee camp; neighboring UNRWA health facility badly damaged wounding six staff |
| 5 Jan 2009 |
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| Israeli war crime: soldiers order Palestinian civilians into a house in Zeitoun which is subsequently bombed, killing 21 members of the Samouni family, including women and children, and wounding 19 others |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank towns; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
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| UNRWA's al-Fakhura school in the Jabaliya refugee camp bombed; at least 42 killed and dozens more injured |
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| Israeli missile demolishes UNRWA's Asma school in the Shati refugee camp; 3 killed, dozens wounded |
| 4 Jan 2009 |
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| Israeli army in Gaza Strip kills two unarmed women, one of whom was carrying a white flag |
| 3 Jan 2009 |
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| al-Makadma Mosque destroyed in Beit Lahiya during evening prayers; dozens of fatalities and many more injured |
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| Israeli bombers destroy the American International School in northern Gaza |
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| start of Invasion of Gaza by Israeli ground forces |
| 2009 |
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| Suez cement factory workers strike in protest against sales of cement to Israel |
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| Yet another Israeli attack on Sudan |
| 1 Jan 2009 |
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| Israeli one-ton bomb kills Nizar Rayan, six of his family; at least 20 fatalities |
| 31 Dec 2008 |
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| Israeli air force bombs the Agricultural and Farming College of Northern Gaza |
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| Israeli Navy bombards fishing ports in northern Gaza, destroying fishing boats and two harbors |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
| 30 Dec 2008 |
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| Solidarity ship SS Dignity rammed by the Israeli navy |
| 29 Dec 2008 |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank towns; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
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| Israeli aircraft bomb the Islamic University in Gaza; many Palestinian student fatalities; library, women’s dormitory, engineering and medical colleges devastated |
| 28 Dec 2008 |
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| Israeli border police kill two Palestinians at Gaza solidarity demonstration in Ni'lin |
| 27 Dec 2008 |
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| start of Israeli attack on Gaza, which kills more than 1400 people (aka Operation Cast Lead; The Gaza Massacre) |
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| Israeli air force massacre 99 policemen and 9 civilians at police graduation ceremony in Gaza |
| 26 Dec 2008 |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade Araba; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
| 25 Dec 2008 |
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| Israeli military threatens to bomb tunnels between Rafah and Egypt |
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| Israeli interior ministry forces demolish mosque in the unrecognized village of Wadi Al-Na'am |
| 22 Dec 2008 |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade towns in the Jenin and Nablus areas; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
| 20 Dec 2008 |
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| Special Israeli army units beat and abuse Palestinian prisoners at the Ofer camp |
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| Al Karama, a Qatari solidarity ship, arrives in Gaza |
| 19 Dec 2008 |
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| Israeli occupation forces cut off water supply to the Beita municipality near Nablus |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade several Palestinian villages in the West Bank; harass and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
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| Hamas-Israel ceasefire in Gaza expires and will not be renewed |
| 18 Dec 2008 |
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| Israeli missile strike in Gaza kills one and injures three |
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| Israeli occupation forces impose curfew on village in Bethlehem area; ransack home and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
| 16 Dec 2008 |
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| Israeli occupation forces harass several West Bank towns and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
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| UN Security Council Resolution 1850 on Israel-Palestine passed |
| 15 Dec 2008 |
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| Israeli Interior ministry forces demolish unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev; dozens of families left homeless |
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| Israeli Interior ministry forces demolish 18 houses and structures near Rahat; at least one hundred Bedouins left homeless |
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| Israeli right-wing zealot march through Um Al-Fahm barred by police |
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| British government to host talk-shop charade/conference between Israeli and Palestinian "leaders" |
| 14 Dec 2008 |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade and harass several West Bank towns and kidnap Palestinian civilians |
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| Right-wingers hold Islamophobic conference in Jerusalem |
| 12 Dec 2008 |
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| Hundreds of Jewish colonial settlers assault Palestinian residents of Hebron |
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| Israeli occupation forces violently repress non-violent Palestinian demonstrations at Bil'in, Nil'in and Al Masra |
| 11 Dec 2008 |
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| Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank towns; kidnap and harass Palestinian civilians; ransack houses |
| 9 Dec 2008 |
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| Fourth Solidarity Voyage Breaks Through Siege of Gaza |
| 8 Dec 2008 |
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| European foreign ministers vote to upgrade relations with Israel |
| 7 Dec 2008 |
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| Tel Aviv police seize boat carrying aid headed for Gaza |
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| end of Right-wing zealot settlers burn homes, vandalize poperty, harass and attack Palestinian civilians in Al Khalil |
| 5 Dec 2008 |
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| After 4 weeks, Israel announces end of ban on foreign journalists visiting Gaza |
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