{"slug": "west-bank", "label": "West Bank", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36678", "qid": "Q36678", "description": "Palestinian territory on the western bank of the Jordan River, occupied by Israel", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1966, 2023], "span_label": ["1966 CE", "2023 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "gaza-strip", "label": "Gaza Strip", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yasser-arafat", "label": "Yasser Arafat", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "palestinian-people", "label": "Palestinian people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "israel-defense-forces", "label": "Israel Defense Forces", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1966, "year_label": "1966 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 – A mine kills three Israeli paratroopers on the West Bank border.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370246126#November", "title": "1966", "revid": 1370246126, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#December", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 30", "text": "October 30 – Jericho bus firebombing: Five Israelis are killed and five wounded in a Palestinian attack in the West Bank.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373532411#October", "title": "1988", "revid": 1373532411, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – Israeli Kahanist Baruch Goldstein opens fire inside the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank; he kills 29 Muslims before worshippers beat him to death.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#February", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#January", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – In response to increasingly common attacks by Palestinian militants, Israeli initiates Operation Defensive Shield, a large-scale counter-terrorism operation in the West Bank.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372652846#March", "title": "2002", "revid": 1372652846, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 3", "text": "July 3 – In the largest incursion by Israel into the West Bank since the Second Intifada, the Israeli military deploys ground forces and armed drones into the Jenin camp, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100. An attack claimed by Hamas as retaliation for the incursion, occurs in Tel Aviv the following day, injuring nine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#July", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › July"}}]}