Time line of Gaza

More then seven hundred Palestinians have been killed since Israel began its assault on December 27………

June 19, 2008: an Egyptian brokered six –month classifier between Israel and Hamas comes into force.

November 5, 2008: Israel closes all of its crossing with Gaza.

December 14, 2008: Hamas political leader Khaled meshal announces the six- month ceasefire with Israel will not be extended.

December 19, 2008: Six-month ceasefire between Hamas and Israel officially expires.

December 21, 2008: TZIPI living the Israel foreign minister says that her primary goal if she wins Israeli elections will be to overthrow Hamas.

December 27; Israel begins assault on Gaza codenamed ‘operation cast lead’ by launching air raids that kill more than 225 Palestinians.
One Israeli is killed and six others wounded in missile attacks by Palestinian fighters.


December 28, 2008: Israeli aircraft bomb the Islamic university of Gaza city and the length of the Gaza-Egypt border, taking out more than 40 tunnels used to smuggle vital goods to the strip.
Hundreds of Israeli infantry and armored forces mass on the border of the territory and the army is given approval to call up reservists to bolster its fighting strength.

December 29, 2008: Israeli air strikes hit the interior ministry in Gaza city as Israel declares a “closed military zone” around the Gaza strip.

December 30, 2008: Rockets fired from Palestinian positions kill there Israelis taking the death fall from Palestinian rocket attacks to four since the beginning of the Israeli offensive.
The European Union calls for “an unconditional half to rocket attacks by Hamas on Israel and an end to Israeli military action”

December 31, 2008: Members of the UN Security Council end an emergency meeting on the crisis after tailing to agree on the wording of a draft resolution.

January 1, 2009: Hamas official Nizar Rayyan is killed along with 14 members of his family in an Israeli raid.

January 2, 2009: Egypt begins its talks with Hamas over a way to end the conflict.

January 3, 2009: As Israel begins its ground offensive in Gaza, at least 11 Palestinians including one child, are killed after Israeli forces strike a mosque in the town of Beli Zahiya.

Janury 4, 2009: Israeli forces cut Gaza in half and ring Gaza city itself as an Israeli soldier is killed in the ongoing offensive.
The European commission the executive arm of the European Union Pledges an additional $4.2 million of emergency aid for Gaza and calls on Israel to respect international law.
The un security council passes resolution with 14th votes in favor and only the US abstaining, that stresses the urgency of an cause for an immediate durable and fully respected ceasefire leading to the full with drawl of Israel process from Gaza.

January 9, 2009: Israel attacks continue in Gaza soon after passing of UN resolution, with a series of exposition and gunfire heard. Six Palestinians reportedly killed in an air strike in the northern part of the Gaza strike, raising the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to around 770 including more then 200 children since Israel offensive began.

January 10, 2009: Israel drops leaflets on Gaza city warning of a new phase in its two-week-old offensive. Egypt family members are killed by an Israeli tank shall in Jabaaliya, raising the Palestinian death toll in Gaza 831 people Khaled Meshaal the exiled political leader of Hamas says that Israel must halt the Gaza offensive and lift blockade before Hamas aggress to a ceasefire deal.

January 11, 2009: Israel is accused of firing white phosphorous booms on densely-populated Gaza in violation of international law.

Israel reports to the UN that troops in the occupied Golan Heights came under small arms fire from Syria but there were on injuries. Israel began sending reservists into the Gaza stripes the military offensive continued unabated for the 16th consecutive day.

Source Al Jazeera