The first Intifada was sparked by a traffic accident on December 9, 1987, in the Gaza Strip, where an Israeli truck collided with a car carrying Palestinian laborers, resulting in several deaths.

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The first Intifada was sparked by a traffic accident on December 9, 1987, in the Gaza Strip, where an Israeli truck collided with a car carrying Palestinian laborers, resulting in several deaths.

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The traffic accident was not the sole cause of the first Intifada

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On December 9, 1987, widespread unrest broke out in the Gaza Strip, after a traffic accident in which several Palestinian workers were killed or injured. An Israeli army truck had collided with the bus they were traveling in.
It happened on December 8, 1987, when an Israeli vehicle in Gaza caused a crash that killed four Palestinians. In response, rioting broke out in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp.
The intifada began on 9 December 1987, in the Jabalia refugee camp after an Israeli truck driver collided with a civilian car, killing four Palestinian workers, three of whom were from the Jabalia refugee camp.

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The traffic incident which sparked the beginning of the first Intifada in Palestine led to immediate and spontaneous protests and violent clashes, with Palestinians in refugee camps, particularly in Jabalia, rising against the Israeli military presence

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Start of the first Intifada