Despite attempts to maintain calm, rogue elements periodically fired rockets at Israel, and a short escalation occurred in March 2014 led by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in June 2014 by a local Hamas cell significantly escalated tensions, leading to Israel's response and a series of retaliatory actions by both sides​

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    Despite attempts to maintain calm, rogue elements periodically fired rockets at Israel, and a short escalation occurred in March 2014 led by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in June 2014 by a local Hamas cell significantly escalated tensions, leading to Israel's response and a series of retaliatory actions by both sides​