1967–71 Gazan insurgency

Between 1967 and 1971, the Palestinian Gaza Strip was in a state of heightened unrest and violence. Beginning with the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip following the Six-Day War, the period would see a combination of an insurgency by fedayeen factions and civil disobedience by the civilian population. The unrest would largely come to an end in 1971 as a result of an extensive pacification campaign led by Israeli general Ariel Sharon. According to Nathan Shachar, during this period, "Affairs in the Strip never came close to the degree of relative calm achieved in the West Bank... There was never one calm week in the Strip, and during 1969 the Israelis seemed to be losing their grip."

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