Conflict catalog

Second Intifada: Weapons and Equipment

2000-2005 Israeli-Palestinian uprising that included suicide bombings, Israeli military operations, armed clashes, and early rocket attacks from Gaza.

The Second Intifada was a 2000-2005 Israeli-Palestinian uprising that followed failed peace talks and escalating violence. Fighting involved Israeli security forces, Palestinian Authority-linked forces, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah-linked militants, and other armed groups across Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza.

This catalog tracks weapon systems directly documented in the Second Intifada, including post-2000 rocket, small-arms, armored, aircraft, and explosive-weapon use where sources identify the specific system.

Entries should be limited to source-backed use, launches, strikes, raids, or support activity tied to the 2000-2005 uprising.

2 weapon systems

Conflict Actors

Israel / Palestinian armed groups and authority forces

Israel

0 weapon systems in this catalog

Palestinian armed groups and authority forces

2 weapon systems in this catalog
  • Palestinian armed groups and authority forces

Context

Status
Published catalog
Location
Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip
Countries
Israel, Palestinian territories
Regions
Israel, West Bank, Gaza Strip
Domains
land, air, rocket attacks, urban warfare, counterinsurgency

This conflict catalog should remain system-specific. The Qassam-series rocket entry is connected through direct source support for early Hamas rocket launches from Gaza during the uprising.

Map

Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip

Open map

Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Timeline

Key Events

  1. Uprising begins

    CFR places the outbreak of the Second Intifada in late September 2000 after Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif and the collapse of peace negotiations.

    Sources: CFR Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Timeline

  2. Early Qassam attack on Sderot

    Israeli government chronology records Hamas's military wing firing a Qassam-1 rocket at Sderot on November 1, 2001.

    Sources: Rocket threat from the Gaza Strip, 2000-2007, GazaWATCH: The Terrorist Threat

  3. Sharm el-Sheikh understandings

    CFR identifies the February 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh summit and mutual ceasefire declarations as the close of the Second Intifada period.

    Sources: CFR Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Timeline

Weapons

Second Intifada Weapon Systems

Category

Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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Qassam-series unguided rocket, Improvised short-range unguided rocket family, ArtilleryArtilleryQassam-series unguided rocketImprovised short-range unguided rocket familySide: Palestinian armed groups and authority forcesRole: Early homemade rocket attacks from GazaBuilt: Hamas / Gaza Strip workshops (reported) / Palestinian territoriesThe Qassam-series rocket is a locally produced, unguided steel-tube artillery rocket family associated with Hamas's Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Introduced from Gaza during the Second Intifada, the family evolved from a 3-4 km Qassam-1 into longer-range improvised variants while remaining a low-cost area-fire weapon documented in repeated Gaza-Israel rocket wars.

Category

Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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Vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), Vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, MunitionsMunitionsVehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED)Vehicle-borne improvised explosive deviceSide: Palestinian armed groups and authority forcesRole: Bus-target car-bomb attacksBuilt: Operator-built / Improvised / VariesA vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, or VBIED, is a car, truck, SUV, trailer, or other ground vehicle adapted to carry and deliver an explosive charge. The record covers car bombs, truck bombs, SVBIEDs, and up-armored assault vehicles documented across insurgent and jihadist conflicts from Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, and the Second Intifada.

Conflict Sources

This metadata record is scoped to post-2000 system-specific weapon coverage and should not be used as a generic holding bucket for every incident in the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

  • CFR Israeli-Palestinian Conflict TimelinePublisher: Council on Foreign Relations | Note: Supports the Second Intifada timeline, parties, and broad Israeli-Palestinian conflict context. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • Rocket threat from the Gaza Strip, 2000-2007Publisher: Government of Israel | Note: Supports early Qassam rocket attacks from Gaza during the Second Intifada period, including the November 1, 2001 Qassam-1 attack on Sderot. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • GazaWATCH: The Terrorist ThreatPublisher: Jewish Policy Center | Note: Supports early Qassam rocket use during the Second Intifada period and provides variant-designation context. | Accessed: 2026-07-01