Mainstream western media ascribe the initiation of the major 2014 conflict to the kidnapping of the three Israeli teenagers . Some news analysts believe that earlier clashes might also have played a role in the chain of events . On 15 May , two Palestinian teenagers were shot dead during the Nakba commemorations in the Beitunia killings . An autopsy report published on 9 June proved the death of one of them to be due to " live fire " , i.e. not rubber bullets . " The Israeli Foreign Ministry web site emphasizes rocket fire from Gaza as being the reason for the IDF war on Gaza
Beitunia killings
Beitunia killings
2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers