The agreement was opposed by Hamas and other Palestinian factions , which launched suicide bomber attacks at Israel . Rabin had a barrier constructed around Gaza to prevent attacks . The growing separation between Israel and the " Palestinian Territories " led to a labour shortage in Israel , mainly in the construction industry . Israeli firms began importing labourers from the Philippines , Thailand , China and Romania ; some of these labourers stayed on without visas . In addition , a growing number of Africans began illegally migrating to Israel . On 4 November 1995 , a far-right-wing religious Zionist opponent of the Oslo Accords , assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin . In February 1996 Rabin 's successor , Shimon Peres , called early elections . In April 1996 , Israel launched an operation in southern Lebanon as a result of Hezbollah 's Katyusha rocket attacks on Israeli population centres along the border
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Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
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