Intifada ta farko wani gagarumin jerin zanga-zangar Falasdinawa ne da tashe tashen hankula ^[219] da suka faru a yankunan Falasdinawa da Isra'ila ta mamaye.An fara shi ne a watan Disamba na shekarar 1987, sakamakon bacin ran Falasdinawa game da mamayar da sojojin Isra'ila suka yi a Yammacin Gabar Kogin Jordan da zirin Gaza, wanda ke ci gaba da gudana tun bayan yakin Larabawa da Isra'ila a shekarar 1967.Tashin hankalin ya ci gaba har zuwa taron Madrid na 1991, ko da yake wasu na ganin karshensa shi ne sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar Oslo a 1993. ^[220.]Intifada ya fara ne a ranar 9 ga Disamba 1987, ^[221] a sansanin 'yan gudun hijira na Jabalia, ^[222] bayan wani karo da wata motar sojojin Isra'ila (IDF) da wata motar farar hula ta kashe ma'aikatan Falasdinawa hudu.Falasdinawa dai sun yi imanin cewa, lamarin da ya faru a daidai lokacin da ake fama da tashin hankali, da gangan ne, da'awar Isra'ila ta musanta.^[223] Amsar Falasdinu ta ƙunshi zanga-zangar, rashin biyayyar jama'a, da tashin hankali, ^[224] ciki har da rubutun rubutu, shinge, da jifa da duwatsu da Molotov cocktails a IDF da kayan aikinta.Tare da wadannan ayyuka akwai kokarin farar hula kamar yajin aikin gama-gari, kauracewa cibiyoyin Isra'ila, kauracewa tattalin arziki, kin biyan haraji, da kin amfani da lasisin Isra'ila kan motocin Falasdinawa.Isra'ila ta tura sojoji kusan 80,000 a matsayin martani.Matakan yaki da Isra'ila, wadanda da farko suka hada da yin zagaye na kai tsaye a lokutan tarzoma, kungiyar Human Rights Watch ta soki lamirin da cewa bai dace ba, baya ga yadda Isra'ila ke amfani da karfi mai mugun nufi.^{[225 <>]} A cikin watanni 13 na farko, an kashe Falasɗinawa 332 da Isra'ilawa 12.^{[226 <>]} A cikin shekarar farko jami'an tsaron Isra'ila sun kashe Falasɗinawa 311, ciki har da yara ƙanana 53.A cikin shekaru shida, IDF ta kashe Falasdinawa 1,162-1,204.^[227]Rikicin ya kuma shafi Isra'ilawa, tare da kashe fararen hula 100 da jami'an IDF 60, ^[228] sau da yawa daga mayakan da ke wajen ikon Intifada's Unified National Leadership of the Uprising (UNLU).Bugu da kari, sama da fararen hula Isra'ila 1,400 da sojoji 1,700 ne suka jikkata.^[229] Wani bangare na Intifada shi ne tashin hankalin tsakanin Palasdinawa, wanda ya kai ga kisa kan Falasdinawa kusan 822 da ake zargi da hada kai da Isra'ila tsakanin 1988 da Afrilu 1994. ^[230] An bayar da rahoton cewa Isra'ila ta samu bayanai daga Falasdinawa kusan 18,000, ^{[229 231]]} ko da yake ƙasa da rabi sun tabbatar da tuntuɓar hukumomin Isra'ila.^[231]