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In November 2012, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched Operation Pillar of Defense (Hebrew: עַמּוּד עָנָן, ʿAmúd ʿAnán, literally: "Pillar of Cloud"), [23] which was an eight-day campaign in the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip, beginning on 14 November 2012 with the killing of Ahmed Jabari, chief of the Gaza military wing of Hamas ...
Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet that the Israel Defense Forces were prepared for a "significant expansion of the operation." [ 77 ] British foreign secretary William Hague told Sky News that a ground offensive would lose Israel much international support, but blamed Hamas for instigating the conflict and urged them to cease their rocket fire.
The statement offered support for Israel's right to self-defense and urged Israel to avoid civilian casualties in its military operations. [81] State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner said "We ask Egypt to use its influence in the region to help de-escalate the situation," adding that Hamas must stop its rocket attacks on Israel. "This is ...
In Nov. 2012, Israel launched “Operation Pillar of Defense,” an eight-day offensive starting with a drone strike killing Hamas leader Ahmed Jaabari. There was intense Israeli bombardment and ...
The Israel Defense Forces says its troops killed hundreds of Hamas terrorists overnight as its ground operation expands. Fighting intensifies as Israel expands its military operation in Gaza Skip ...
The Israeli military is in central Rafah, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in a statement Friday, despite international concern and anger over its military operation in Gaza’s ...
Israel launched Operation Pillar of Defense in response to rocket attacks from Gaza and is currently amassing troops in preparation for a ground incursion. (HaAretz) Israel has been shelling Gaza from the sea and air as its bombardment of the coastal enclave moves into a fifth day as over 492 rockets have been fired into Israel.
Israel is carrying out large-scale military raids in parts of the occupied West Bank, where the decadeslong conflict with the Palestinians had worsened even before the outbreak of the war in Gaza.