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The Gaza War, also known as the First Gaza War, [29] [30] [31] Operation Cast Lead (Hebrew: מִבְצָע עוֹפֶרֶת יְצוּקָה), [32] or the Gaza Massacre (Arabic: مجزرة غزة), [33] [34] [35] and referred to as the Battle of al-Furqan (معركة الفرقان) by Hamas, [36] [37] was a three-week armed conflict between ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Operation Pillar of Defense Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Iron Dome launches during operation Pillar of Defense Date 14–21 November 2012 (1 week) Location Gaza Strip and Israel 30°40′N 34°50′E / 30.667°N 34.833°E / 30.667; 34.833 ...
The Gaza war [p] has been fought between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [q] in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. The fifth war since 2008 in the Gaza–Israel conflict, it is the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973, [74] and sparked an ongoing Middle Eastern crisis.
In 2008, the Israeli Defense Forces launched "Operation Cast Lead." In late Dec. 2008, Israel began a three-week military operation in Gaza, resulting in over 1,400 Palestinians being killed, ...
The Gaza War [116] started when Israel launched a large military campaign in the Gaza Strip on 27 December 2008, codenamed Operation "Cast Lead" (Hebrew: מבצע עופרת יצוקה), [117] with the stated aim of stopping Hamas rocket attacks on southern Israel and arms smuggling into Gaza.
The D9Rs have myriad functions and extensive experience on the battlefield, particularly in Gaza - they were central to the Israeli offensive into the enclave in 2008/9, known as Operation Cast Lead.
Operation Cast Lead (27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009) – A large-scale IDF operation held in the Gaza Strip which seriously damaged the paramilitary infrastructure of Hamas. Israel claimed that the strikes were a response to frequent Palestinian Qassam rocket and mortar fire on its southern civilian communities.
During the first major Israel-Hamas war in 2008 to 2009, known as Operation Cast Lead, Hamas said that fewer than 50 of the 1,400 dead in Gaza had been combatants.