Operation Cast Lead

Hind Rajab files criminal complaint, seeks arrest of Ehud Olmert over 2008-9 Gaza War

Operation Cast Lead, also known as the first Gaza War, was a 22 day conflict between Hamas and the IDF.

 Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert in Tel Aviv. August 8, 2024.
Israeli soldiers with PTSD, demanding better rights and conditions, block a road outside the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem, August 18, 2025.

Police clash with combat veteran demonstrators outside Knesset, punch protest leader

 Hamas official Osama Hamdan attends a press conference, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Beirut, Lebanon June 29, 2024.

WATCH: Hamas official storms off CNN after being pressed on Oct. 7, blame for Gazan deaths

 Israeli troops operate in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in this handout image released November 19, 2023.

IDF to look at the past: How the October 7 probe will be handled


Small victories

In most circumstances Israel finds itself in the docks of assorted international forums – like the discredited UN Human Rights Council – which invariably function as kangaroo courts.

ICC

ICC: No Cast Lead probe as PA not a state

Prosecutor: Court cannot investigate PA allegations of Israeli 'war crimes' because Palestine not a recognized state.

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Setting aside the law

British Jonathan Hasson and Australian Ryan Shandler speak about going from law school to a combat unit in the IDF.

JONATHAN HASSON (left) and Ryan Shandler

Security and Defense: No decisive solution

Despite success of Iron Dome, ending missile attacks from Gaza is a different proposition altogether.

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Applying Mrs. Assad's words on Gaza to Homs

A parody video from an anonymous protester splices the Syrian first lady's condemnation of Cast Lead with her husband's brutality.

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IDF factions push for offensive in Gaza

Senior officer in Southern Command says ongoing attacks are cumulatively more than enough to justify immediate action.

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'Israel needs to engage EU, not call it irrelevant’

Czech FM Schwarzenberg tells ‘Post’ that Israel not properly understood by Europeans who "have become great peaceniks.”

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Three years after Operation Cast Lead

Woe to us if Hamas serves as the standard for Israeli behavior.

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2009: Ron Paul cites 'tragedy of Gaza'

In interview with Iranian TV 3 years ago, Republican candidate condemns Israel's conduct in Gaza and US-Israel "special relationship,"

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Gantz to promote colonel probed for Cast Lead

Last criminal probe into Operation Cast Lead closed; Malka cleared of bombing building knowing it contained civilians.

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