Operation Breaking Dawn

Tisha B’Av lessons: Compromise over conflict to avert catastrophe - comment

Operation Breaking Dawn took place exactly two years ago, with a ceasefire declared on Tisha B’Av (August 7, that year). It was the fifth major campaign that the IDF had launched in Gaza.

 IDF strikes Gaza during Operation Breaking Dawn, August 2022
 IDF training exercises 2022.

Gaza, Syria quieter as West Bank ramps up - IDF 2022 stats

Iron Dome anti-missile system fires missiles as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip to Israel, in Ashkelon on August 7, 2022.

Rockets fired from Gaza into Israel for first time since ‘Breaking Dawn’

 IDF soldiers work to arrest Palestinians as part of Operation Break the Wave

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Israelis unable to work amid security lockdowns to receive financial compensation

The Finance Minister has doubled down on his prior promise to compensate any worker who has lost income due to rocket fire.

 Rockets are fired toward Israel from Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, on August 7, 2022.

Did Iran know Palestinian Islamic Jihad would attack Israel?

The speculation is that the Islamic Republic had given the order to attack Israel now as retaliation for other operations.

 Smoke trails are seen after a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip hit an open field near Sderot on August 7, 2022.

Operation was successful for Israel, Lapid; not an electoral game-changer - analysis

In less than two months as prime minister, Israel's Prime Minister Yair Lapid faced what is perhaps the greatest test a leader can face, and passed.

 Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi visit the IDF Southern Command during Operation Breaking Dawn, August 7, 2022

IDF re-opens Gaza crossings for humanitarian needs after ceasefire

Gaza's sole power plant was forced to cease its operations on Saturday after it ran out of fuel.

 A truck carrying fuel imports for the lone power plant rolls into Gaza, after Israel eased up closures, as ceasefire holds in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, August 8, 2022.

‘Israel did not agree to free Islamic Jihad prisoners in Gaza ceasefire’

Israel didn't agree to release the Palestinian Islamic Jihad senior member Bassam al-Saadi as part of the Gaza ceasefire talks to end Operation Breaking Dawn.

 A picture taken on August 5, 2022, shows Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza City in retaliation to earlier Israeli airstrikes.

Islamic Jihad rockets killed more civilians in Gaza than IDF airstrikes did

An IDF briefing about Operation Breaking Dawn revealed that one in five Islamic Jihad rockets fell in Gaza. That means 200 out of 1,100 rockets fired.

 A ball of fire and smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, on August 5, 2022

Gaza conflict affecting domestic animals, border resident says

Amnon Zarka, a resident of Kibbutz Erez, told 103FM how the latest round of fighting and rocket launches from the Gaza Strip are affecting the milk output of cows and the behavior of birds.

Cows in Nahal Oz

Islamic Jihad head: Fighting will resume if Israel breaks Gaza ceasefire

The movement's head said there was unity between all the Palestinian factions despite the fact that Hamas was not taking part in the current conflict.

 Palestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziyad al-Nakhala in Tehran, August 2022

Iran ‘almost certainly’ to blame for escalation - former Israeli general

“PIJ is an absolute proxy of Iran,” former deputy commander of the IDF's Gaza Division Brig. Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi said.

Islamic Jihad militants attend the funeral of Palestinian militant Amjad Al Fayedin, who was killed in clashes during an Israeli raid, in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 21, 2022.

Will Amnesty condemn Islamic Jihad’s tactics as it did Ukraine? -opinion

Armed forces are obligated to protect civilians from the effects of military operations and give these individuals effective warnings of their attacks, Amnesty emphasized.

 The logo of Amnesty International is seen next to director of Mujeres En Linea Luisa Kislinger, during a news conference to announce the results of an investigation into humans rights abuses committed in Venezuela during protests against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela February 20, 2