Operation Guardian of the Walls

Shin Bet will not undergo 'dramatic shifts' following Zini's appointment, ex-official claims

Ex-Shin Bet senior official Ilan Lotan also discussed former Shin Bet head Ronen Bar's recent speech, saying Bar is "now a private citizen, and I think the public expects to hear from him."

Shin Bet Director David Zini with IDF chief Eyal Zamir at a special plenum session in honor of US President Donald Trump at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, October 13, 2025
 Hamas Gaza Chief Yahya Sinwar (L) gestures as he speaks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip September 19, 2017

Hamas leveraged previous Gaza truce to plan Oct. 7, Sinwar memos reveal

 A CAR is set on fire in Acre, May 2021. Arab radicals are violent, dangerous and waiting to strike again at the Jews.

Israel's southern communities prepare for potential violence during Ramadan

 Ethiopian Jews land in Israel, June 1, 2022

Israelis are not European occupiers - opinion


Ex-Israel Police official: Guardian of the Walls was just the beginning

Retired police official Uri Bar-Lev warned that the police "will not be able to meet their goals; the next incident will be much more serious."

Lt.-Col. Dori Saar during Operation Guardian of the Walls.

2 Israeli-Arabs convicted for attacking IDF soldier in Tel Aviv in 2021

In May 2021, Muhammad Iyash and Ali Mutzri were part of a group of rioting protesters involved in the attack against an IDF soldier during Operation Guardian of the Walls.

 IDF conduct arrests in the West Bank, August 25, 2020

West Bank violence may spill over into mixed cities - Gantz

While Hamas has remained relatively quiet in Gaza, the terror group continues to incite Palestinians in the West Bank and even Israeli-Arabs in the south. 

 Israeli police seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod, where synaogues and cars were torched as well as shops damaged, by Arab residents rioted in the city. May 12, 2021.

Israel Police chief recommends shutting off social media during riots

The police chief stressed that he was only referring to "the most extreme scenario" and that he only wanted to block inciting users.

 Chief of police Kobi Shabtai, Minister of Public Security Omer Bar Lev and Israeli police officers at the Israel Police Independence Day ceremony at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem May 1, 2022.

Israel Police already looking to life after chief Kobi Shabtai

The police commissioner's tenure has been marred by controversy and disaster, and he is only halfway through.

 Chief of police Kobi Shabtai  tesitfies before the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem, on April 11, 2022.

Shin Bet arrest five for 2021 lynching of Jewish man in Acre during riots

The five suspects join two Acre residents who were initially arrested and questioned as early as May 2021, with indictments already filed against them for their involvement in the attack.

 A car is set on fire during clashes between Arab and Jews in Acre, northern Israel, May 12, 2021

IDF neutralizes Hamas attack tunnel from Gaza to Israel, renders inoperable

A Hamas tunnel that had been in development recently was rendered unusable by being filled with a "material."

 IDF soldiers and robot.

Rehabilitation: A different kind of valor for IDF soldiers - opinion

In the trauma center, they find a snapped femur, a broken arm, numerous pelvis breaks, a broken eye socket. His nose is broken, and he has a hole through his chin to his mouth.

 IDF operating in the West Bank to arrest terror suspects, August 11, 2022.

Operation Breaking Dawn: What's changed in the Israel-Gaza conflict?

The buildup leading to this operation was somewhat similar to Operation Black Belt both in its target and in its effort to thwart planned attacks against Israelis.

 ANOTHER BRICK in the wall: Inspecting the damage to a house following Operation Breaking Dawn, in the Gaza Strip, August 8.

UK: Online antisemitism falls dramatically, but in-person hate rises -report

With COVID-19 restrictions removed, antisemitism has been unleased from the Internet back into Britain's streets. 

 Demonstrators take part in protests outside a meeting of the National Executive of Britain's Labour Party which will discuss the party's definition of antisemitism, in London