Operation protective edge

'Like a subway': IDF reveals Rafah tunnels where Hadar Goldin's remains were held

The tunnel stretched approximately seven to ten kilometers, leading to dozens of living quarters and Hamas command posts.

IDF soldiers stand at the entrance of a tunnel that Hamas used to attack Israel, in Beit Hanun, December 17, 2023
Tzur Goldin speaks at an event to remember his twin brother, Hadar.

Hadar Goldin's brother warns West of hostage-taking threat: 'This is not only an Israeli story'

Security forces apprehend Marwan al-Hamas, November 20, 2025.

Detained Hamas terrorist knew where Hadar Goldin's remains held - IDF, Shin Bet

LT. HADAR GOLDIN is laid to rest at the military cemetery in Kfar Saba last Tuesday.

Remembering Lt. Hadar Goldin and the heroism of Capt. Eitan Fund - opinion


Unlearned lessons from the Gaza War

MK Ofer Shelah defends Knesset report he led on 2014 Gaza War as ‘completely professional,’ not political.

Netanyahu/Protective Edge

Assuta Ashdod University Hospital's integrated care model makes health system history

“This is one of the most important modern Zionist projects in Israel and the most dramatic event in the Israeli health system in decades,” said Prof. Joshua Shemer, chairman of Assuta Medical Centers

Assuta Ashdod University Hospital

Hamas leader to JPost: We're ready for long-term cease-fire with Israel

According to Yousef, if Israel lifts its closure on the Strip, it would not have to worry about Hamas’s commitment to a cease-fire.

Hamas leader Hassan Yousif in his living room in Beitunia, a suburb of Ramallah, September 6, 2017.

Film shows a glimpse into the family of a missing soldier

The film is a rare glimpse into the family life during the first year of the soldier’s abduction in Operation Protective Edge.

The President's Wife (center), Nechama Rivlin, pose with the parents of Hadar Goldin, Leah and Simha Goldin.

Protective Edge memorial to be established in Southern Israel

68 soldiers died in the 2014 war.

Existing amphitheater on site of new memorial for fallen soldiers during Operation Protective Edge.

The Israeli warrior waiting in the wings

Former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon frankly discusses Operation Protective Edge, the Elor Azaria affair – and his own vision and ambition.

Moshe Yaalon

Israeli Ministry of Defense shields kindergartens near Gaza Strip

The Construction engineering wing in the Israeli Ministry of Defense will start a 20 million NIS shielding project in Ashkelon and Sha'ar HaNegev.

Shielding classrooms and kindergardens near to the Gaza strip.

Brother of soldier killed in Gaza campaigning in US for his body's return

Remains of Adar Goldin and Oron Shaul held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, three years after Operation Protective Edge.

AVIRAM SHAUL (left) meets with Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon in New York this week

Editor's Notes: A war or an operation?

It will be interesting to see what the courts decide on this issue, mostly because Israel itself had trouble deciding what to call the fighting through the summer of 2014.

IDF FORCES operate inside the Gaza Strip during Operation Protective Edge

Bereaved mother to PM: ‘You made us into enemies of the state’

Netanyahu spells out Gaza doctrine, says war was unavoidable.

Leah Goldin, the mother of slain IDF soldier Lt. Hadar Goldin