Operation Shield and Arrow

23 Israeli, Jewish defining moments of 2023

This past year has been eventful, with ups and downs alike.

 ISRAELIS DEMONSTRATE outside the residence of President Isaac Herzog as he hosts talks over judicial reforms, in Jerusalem in March.
 Hezbollah and Syrian flags flutter on a military vehicle in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017.

Israel's enemies' tactic is to let the country destroy itself - analysis

 UN ENVOY Tor Wennesland meets Qatari envoy Mohammed Al-Emadi in Gaza City, earlier this year.

The UN hypocritically misrepresents the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - opinion

 LONG HISTORY of bravery: Battling to extinguish a fire in a Kibbutz Nir Am restaurant, hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, 2007.

Sagui Gavri: The heart healer from Kibbutz Nir Am - opinion


Sderot rocket hit on house: Residents say they're 'thinking of leaving' South

Elkayam and his wife have lived in Sderot for about 25 years: "Every small boom shakes us up."

 Police officers work to retrieve a rocket, fired from Gaza, that landed near a home in Sderot, Israel May 10, 2023

IDF prepares for expanded rocket fire as Shield and Arrow enters day three

Palestinian rocket fire and IDF retaliatory strikes continued on Thursday morning.

 Rockets are fired from Gaza into Israel, in Gaza May 10, 2023

WATCH: IDF calls off airstrike to avoid hitting Palestinian children

The IDF frequently stresses that it works to avoid civilian casualties when conducting strikes, sometimes even calling off strikes.

 Mourners attend the funeral of senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Jihad Ghannam, who was killed in an Israeli strike, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 9, 2023

How can Israel counter Iran’s Middle East ring of terror? - opinion

Israel must seek to end this Operation with the PIJ, and Hamas if it joins the fighting, licking severe wounds and with an unmistakable sense of failure.

 BRIGADIER-GENERAL Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force. T

Islamic Jihad renews rocket launches in response to IDF hit on commander

Over 500 rockets have been fired from Gaza towards Israel since Tuesday morning.

 A building hit during an Israeli strike is seen in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, May 11, 2023.

UN chief condemns civilian deaths in Gaza, urges restraint by all

Guterres also condemns the indiscriminate launching of rockets from Gaza into Israel, which violates international humanitarian law and puts at risk Palestinian and Israeli civilians, Haq said.

 Security and rescue personnel work at the site where a rocket fired from Gaza landed in Ashkelon, Israel May 10, 2023

Young Gaza man mourns fiancee killed in Israeli strikes

His fiancee, Dania Adas,19, and her sister Iman, 16, were both killed when Israeli jets hit the building next door where an alleged senior Islamic Jihad leader Khalil Al-Bahtini lived.

Palestinian man Mohammad Saed, whose fiancee Dania Adas was killed in a nearby Israeli strike that damaged her family's house, is consoled, inside her house in Gaza City May 10, 2023.

Hamas has 'too much to lose' by firing rockets at Israel - expert

It is "plausible" that Hamas will be given an order to attack Israel from its northern positions in southern Lebanon, a former COGAT official said.

 Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a rally during the 35th anniversary of Hamas founding, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 14, 2022.

Israel's Cohen to ambassadors: Missiles from Gaza ‘double war crime’

UNSC to hold meeting on Israel-Palestinian conflict; Republicans, Democrats voice support for Israel, EU calls for “proportionate” force.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant are seen during a press conference on Operation Shield and Arrow on May 10, 2023

On the Gaza border: Rockets fly over Israelis' heads - reporter's notebook

As I began to drive back towards a hill that overlooks the border area I could see streaks of white smoke rising from Gaza. These are the telltale signs of rockets.

 Smoke is seen as Israeli Iron Dome intercepts rockets fired from Gaza, in Gaza May 10, 2023.