Operation Shield and Arrow

23 Israeli, Jewish defining moments of 2023

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

|ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
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

Israel's enemies think that if they try to attack Israel to provoke a military conflict, it will unite and strengthen the country.

|ByHERB KEINON
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

Wennesland seems to have either forgotten, or has deliberately chosen to ignore, that the Palestinians fired rockets from Gaza into Israel before Shield and Arrow.

|ByALAN BAKER
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

Sagui Gavri heads Hadassah's Department of Pediatric Cardiology and performs heart surgery on Israeli and Palestinian children. He also lives in Nir Am, along the Gaza border.

|ByBARBARA SOFER

Operation Shield and Arrow: IDF strikes over 100 targets in Gaza

Israel has been on high alert for the last two days, waiting for the expected response from Gaza after the airstrikes.

MAY 10, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Smoke rises following an Israeli strike, in Gaza on May 10, 2023.

Gen. Avivi to Media Line: Israel inching toward unilateral action

Despite Gaza fighting, Iran remains the most formidable threat to Israel.

MAY 10, 2023ByKEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi, May 9, 2023.

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Gaza

The meeting comes following Israel's launching of the IDF Operation Shield and Arrow to attack Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza.

MAY 10, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A general view of the United Nations Security Council during a meeting on "Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe," at the UN headquarters in New York, US, May 4, 2023.

Israel's Operation Shield and Arrow is about Gaza rockets, not politics - editorial

What took place is a course of action that any Israeli government would pursue and has carried out in the past. Claims about politics don't hold water.

MAY 10, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
An explosion is seen following Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza strip May 9, 2023.

Israel thwarted attempt to produce rockets in Jenin - Shin Bet chief

One of the senior PIJ terrorists killed in Gaza on Tuesday organized 20 terrorist cells aiming to murder Israelis.

MAY 10, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinian gunmen and mourners attend the funeral of one of the two Palestinians who were killed by Israeli security forces after they opened fire on military post, in Jaba, near Jenin, in the West Bank, January 14, 2023

Israel awaits Gaza counter-strike after killing of Islamic Jihad leaders

Former IDF intelligence chief Tamir Hayman said that Hamas’ leadership outside of Gaza often is more in favor of conflict.

MAY 9, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Explosions light up the sky after the Israeli military said in a statement that it has struck Islamic Jihad targets, in Gaza, May 9, 2023

Israel signals to Hamas: We don’t want to escalate in Gaza

Official statements about the fighting left out what was once a consistent message from Israel, that it views Hamas as responsible for everything that happens in Gaza.

MAY 9, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
A view of the skyline in the aftermath of Israeli military strikes on Islamic Jihad targets, in Gaza, May 9, 2023.

Operation Shield and Arrow: Netanyahu's hidden political message - analysis

Though secondary, there is a domestic political message in how Netanyahu launched Operation Shield and Arrow.

MAY 9, 2023ByHERB KEINON
A billboard of then-Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Strength) , as part of Otzma Yehudit election campaign, in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, February 28, 2020.

Operation Shield and Arrow: IDF strikes, thwarts Palestinian rocket crew

Israel still expects response from Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza amid Operation Shield and Arrow.

MAY 9, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Smoke rises following an Israeli strike, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip May 9, 2023.

Operation Shield and Arrow: Who are the Palestinian civilian casualties?

The IDF launched Operation Shield and Arrow to strike terrorist targets in Gaza, but there were also Palestinian civilian casualties.

MAY 9, 2023ByWALLA!
Mourners gather around the bodies of senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders Tareq Izzeldeen and Khalil Al-Bahtini, and other Palestinians who were killed in Israeli strikes, during their funeral in Gaza City, May 9, 2023.