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

Netanyahu: Israel is prepared for a multi-front war with Iran

Security Cabinet convenes; Israel is ready for “all possibilities” moving forward with Operation Shield and Arrow

MAY 9, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen among Israeli security chiefs in a situational assessment during Operation Shield and Arrow, May 9, 2023

Gaza security situation forces Israeli couple to cancel wedding

The couple's wedding was scheduled to take place on Tuesday night, at a hall in their hometown of Ofakim, near the Gaza border.

MAY 9, 2023ByARNOLD NATAEV/MAARIV
A bomb shelter in the center of Israel is opened in preparation for retaliation from Gaza after overnight launch of Operation Shield and Arrow, May 9, 2023.

Palestinian terror groups warn: Israel will pay the price for Gaza attack

At least 13 Palestinians, including the top PIJ officials, were killed in the pre-dawn Israeli airstrikes, with reports of at least another 20 people injured.

MAY 9, 2023ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Mourners carry the body of senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Khalil Al-Bahtini, who was killed in an Israeli strike, during his funeral in Gaza City, May 9, 2023.

IDF airstrikes took Israel by surprise too, not just Gaza - analysis

Israel's wider security cabinet was reportedly not consulted by Netanyahu and Gallant on the decision to strike Gaza overnight.

MAY 9, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
A man looks out of a window damaged in a nearby Israeli strike that killed senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Jihad Ghannam and his wife Wafa, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 9, 2023.

Operation Shield and Arrow: We have 'stake' in Gaza op. - Ben-Gvir

'Senior coalition members' have stated that the decision to launch an operation in Gaza was unrelated to the Otzma Yehudit boycott.

MAY 9, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security and head of the Otzma Yehudit political party gives a press statement during a party meeting in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, May 3, 2023.

Home Front Command relaxes restrictions after ceasefire

Ceasefire agreement reportedly reached despite continued rocket fire and strikes • Over 1,100 rockets fired since Wednesday

MAY 9, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Iron Dome.

Operation Shield and Arrow: Schools closed, shelters opened in southern Israel

The "Gust of Wind" program has been activated, enabling residents of communities near the Gaza Strip to stay in guest houses across the country during escalations.

MAY 9, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli soldiers block a road near the border with Gaza, southern Israel, on May 9, 2023.

Who were the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists targeted by the IDF in Gaza?

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad confirmed that the three senior officials were killed, along with their wives and some of their children, in the strikes.

MAY 9, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
Combination picture showing Palestinian Islmaic Jihad officials Jihad Ghannam, Tareq Izzeldeen and Khalil Al-Bahtini, who were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, May 9, 2023.

IDF has been ready for Gaza operation since last week, Gallant confirms

Three senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad members were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday morning.

MAY 9, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks with an IDF official at the start of Operation Shield and Arrow, May 9, 2023.