Operation protective edge

On this day: Bodies of Gil-Ad Shaer, Naftali Frenkel, and Eyal Yifrah found in West Bank

The murder of the three teenagers led to the IDF’s invasion of Gaza the next week, launching the 2014 Gaza War, also known as Operation Protective Edge.

Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel (L-R).
IDF soldiers complete an operation to seal the underground tunnel in which the remains of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin were held captive by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. June 29, 2026.

IDF seals 16-kilometer Hamas tunnel where murdered soldier Hadar Goldin's remains were held

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas chairs the first meeting of the Palestinian unity government, June 2, 2014.

On This Day: Fatah, Hamas factions form short-lived 'Palestinian Unity Government' to rule over PA

IDF soldiers stand at the entrance of a tunnel that Hamas used to attack Israel, in Beit Hanun, December 17, 2023

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


Remembering Israel's fallen: Hero after hero

On Mount Herzl, row after row, hero after hero — All Israel's fallen soldiers are a personal matter for Israelis.

 Soldiers stand at attention during the 2022 Remembrance Day ceremony.

High Court rules to close case of four Gazan boys killed in Protective Edge

Four boys were accidentally killed in Gaza during Protective Edge when the military was carrying out a strike on suspicious targets.

IDF ARTILLERY CORPS members fire retaliatory strikes into Gaza in May.

Reuven Magen, IDF veteran who survived attack in Gaza war, dies at 27

A soldier in the 53rd Armored Regiment, Magen was wounded and survived after a mortar shell exploded during Operation Protective Edge in 2014.

IDF FORCES operate inside the Gaza Strip during Operation Protective Edge

Dutch appeals court: No right to sue Gantz for alleged 2014 war crimes

Ismail Ziada’s family were killed during the 2014 Gaza war and alleged that the Dutch court should grant him wrongful death damages.

 Israeli minister of Defense Benny Gantz attend a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on October 19, 2021.

What lies behind an IDF soldier's mask of invulnerability?

The only thing that mattered was being under the stretcher

 THE IDF evacuates an injured person on a  stretcher for transport via helicopter to a  hospital, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 2015.

Father ends his life over grave of son who was killed in Protective Edge

Moshe Etzion was an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor and lost his son in a mortar explosion in the last hours of protective edge.

The cover of the book written about Moshe Etzion who took his life over his son's grave on Sunday

Mementos of fallen IDF soldier stolen from family for second time

About four years after burglars stole a phone containing photos and messages of the fallen soldier, a hard drive containing photos and correspondence was stolen from brother's house.

Staff Sergeant Bnaya Rubel

Bennett, Netanyahu attend memorial service for 2014 Gaza War - Watch

"We are working to bring long-term peace, to strengthen the moderates and the Palestinian Authority and create a better reality for our neighbors in Gaza," Defense Minister Benny Gantz said.

PM Naftali Bennett giving a speech

From Buenos Aires to Jerusalem: Meet the soccer star who made aliyah

“There is no road, the road is made by walking, by walking one makes the road, and upon glancing back one sees the path.” – “Wanderer” by Antonio Machado

Yael Katz plays in a soccer match

Here's how America can actually support Israel’s Iron Dome - opinion

If Biden is serious about his commitment to support Israel, his administration should make getting the Raytheon-Rafael Iron Dome production facility.

An Israeli soldier walks next to an Iron Dome missile interceptor battery after it is being positioned on the outskirts of Jerusalem, September 8, 2013.