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


Israel marks 5 years since kidnapping, murder of three teens in West Bank

"For us this is a living heart, this is a continuation of the lives of the sons we can't hug anymore, but I can imagine them here in this place, full of life and action," said Iris Yifrach.

Ceremony marks 5 years since kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens at Oz veGaon Nature Reserve in Gush Etzion, July 2019

Ceremony remembers Goldin with song, study

The event came only one week before the country commemorates the kidnapping and subsequent murder of three Israeli teenagers on June 12, 2014.

IDF soldiers take part in Operation Protective Edge.

Soldier injured in Protective Edge rides again with special bike

"I think that essentially, returning to ride will bring Ohad a lot of happiness, even more so than the benefit for his rehabilitation."

IDF soldiers take part in Operation Protective Edge.

Mothers of kidnapped teenagers talk pain and unity that followed trauma

Rachelle Frankel, Iris Yifrach, and Bat-Galim Shaer, were brought together in the summer of 2014 after Hamas operatives kidnapped and murdered their three teenaged sons.

From left to right: Rachel Fraenkel, Bat-Galim Shaer and Iris Yifrah speak at the Knesset on June 25, five days before their son’s were discovered near Halhoul.

IDF colonel critically injured in Gaza War to light Independence Day torch

Col. Shai Siman-Tov was the deputy commander of the Golani’s twelfth battalion during the IDF’s last war in the Gaza Strip was critically injured during an infamous battle in Shejaiya with Hamas.

Col. Shai Siman-Tov will light the IDF's torch at the 71st Independence Day celebrations

Security cabinet notes from 2014 reveals controversy over Gaza cease-fire

Three elite soldiers were killed by Hamas in 2014 following a cease-fire. Those decision makers are bashing the release of the meeting minutes as political propaganda weeks before the election.

IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin, Benaya Sarel and Liel Gidoni died fighting Hamas terrorists in 2014

Goldin family blasts generals of new Blue and White party

Hadar Goldin's body is being held somewhere in Gaza and his family isn't going to let the generals-turned politicans forget about it.

The parents of fallen IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin with Members of Knesset hold signs reading "they're this close" at a protest near the Gaza border, calling for the bodies of their son and another IDF soldier to be returned

Will the ICC criminally probe Abbas for mass torture?

It expects to file its complaint in The Hague on Wednesday.

ICC

FIDF Western Gala in Beverly Hills Raises Record $60 Million

It came as no surprise at the end of the evening $60 million had been pledged – the largest amount ever for the charitable organization at a single event.

(From left to right) Andy Garcia, Fran Drescher, Dr. Miriam Adelson, Gerard Butler, Sheldon G. Adelson, Haim and Cheryl Saban, Katharine McPhee, David Foster with IDF Soldiers at the FIDF Western Region Gala

Know Comment: A draw with Hamas is strategically unsatisfactory

If Israel gets dragged into another round of warfare with Hamas this weekend or next, we need to ask whether the cabinet will authorize enough force to beat down Hamas for a longer period of time.

A Palestinian woman shouts slogans during a March of Return protest at the border fence between Israel and Gaza, east of Gaza City August 31, 2018.