Operation Breaking Dawn

Tisha B’Av lessons: Compromise over conflict to avert catastrophe - comment

Operation Breaking Dawn took place exactly two years ago, with a ceasefire declared on Tisha B’Av (August 7, that year). It was the fifth major campaign that the IDF had launched in Gaza.

 IDF strikes Gaza during Operation Breaking Dawn, August 2022
 IDF training exercises 2022.

Gaza, Syria quieter as West Bank ramps up - IDF 2022 stats

Iron Dome anti-missile system fires missiles as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip to Israel, in Ashkelon on August 7, 2022.

Rockets fired from Gaza into Israel for first time since ‘Breaking Dawn’

 IDF soldiers work to arrest Palestinians as part of Operation Break the Wave

IDF can't keep up West Bank operation due to logistics shortage - comptroller


Did Israel find a new way to win the fight against Iran-aligned groups? - opinion

The confrontation might have ended the series of draws Israel had in confronting pro-Iranian groups, yet the outcome does not necessarily mean the IDF developed a new way to beat them.

 ISLAMIC JIHAD members take part in an anti-Israel rally in Rafah, Gaza Strip, after Operation Breaking Dawn.

Israeli-Palestinian conflict: West Bank today echoes Second Intifada - analysis

Operation Break the Wave happened not to long ago. Why is the wave of violence back again?

 IDF arresting suspects in the West Bank.

IDF reveals civilians who helped Islamic Jihad launch rockets that fell in Gaza

"The terrorist organizations in Gaza cynically exploit the citizens of the Gaza Strip," warned the IDF.

 A woman comforts a child as mourners take part in the funeral of four teenage Palestinian cousins of Najim family, who were killed amid Israel-Gaza fighting, as a ceasefire holds, in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, August 8, 2022.

High Court rejects second petition to free Palestinian hunger striker

Palestinian hunger striker Khalil Awawdeh's case has gained increasing local and international attention since he started his hunger strike on March 3.

 Palestinian administrative prisoner Khalil Awawdeh, who has been on a hunger strike for more than 160 days, is seen at Assaf Harofeh hospital in Be'er Ya'akov, Israel August 24, 2022.

United sued for delaying Israel flight over fictitious Tel Aviv curfew

United Airlines initially said its flight to Israel on August 6 was delayed due to a curfew in Tel Aviv, but no such curfew existed.

A United Airlines passenger jet taxis at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, U.S. December 6, 2019.

Islamic Jihad, Hamas leaders meet in Beirut in effort to strengthen ties

A Hamas delegation led by deputy head of Hamas' politburo, Saleh al-Arouri, met with PIJ secretary-general Ziyad al-Nakhala in the latter's offices in Beirut.

Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags during a protest marking the 71st anniversary of the 'Nakba', or catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands fled or were forced from their homes in the war surrounding Israel's independence in 1948, near the Israel-Gaza border fence, in the southern Gaza Strip May 1

Senior Jihadist whose arrest sparked Operation Breaking Dawn indicted

Al-Saadi was arrested in Jenin a month ago, leading to the security tensions that erupted into Operation Breaking Dawn.

 Sheikh Bassam Al-Saadi, leader of the Islamic Jihad movement in the West Bank, brought to a court hearing at Ofer Military Prison, outside of Jerusalem, on August 25, 2022

Terrorist weapon cache explodes in Gaza, 1 dead, several injured - IDF

The IDF has previously warned about the dangers of improperly stored munitions in civilian areas in Gaza.

 Palestinian Hamas terrorists attend an anti-Israel rally in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip May 27, 2021

Gaza peace hangs in balance as Israel, Egypt at odds over truce - analysis

"Eygpt found itself under pressure from the PIJ to deliver what it promised" and Cairo is now pressing Israeli on that matter, said lecturer Ofir Winter.

Palestinian Islamic jihad militants display rockets during a military show marking the 32nd anniversary of the organisation's founding, in the central Gaza Strip October 3, 2019.

Operation Breaking Dawn raises questions on Israel's Gaza policy

In Operation Breaking Dawn, Palestinian Islamic Jihad failed its most important goal: To persuade the much more powerful Hamas to join the battle.

 Streaks of light are seen from Ashkelon as the Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel on August 5.

Qatar speaks from both sides of its mouth - opinion

If Washington wants to prevent further conflict in Gaza, it should let Doha know the game is up.

 US President Joe Biden meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the White House, earlier this year.