Operation protective edge

Netanyahu held direct talks with Hamas behind security establishment's back during 2014 Gaza war

The Prime Minister's Office issued a statement denying the publication, stating the report was based on "false briefings by political elements trying to harm the Prime Minister."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir attend the graduation ceremony of an IDF officers’ course in southern Israel, June 25, 2026.
Then-colonel Shlomi Binder with Zehava Shaul.

May her memory be a blessing: 30 days after Zehava Shaul's passing, we recall her lessons - opinion

Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel (L-R).

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

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


Police halt hostage march due to IDF Gaza strike, clash with families

The activists started out on Wednesday from the Goldin family home in Kfar Saba and had intended to finish the event at the Erez Crossing into Gaza.

March of family members of Gaza hostages

We must take responsibility for captured Israelis - editorial

We owe it to Sayed and Mengistu, and to our national collective consciousness that takes responsibility for the well-being of fellow Israelis.

 Screenshot from Hamas video of Hisham al-Sayed

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