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


For two mothers, five years later the war is still not over

“The war is not over until the two boys are returned,” Leah told The Jerusalem Post. She has accepted the army’s assessment that her son died, but wants to see his body returned.

Lt. Hadar Goldin (left) and St.-Sgt. Oron Shaul were killed in action in the war against Hamas in 2014

Five years after Operation Protective Edge, deterrence has been lost

The situation on the southern front is anything but peaceful.

IDF troops face Palestinian protesters over the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip on March 30, a year after they began the ‘Great March of Return’ demonstrations

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.

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