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


Islamic Jihad killed more Hamas terrorists in Gaza operation than IDF did

Two Hamas operatives were killed during Operation Breaking Dawn, neither of which were targeted by the IDF.

  Ahmed Muhammad Afana

What are the implications, consequences of Israel's Gaza operation? - opinion

The operation is expected to strengthen the Israeli deterrence against the PIJ in the Gaza Strip, and Judea and Samaria.

 A LARGE poster depicting Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is on display in the town of Yaroun, southern Lebanon, this past week. After the just-completed Israeli operation in Gaza, Nasrallah may think twice before starting hostilities, says the writer.

Israel needs a reform in national security decisions - opinion

The decision-making process for matters of national security must also be prepared for worst-case scenarios. That was not the case with Operation Breaking Dawn.

 PRIME MINISTER Yair Lapid convenes the security cabinet during Operation Breaking Dawn, in Tel Aviv.

IDF neutralizes Hamas attack tunnel from Gaza to Israel, renders inoperable

A Hamas tunnel that had been in development recently was rendered unusable by being filled with a "material."

 IDF soldiers and robot.

Islamic Jihad accidentally killed a Hamas terrorist with a misfired rocket

During Operation Breaking Dawn, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad accidentally killed a Hamas terrorist with their own misfired rocket that was aimed toward Israel.

 A picture published by Hamas with the death announcement of Yasser Nimr Al-Nabahin.

Why didn't Hamas fight against Israel? Money, probably

After the operation, limitations were placed on the issue of reconstruction until progress is made on prisoner swap efforts.

 A Palestinian woman stands beneath a sign at the Israeli side of Erez crossing, on the border with Gaza June 23, 2019.

Despite pats on the back, Gaza operation raises some questions - opinion

Why did Hamas, which enjoyed significant concessions, not impose its will on Islamic Jihad? How did it manage to fire rockets at such high rates? And why wasn't the cabinet kept in the loop?

Israeli bombing in Khan Yunis

How will the Right downplay the success of Operation Breaking Dawn? - analysis

Lapid and Gantz received high approval ratings for their roles in the Gaza operation, and there are three ways in which the Right are countering Netanyahu's two challengers' success in the polls.

 Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Prime Minister Yair Lapid to receive a briefing on the ongoing Operation Breaking Dawn, August 7, 2022

Operation Breaking Dawn weakened the PA against Hamas - opinion

By allowing Hamas to stay out of the Gaza conflict and charging it with the responsibility to keep the ceasefire, Israel strengthened it.

 HAMAS SUPPORTERS hold a rally in the northern Gaza Strip, earlier this year. Israel and Egypt strengthened the position of Hamas as sovereign and a significant player in the Palestinian arena, say the writers.

Rehabilitation: A different kind of valor for IDF soldiers - opinion

In the trauma center, they find a snapped femur, a broken arm, numerous pelvis breaks, a broken eye socket. His nose is broken, and he has a hole through his chin to his mouth.

 IDF operating in the West Bank to arrest terror suspects, August 11, 2022.