As Operation Protective Edge got underway, The Jerusalem Post reported that early in the day Tuesday the IDF had killed “a commander of Hamas’s naval commando unit, Muhammad Sa’aban.” Later, three other Hamas leaders were targeted: Later on Tuesday, the air force struck three homes in Gaza used by Hamas...

Israel will not rule out any military action until there is an end to rocket fire, one of the masterminds behind Israel’s Operation Protective Edge told a conference call organized by The Israel Project on July 8. “(Hamas is) attacking civilians as usual and we are determined to defend ourselves,”...

Nahum Barnea, one of Israel’s best known columnists who writes for the daily Yedioth Ahronot and is often a critic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote a column today observing that “Hamas is doing a lot” to provoke Israel into invading Gaza but that it is “facing Benjamin Netanyahu, one of...

The Israel Defense Forces announced late Monday that it had launched Operation Protective Edge against Gaza-based Palestinian military infrastructure, a day after at least 80 rockets slammed into Israel and after multiple Israeli efforts at deescalation – including a last-ditch gesture last Friday – had failed: #IDF has commenced Operation Protective...

In his analysis of Operation Protective Edge, Ron Ben Yishai, military analyst of Yedioth Ahronot, wrote about the significance of the terror tunnel that was destroyed yesterday. The military wing, in addition to the failure of the kidnap of the three teens in Gush Etzion, suffered a severe setback on Sunday...

Israel will do what is necessary to stop rocket fire from Gaza, former Israeli national security advisor Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror said during a news conference hosted by The Israel Project on July 8. Israel gave Hamas 48 hours to stop the fire, with Egypt trying to broker the deal....