Following the kidnapping Kidnapping and murder Killing of three Israeli teenagers by Hamas members , the IDF conducted Action `` Operation Brother 's Keeper '' to arrest Arrest militant leaders , Hamas fired Use_firearm rockets into Israel and a seven-week conflict Hostile_encounter broke out Process_start .

Operation Entebbe , which had the military codename Operation Thunderbolt , is sometimes referred Adducing to retroactively as Operation Jonathan in memory of the unit 's leader , Yonatan Netanyahu .

Operation Entebbe , which had the military codename Operation Thunderbolt , is sometimes referred Adducing to retroactively as Operation Jonathan in memory of the unit 's leader , Yonatan Netanyahu .

Operation Entebbe , which had the military codename Operation Thunderbolt , is sometimes referred Adducing to retroactively as Operation Jonathan in memory of the unit 's leader , Yonatan Netanyahu .

Egypt launched Process_start two military operations , known as Operation Eagle in mid-2011 and then Operation Sinai in mid-2012 .

Egypt launched Process_start two military operations , known as Operation Eagle in mid-2011 and then Operation Sinai in mid-2012 .

This time , with his victory Earnings_and_losses in the 1964 presidential election Change_of_leadership secured , Johnson decided Deciding to launch Process_start Operation Military_operation Flaming Dart which entailed Causation strikes Attack on North Vietnamese military targets Aiming .

The Uprising began Process_start on 1 August 1944 as part of a nationwide Operation `` Tempest '' , launched Process_start at the time of the Soviet Lublin–Brest Offensive .

The attack killed Killing seven and wounded Bodily_harm over 200 Croatian civilians and was carried out Attack on 2 May and 3 May 1995 as retaliation Revenge for the Croatian army 's offensive in Operation Flash .

With help Assistance from a renewed Recovering UN mandate and Guinean air support Supporting , the British Operation Palliser finally defeated Conquering the RUF , taking control of Freetown .

It was part of the Operation Mandrel weapons test series under the name Mandrel Rulison , as well as the Operation Plowshare project which explored Scrutiny peaceful engineering uses of nuclear explosions .

It was part of the Operation Mandrel weapons test series under the name Mandrel Rulison , as well as the Operation Plowshare project which explored Scrutiny peaceful engineering uses of nuclear explosions .

On February 9 1986 , Iran launched Motion Operation Dawn 8 , a sophisticated and carefully planned amphibious assault Attack across the Shatt al-Arab ( Arvand Rud ) river against the Iraqi troops defending Defending the strategic al-Faw Peninsula , which connects Connect Iraq to the Persian Gulf .

The First Ostend Raid ( part of Operation ZO ) was the first of two attacks Attack by the Royal Navy on the German-held port of Ostend during the late spring of 1918 during the First World War Hostile_encounter .

The Gaza War , also known as Operation Cast Lead ( ) , also known in the Muslim world as the Gaza Massacre ( ) and the Battle of al-Furqan ( ) by Hamas , was a three-week armed conflict Hostile_encounter between Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Israel that began Process_start on 27 December 2008 and ended Process_end on 18 January 2009 in a unilateral ceasefire .

Operation Military_operation Rimau was an attack Attack on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour , carried out Action by an Allied commando unit Z Special Unit , during World War II using Australian built Building Hoehn military MKIII folboats .

It was a follow-up Motion to the successful `` Operation Jaywick '' which had taken place Process_start in September 1943 , and was again led by Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Lyon of the Gordon Highlanders , an infantry regiment of the British Army .

Originally part of a much larger operation called Name_conferral `` Operation Hornbill '' , the aim Aiming of Rimau was to sink Removing Japanese shipping Self_motion by paddling Self_motion the folboats in the dark and placing Placing limpet mines on ships .

The 2nd Australian Division occupied Hold the Butte on 24 February 1917 , during the German retirements Departing made Action on the Somme front , preparatory to Operation ( ) , the German retreat Escaping to the Hindenburg Line .

The Butte de Warlencourt was recaptured Conquering by the German 2nd Army on 24 March 1918 , during the retreat Escaping of the 2nd Division in Operation Michael , the German spring offensive Attack .

Operation Opera ( ) , also known as Operation Babylon , was a surprise Israeli air strike Attack carried out Military_operation on 7 June 1981 , which destroyed Destroying an Iraqi nuclear reactor under construction 17 kilometers ( 10.5 miles ) southeast of Baghdad .

Operation Opera ( ) , also known as Operation Babylon , was a surprise Israeli air strike Attack carried out Military_operation on 7 June 1981 , which destroyed Destroying an Iraqi nuclear reactor under construction 17 kilometers ( 10.5 miles ) southeast of Baghdad .

The operation came Motion after Iran 's unsuccessful Operation Scorch Sword operation had caused Causation minor damage Damaging to the same nuclear facility the previous year , the damage Damaging having been subsequently repaired Reforming_a_system by French technicians .

Operation Opera , and related Israeli government statements following it , established Creating the Begin Doctrine , which explicitly stated Statement the strike was not an anomaly , but instead “ a precedent for every future government in Israel. ” Israel 's counter-proliferation preventive strike added Cause_to_be_included another dimension to their existing policy of deliberate ambiguity , as it related to the nuclear capability of other states in the region .

In June 2003 , the European Union began Process_start Operation Artemis , sending Sending a French-led peacekeeping force to Ituri .

Operation Sayeed ( Arabic : عملية الصياد ) also known as Operation Hunter in English , was a series of operations conducted Action in western Al Anbar Governorate by the United States Marine Corps in 2005 .

Operation Sayeed ( Arabic : عملية الصياد ) also known as Operation Hunter in English , was a series of operations conducted Action in western Al Anbar Governorate by the United States Marine Corps in 2005 .

Some parts of Operation Sayeed were Operation Steel Curtain and Operation Iron Fist .

Some parts of Operation Sayeed were Operation Steel Curtain and Operation Iron Fist .

Some parts of Operation Sayeed were Operation Steel Curtain and Operation Iron Fist .

There were three goals of Operation Sayeed , in addition to removing AQI from the Western Euphrates River Valley ; they were to ensure Preventing_or_letting there was a secure `` climate '' and `` environment '' to conduct Action a referendum in October and national elections Choosing in December 2005 ; and the third was to secure the control of the Iraqi border to the Iraqi people .

Al-Anbar Governorate was divided into areas of operations : II Marine Expeditionary Force ( codenamed Operation Atlanta ) included Cause_to_be_included Area of Operations Denver ( western region ) , Area of Operations Topeka ( Ramadi and surrounding area ) , Area of Operations Raleigh ( Fallujah and surrounding area ) and Area of Operations Oshkosh ( al-Taqaddum ) .

Operation Prairie was a U.S. military operation in Quảng Trị Province , South Vietnam that sought to eliminate People 's Army of Vietnam ( PAVN ) forces south of the Demilitarized Zone ( DMZ ) .

Operation Hastings , a series of actions in defense of the DMZ , lasted from 15 July to 3 August 1966 .

Operation Prairie was conceived Creating as a larger , longer mission covering the same areas along the DMZ .

Operation Military_operation Red Wings , informally referred to as the Battle of Abbas Ghar ( often incorrectly called Name_conferral `` Operation Redwing '' or `` Operation Red Wing '' ) , was a combined / joint Collaboration military operation during the War in Afghanistan in the Pech District of Afghanistan 's Kunar Province , on the slopes of a mountain named Name_conferral Sawtalo Sar , approximately west of Kunar 's provincial capital of Asadabad , in late June through mid-July 2005 .

Operation Military_operation Red Wings , informally referred to as the Battle of Abbas Ghar ( often incorrectly called Name_conferral `` Operation Redwing '' or `` Operation Red Wing '' ) , was a combined / joint Collaboration military operation during the War in Afghanistan in the Pech District of Afghanistan 's Kunar Province , on the slopes of a mountain named Name_conferral Sawtalo Sar , approximately west of Kunar 's provincial capital of Asadabad , in late June through mid-July 2005 .

Operation Military_operation Red Wings , informally referred to as the Battle of Abbas Ghar ( often incorrectly called Name_conferral `` Operation Redwing '' or `` Operation Red Wing '' ) , was a combined / joint Collaboration military operation during the War in Afghanistan in the Pech District of Afghanistan 's Kunar Province , on the slopes of a mountain named Name_conferral Sawtalo Sar , approximately west of Kunar 's provincial capital of Asadabad , in late June through mid-July 2005 .

Operation Red Wings was intended to disrupt Hindering local anti-coalition militia ( ACM ) activity , thus contributing to regional stability and thereby facilitating the Afghan Parliament elections Choosing scheduled for September 2005 .

Several weeks later , Shah 's group in Kunar Province was stricken to a point of inoperability and Shah was seriously wounded Bodily_harm , during Operation Whalers in August 2005 .

Operation Downfall was the proposed Creating Allied plan Arranging for the invasion Attack of the Japanese Home Islands near the end of World War II .

The operation had two parts : Operation Olympic and Operation Coronet .

The operation had two parts : Operation Olympic and Operation Coronet .

Set GetReady to begin Process_start in November 1945 , Operation Olympic was intended to capture Conquering the southern third of the southernmost main Japanese island , Kyūshū , with the recently captured Conquering island of Okinawa to be used Using as a staging area .

Later , in the spring of 1946 , Operation Coronet was the planned Arranging invasion Attack of the Kantō Plain , near Tokyo , on the main Japanese island of Honshu .

Airbases on Kyūshū captured Conquering in Operation Olympic would allow Preventing_or_letting land-based air support Supporting for Operation Coronet .

Airbases on Kyūshū captured Conquering in Operation Olympic would allow Preventing_or_letting land-based air support Supporting for Operation Coronet .

Japan 's geography made this invasion Attack plan quite obvious to the Japanese as well ; they were able to accurately predict the Allied invasion Attack plans Arranging and thus adjust Change their defensive Defending plan Arranging , Operation `` Ketsugō '' , accordingly .

Operation Military_operation Sandwedge was a proposed Creating clandestine intelligence-gathering operation Military_operation against the political enemies of the Richard Nixon presidential administration .

Operation Sandwedge included Cause_to_be_included proposed surveillance Scrutiny of Nixon 's enemies to gather information on their financial status and sexual activities , to be carried out Action through illegal Legality black bag operations .