operation `` summer rains '' ( `` unk unk unk '' ) refers Adducing to the series of battles Hostile_encounter between palestinian militants and the israel defense forces ( idf ) during summer 2006 , prompted Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by palestinian operations which resulted in Causation the capture of israeli soldier gilad shalit .

during the operation , the pace of both rocket fire and shelling increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale dramatically , and the idf mounted numerous ground incursions into the gaza strip to target Aiming militant groups and their infrastructure , including smuggling Committing_crime tunnels in the philadelphi corridor .

operation Military_operation returning echo ( unk unk unk ) was an israel defense Defending forces ( idf ) military operation Military_operation in the gaza strip from march Self_motion 9 until march Self_motion 14 , 2012 .

the principal parties were hezbollah paramilitary forces and the israel defense forces ( idf ) .

the resolution Action , which was approved Agree_or_refuse_to_act by both the lebanese and israeli governments the following days , called Request for disarmament Removing of hezbollah , for withdrawal Removing of the idf from lebanon , and for the deployment Arranging of the lebanese armed forces and an enlarged Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale united nations interim force in lebanon ( unifil ) in the south .

the battle Hostile_encounter of the chinese farm took place Process_start during october 15 to october 17 , 1973 between the egyptian army and the israel defense Defending forces ( idf ) , as part of the yom kippur war Hostile_encounter .

operation entebbe or operation thunderbolt was a successful counter-terrorist unk mission carried out Action by commandos of the israel defense Defending forces ( idf ) at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976 .

the speed and ease of israel 's victory led to Causation a dangerous unk within the ranks of the israel defense Defending forces ( idf ) , contributing Giving to initial arab successes in the 1973 yom kippur war , although israeli forces were ultimately successful and defeated the arab militaries .

once the israelis were in control of the towns , an expulsion Escaping order signed by yitzhak rabin was issued Expressing_publicly to the israel defense Defending forces ( idf ) stating , `` 1 .

operation pillar of defense ( , `` unk unk '' , literally : `` pillar of cloud '' ) was an eight-day israel defense Defending forces ( idf ) operation in the unk gaza strip , which began Process_start on 14 november 2012 with the killing Killing of ahmed jabari , chief of the gaza military wing of hamas by an israeli airstrike .

during the course of the operation , the idf claimed Statement to have struck Attack more than 1,500 sites in the gaza strip Emptying , including rocket launchpads , weapon depots , government facilities , and apartment blocks Hiding_objects .

the zeitoun incident refers to the israeli military incursion , led by the givati brigade unit of the israel defense Defending forces ( idf ) , into the zeitoun district of gaza as part of the three-week unk unk conflict Hostile_encounter , also known as the `` gaza war '' , in the arab world as the `` gaza massacre '' , and , in israel , as `` operation cast lead '' .

the 2010 unk border clash Hostile_encounter occurred Coming_to_be on august 3 , 2010 , between the lebanese armed forces ( laf ) and israel defense Defending forces ( idf ) , after an idf team attempted to cut Removing down a tree on the israeli side of the blue line , near the israeli kibbutz of misgav am and the lebanese village of unk .

the 2010 unk border clash Hostile_encounter occurred Coming_to_be on august 3 , 2010 , between the lebanese armed forces ( laf ) and israel defense Defending forces ( idf ) , after an idf team attempted to cut Removing down a tree on the israeli side of the blue line , near the israeli kibbutz of misgav am and the lebanese village of unk .

the israel defense forces ( idf ) then launched Process_start a four-day counter-offensive deep into syria .