the israel defense Defending forces initiated Process_start operation Military_operation brother 's keeper ( , `` unk unk unk '' ) in search Scouring of the three teenagers .

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 .

on the first day of the conflict , israel also bombed Attack the only electrical power plant in the gaza strip .

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 .

on march Self_motion 9 , israel carried out Action a targeted Aiming air strike Attack in the gaza strip killing Killing unk unk , the secretary general of the popular resistance Convincing committees ( prc ) .

israel attacked Attack with 37 air strikes Attack on gazan weapons storage facilities , rocket launching Self_motion sites , weapon manufacturing Manufacturing facilities , training Education_teaching bases , posts , tunnels and militants , killing Killing 22 , mostly from palestinian islamic jihad and the others from the popular resistance committees .

`` after assad and after establishing Building or strengthening Cause_change_of_strength their foothold in syria they are going to move and deflect their effort and attack israel , '' an israeli official told Telling the associated press in january 2014 .

though the islamic republic of iran has been known Know for its anti-israeli stance from the very beginning Process_start , its continuous support Supporting for hezbollah evolved Coming_to_be into almost a direct confrontation with israel , as iranian islamic revolutionary guard corps have allegedly infiltrated lebanon and directly supported Supporting hezbollah during the past decade .

they then engaged Hostile_encounter in a firefight Hostile_encounter with soldiers of the israel defense forces , during which six of the attackers were killed Killing .

nevertheless , due to an israel border police roadblock at the entrance and immediate response Response of the border police team during the stabbing Attack spree , a much larger and fatal Killing unk incident Attack was avoided Preventing_or_letting .

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

though he was an american citizen , israel failed to notify Telling us authorities of the arrest Arrest and the us has accused Judgment_communication israel of singling out unk family members for arrest Arrest .

though he was an american citizen , israel failed to notify Telling us authorities of the arrest Arrest and the us has accused Judgment_communication israel of singling out unk family members for arrest Arrest .

when israel included Cause_to_be_included unk in its victims Catastrophe of acts of terror Terrorism memorial at mount Motion_directional herzl , the family obtained Getting its immediate removal Removing .

siberia airlines flight 1812 was a commercial flight shot down Use_firearm by the ukrainian air force over the black sea on 4 october 2001 , en route from tel aviv , israel to novosibirsk , russia .

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 .

the south lebanon conflict Hostile_encounter ( unk ) or the security zone conflict Hostile_encounter in lebanon refers to 15 years of warfare Hostile_encounter between the lebanese christian proxy militias sla with military and logistic support Supporting of israel defense Defending forces Military_operation against lebanese muslim guerrillas led by the unk hezbollah , within what was defined Statement as the `` security zone '' in south lebanon .

over the years many artists from all over the world ( argentina , italy , israel , russia , brasil , uruguay , greece , spain , hungary ) played Action at the concerts Social_event .

`` operation strong cliff '' ) and sometimes referred Adducing to as the 2014 gaza war Military_operation , was a military operation Military_operation launched Hold by israel on 8 july 2014 in the unk gaza strip .

conversely , hamas 's goal was to bring Bringing international pressure Influence to bear to lift Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale israel 's blockade Besieging of the gaza strip , end Process_end israel 's offensive Military_operation , obtain Getting a third party to monitor Scrutiny and guarantee Commitment compliance with a ceasefire Process_end , release Releasing palestinian prisoners and overcome Resolve_problem its political isolation Confronting_problem .

conversely , hamas 's goal was to bring Bringing international pressure Influence to bear to lift Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale israel 's blockade Besieging of the gaza strip , end Process_end israel 's offensive Military_operation , obtain Getting a third party to monitor Scrutiny and guarantee Commitment compliance with a ceasefire Process_end , release Releasing palestinian prisoners and overcome Resolve_problem its political isolation Confronting_problem .

according to the bbc , in response Response to rocket fire Use_firearm from the gaza strip , israel launched Military_operation air raids Attack on gaza .

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 .

at the time , the attack was met with Response sharp international criticism , including in the united states , and israel was rebuked Judgment_communication by the united nations security council and general assembly in two separate resolutions .

israel seized Hold the gaza strip and the sinai peninsula from egypt , the west bank from jordan , including east jerusalem , and the golan heights from syria .

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 .

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 .

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 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 mount carmel forest fire ( hebrew : unk unk `` ason unk '' , `` the carmel disaster '' ) was a deadly forest fire that started on mount carmel in northern israel , just south of haifa .

the dead were mostly israel prison service officer cadets , as well as three senior police officers , among them the chief of haifa 's police .

government officials , including prime minister benjamin netanyahu and foreign minister avigdor lieberman , called on other countries to help Assistance assist in firefighting efforts , and the israel defense forces mobilized Arranging troops for the same purpose .

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 town of rafah , lying on gaza 's border with egypt , had been one of two invasion points during the initial incursion by the israel defense forces into the strip on november 1 .

on 15 may 1948 , the civil war transformed Change into a conflict between israel and the arab states following the israeli declaration Expressing_publicly of independence the previous day .

as a result of the war , the state of israel controlled Control the area that un general assembly Building resolution 181 had recommended Convincing for the proposed Statement jewish state , as well as almost 60-percent of the area of arab state proposed Statement by the 1947 partition plan , including the jaffa , lydda , and ramle area , galilee , some parts of the negev , a wide strip along the tel unk road , west jerusalem , and some territories in the west bank .

operation `` grapes of wrath '' ( ) is the israeli defense forces code-name ( referred Name_conferral to as april war by hezbollah ) for a unk campaign against lebanon in 1996 which attempted to end rocket attacks Attack on northern israel by hezbollah .

the israel defense forces reported Reporting eight attackers killed Killing , and egyptian security forces reported Reporting killing Killing another two .

on march 9 , 2012 , israel air force , in a strike on palestinian targets in gaza , killed Killing the secretary-general of the popular resistance committees , unk unk , whom israel considers as `` one of the masterminds '' of the august 18 , 2011 attacks .

on march 9 , 2012 , israel air force , in a strike on palestinian targets in gaza , killed Killing the secretary-general of the popular resistance committees , unk unk , whom israel considers as `` one of the masterminds '' of the august 18 , 2011 attacks .

it led to Causation the re-organization and development Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of the jewish paramilitary organization , the haganah , which later became Becoming the nucleus of the israel defense forces .

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

although having a sort of autonomy in galilee until the 4th century and later a limited Limiting success in establishing Building the short-lived sasanian jewish autonomy in jerusalem in unk ce , jewish dominance in parts of the southern levant was regained Recovering only in the mid-20th century , with the founding Creating of the modern state of israel in 1948 ce .

in june 1982 , the israel defense forces had invaded Attack lebanon with the intention of rooting out the plo .

in 1983 , a commission chaired by UNK macbride , the assistant to the un secretary general and president of united nations general assembly at the time , concluded Deciding that israel , as the camp 's occupying power , bore responsibility for the violence .

the commission deemed Coming_to_believe israel indirectly responsible , and ariel sharon , then defense minister , bore personal responsibility `` for ignoring the danger of bloodshed and revenge '' , forcing Request him to resign Change_of_leadership .