Operation Guardian of the Walls


Hamas leveraged previous Gaza truce to plan Oct. 7, Sinwar memos reveal

Despite the IDF’s claims at the time that Hamas’s tunnel system was severely damaged, internal memos from the terror group suggest otherwise.

 Hamas Gaza Chief Yahya Sinwar (L) gestures as he speaks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip September 19, 2017
 A CAR is set on fire in Acre, May 2021. Arab radicals are violent, dangerous and waiting to strike again at the Jews.

Israel's southern communities prepare for potential violence during Ramadan

 Ethiopian Jews land in Israel, June 1, 2022

Israelis are not European occupiers - opinion

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, January 2024.

How is Israel's war on Hamas different than others wars in Gaza?


Remembering Raz Mizrachi, an IDF hero killed by Hamas in Re'im

Raz Mizrachi met her tragic end last week at the hands of Hamas terrorists in Re’im

 Raz Mizrachi

Israeli officer charged for shooting sponge grenade at Sheikh Jarrah teen

The officer was charged with causing serious injury under aggravated circumstances, criminal use of a firearm, and simple assault.

An Israeli border policeman scuffles with a Palestinian protester during clashes amid ongoing tension ahead of an upcoming court hearing in an Israeli-Palestinian land-ownership dispute in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem May 3, 2021.

Arab MK claims child murdered by Hamas rockets was killed by IDF

Arab MK Ahmad Tibi shared a picture of children supposedly killed by the IDF, but included Ido Avigal, who was killed by Hamas rockets.

 MK Ahmad Tibi reacts during a plenum session in the Knesset on November 21, 2022

Jerusalem resident dies due to wounds sustained in Temple Mount clashes - report

The Jerusalem resident was injured in clashes that erupted amid the tensions leading up to Operation Guardian of the Walls.

Israeli riot police clash with Palestinian worshippers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem Old City on May 7, 2021.

IDF operations harm Israeli public health - study

Israeli scientists detect upswings in heart rate and stress and less sleep, especially in southern residents, during 2021 Operation Guardian of the Walls.

 SECURITY AND rescue personnel take cover as a siren sounds, warning of incoming rockets from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, on Thursday.

IDF’s electronic warfare role jumps forward in current major IDF drill

IDF officer gives Jpost rare insight into classified unit

 One of 75 pictures chosen from the IDF archives, on the occasion of the IDF's 75th anniversary.

Israel Police lacks manpower to handle widespread chaos in the country

Police Chief Kobi Shabtai told a Knesset committee that due to severe manpower issues, the police force cannot handle situations like Guardian of the Walls.

 Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai and Head of Jerusalem police district Doron Turgeman National Security Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on February 22, 2023.

Ben-Gvir's National Guard to focus on Arab-Israeli crime, mixed cities

Ben-Gvir said that the force would focus on combating “extortion in areas with criminal organizations and ‘mixed’ cities,” a clear implication of focusing on Israeli-Arab crime.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Israeli Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai at a ceremony for a new police station in Neot Hovav Industrial zone, southern Israel, March 14, 2023

IDF's Kohavi, Gaza, West Bank: What does the future have in store? - analysis

In Hamas-ruled Gaza, Kohavi leaves a temporary tactical deterrence in place that even he would likely acknowledge is unlikely to last more than a few more years at best.

 IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi pictured during his trip to the United States in November 2022

Ex-Israel Police official: Guardian of the Walls was just the beginning

Retired police official Uri Bar-Lev warned that the police "will not be able to meet their goals; the next incident will be much more serious."

Lt.-Col. Dori Saar during Operation Guardian of the Walls.

2 Israeli-Arabs convicted for attacking IDF soldier in Tel Aviv in 2021

In May 2021, Muhammad Iyash and Ali Mutzri were part of a group of rioting protesters involved in the attack against an IDF soldier during Operation Guardian of the Walls.

 IDF conduct arrests in the West Bank, August 25, 2020