For Operation Summer Rains and related events, see 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict

2006 Israel-Gaza conflict

The 2006 Israel–Gaza conflict refers to the series of battles between Palestinian militants and the Israel Defense Forces . Large-scale conventional warfare beyond the peripheries of the Gaza Strip began when Israel launched Operation Summer Rains , the codename for an IDF military operation in the...

Operation Summer Rains suboperations were the Israel Defense Forces

Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal , are the military forces of the State of Israel. They consist of the ground forces, air force and navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security forces, and has no civilian jurisdiction within Israel...

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Military operation

Military operation is the coordinated military actions of a state in response to a developing situation. These actions are designed as a military plan to resolve the situation in the state's favor. Operations may be of combat or non-combat types, and are referred to by a code name for the purpose...

s launched as part of Operation Summer Rains in 2006.

Operation Southern Shalit

An operation in southern Gaza which began on June 28. The first Summer Rains operation, was named after kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit

Gilad Shalit

Gilad Shalit is an Israeli – French citizen and Israel Defense Forces soldier. On 25 June 2006, he was captured inside Israel by Hamas militants in a cross-border raid via underground tunnels near the border with Gaza. The Hamas militants held him for over five years, until he was released on...

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Operation Final Grade

An operation in northern Gaza, which began on July 16 and ended on July 18.

Operation Rain Man

An operation in southern Gaza and the Philadelphi Route

Philadelphi Route

The Philadelphi Route refers to a narrow strip of land, 14 km in length, situated along the border between Gaza Strip and Egypt. Under the provisions of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty of 1979, the buffer zone was controlled and patrolled by Israeli forces. After the 1995 Oslo Accords,...

 which began on October 14.

Operation Autumn Clouds

An operation in Beit Hanoun

Beit Hanoun

Beit Hanoun is a city on the north-east edge of the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 32,187 in mid-year 2006. It is administered by the Palestinian Authority...

 launched on November 1, ending on November 7. It was followed by the Beit Hanoun incident a day later.