2012 Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip

In November 2012, the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Pillar of Defense (Hebrew: עַמּוּד עָנָן‎, ʿAmúd ʿAnán, literally: "Pillar of Cloud") which was an eight-day campaign in the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip, which began on 14 November 2012 with the killing of Ahmed Jabari, chief of the Gaza military wing of Hamas by an Israeli airstrike.

2012 Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip

In November 2012, the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Pillar of Defense (Hebrew: עַמּוּד עָנָן‎, ʿAmúd ʿAnán, literally: "Pillar of Cloud") which was an eight-day campaign in the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip, which began on 14 November 2012 with the killing of Ahmed Jabari, chief of the Gaza military wing of Hamas by an Israeli airstrike.