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Operation '''Shield and Arrow''' was a military operation by the [[IDF]] in the [[Gaza Strip]] against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad ([[PIJ]]) terrorist organization that began on May 9, 2023, the night of Laj Ba'Omer, and ended five days later, on May 13. In the operation, the IDF killed six senior members of the Islamic [[Jihad]] in a series of targeted counterattacks, and more than 15 other terrorists in a blanket of fire and attacked hundreds of targets, including rocket launchers, mortars, command posts, and sites for the production of anti-nuclear weapons. The Islamic Jihad launched at Israel more than -1,400 artillery rockets and mortar bombs, but about a fifth of them failed and exploded in the Gaza Strip. The IDF carried out two successful operational interceptions using the "David Slingshot" system, and "Iron Dome" intercepted over 430 rockets with a 95% success rate.
After 5 days and 1,250 rocket launches<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/israel-reaches-truce-with-islamic-jihad-after-five-days-and-over-1000-rockets-4t2AOVQk6cJ8PcT7z8tDof Israel reaches truce with Islamic Jihad after five days and over 1000 rockets], ''JC'', May 13, 2023.<blockquote>
PIJ fired more than 1,250 rockets at Israel, killing a man in Rehovot</blockquote></ref>: Operation 'Shield and Arrow' has ended.
At the end of five days, the 'Shield and Arrow' operation ended, leaving behind six senior commanders in the Islamic Jihad eliminated, and injured ither commanders. <ref>Hana Levi Julian, [https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/gaza/idf-eliminates-6th-islamic-jihad-commander/2023/05/13/ IDF Eliminates 6th Islamic Jihad Commander], JP, May 13, 2023.<blockquote><small>
Israeli military forces eliminated a sixth senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist commander on Friday in air strikes on Gaza City.
Iyad al-Husseni (Abu Anas), appointed to replace the terror group’s operations commander eliminated by Israel earlier in the week, was killed along with his adviser, Muhammad Abd al-A’al and a third operative. All were hiding in an apartment in Gaza City’s Nasser neighborhood at the time of the air strike. Ten other terrorists were wounded in the attack.</small></blockquote></ref> Quite a few failed launches by the Jihad killed "Palestinians."<ref>Yoav Zeytoun, Einav Halabi, [https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/b12saapnh The launches, the interceptions, the eliminations, the full data: "Shield and Arrow" summary in numbers], ''YNet'', May 14, 2023.<blockquote><small>
Launches from the Gaza Strip. Quite a few failed - and killed Palestinians.
1,469 rockets and rockets were fired at Israel, but not all of them fell on its territory - and some also hit Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. MDA treated 77 casualties, and on the other hand, on the Gaza side, 33 were killed - including 6 senior Jihadists. What is the percentage of interceptions, how many rockets were fired after the ceasefire, how many houses were destroyed in the strip and what is the extent of the damage? All the numbers.
The third round of combat in four years against the Islamic Jihad has ended - and now the IDF is moving into the summation phase of the five days of escalation. In total, during the current operation six senior Islamic Jihad officials were eliminated, 422 targets of the organization in the Gaza Strip were attacked and the system was used for the first time "David's Slingshot" - which intercepted two of the rockets, one over Gush Dan and the other over the Jerusalem mountains.
According to a preliminary investigation by the IDF, since the beginning of the operation, 1,469 rockets and rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip, of which 1,139 crossed into Israeli territory. 291 of the launches were unsuccessful, and 39 fell into the sea. 437 of the rockets were intercepted by Iron Dome, and two as mentioned by the "Slingshot of David" system. All in all, the IDF estimates that the rate of interceptions was about 90%. As a result of these launches, two people were murdered: Inga Abramian, in her 80s, who did not have time to reach the MMD in Rehovot; And Abdullah Abu Geba, a resident of Gaza who died after a fall in an open area in Shokada.
According to MDA, until yesterday at 11:15 p.m., a total of 77 victims were treated across the country, of which 32 were physically injured and 45 of shock. In addition to the two dead, 7 people were injured by shrapnel, the page and broken glass...
After the ceasefire last night at 22:00, 35 rockets were fired, 11 of which were intercepted and the rest fell in territories they opened or did not cross.
Since the beginning of the operation, as mentioned, six senior members of the Islamic Jihad were killed: in the opening blow, Khalil Bahitini, the senior operational commander of the Jihad and the commander of the northern region of the Gaza Strip and the successor of Taysir Jabari, who was killed in the "Dawn" operation, were killed. Tarek Ezz a-Din, who is responsible for directing the Jihad operations in the Gaza Strip; and Jihad Ghanam, the secretary of the Jihad Military Council.
The senior officials of the Islamic Jihad who were killed in Gaza
Six senior jihadists were eliminated, 49 housing units in Gaza are "unfit for habitation."
Later, during the operation, Iyad al-Hassani (also known by the nickname "Abu Anas"), who was in charge of the jihad operations file and acting head of the military council, was eliminated in the hiding apartments; Ali Hassan Ghali, head of the Islamic Jihad's rocket array; and Ahmed Abu-Deka, Ghali's deputy.
In total, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, 33 people were killed in the operation... At least four of them, also according to Palestinian data, were killed as a result of failed jihad launches. 147 Palestinians were injured, 20 houses were destroyed and 940 housing units were damaged - of which 49 are now defined as "unfit for habitation". The initial estimates are that the total damage is estimated at about 5 million dollars.</small></blockquote></ref> along with two dead on the Israeli side, one of them a resident of Gaza. Over 1200 launches, a sixth of which fell in the Gaza Strip, most of the crossings were intercepted. Home Front Command has gradually removing restrictions.
IDF waited 2 days to kill Islamic Jihad leader who was using human shields.<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/371299 IDF waited 2 days to kill Islamic Jihad leader who was using human shields], ''INN'', May 11, 2023.<blockquote><small>
IDF spokesman says military held off on striking deputy commander of Islamic Jihad rocket launching force until he wasn't with family.
This afternoon, the IDF announced that it had killed Ahmed Abu-Deka, the deputy commander of the rocket launching force of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, in an airstrike in Gaza. However, the military could have gotten Abu-Deka two days earlier, and held off on attacking due to the presence of human shields.
Maj. Gen. Eliezer Toledano, the head of the IDF's Southern Command. told reporters this afternoon (Thursday) “We started with the [senior] command in the opening strike. From there we continued for a second attack last night where we killed the head of the rocket array. And now we killed his deputy."</small></blockquote></ref>
An Egyptian brokered cease fire was reached.
The PIJ leader, Muhammad al-Hindi (محمد الهندي), wrapped his statement of asking to stop targeted assassination of its commanders by "killing civilians."<ref>
Orit Perlov @oritperlov ([https://twitter.com/oritperlov/status/1657455745443438599 May 13, 2023]):<blockquote>
For those who didn't understand, this long sentence "stop harming civilians, stop demolishing houses and stop harming people" (means) = stop targeted assassinations (of PIJ leaders).
But only until the next round that comes our way next Thursday or not.</blockquote></ref>
After the "Palestinians" did broke the ceasefire abd launched, the IDF hit Hamas.<ref>Tovah Lazaroff, Khaked Abu Toameh, Yonah Jeremy Bob, [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-742947 IDF strikes Hamas posts in Gaza in response to renewed rocket fire], ''JPost'', May 13, 2023</ref>
Article In [[Jordan]]ian State Daily praised Gaza terrorists.<ref>[https://www.memri.org/reports/article-jordanian-state-daily-praises-gaza-terrorists-they-dig-tunnels-manufacture-rockets#:~:text=Against%20the%20backdrop%20of%20the,people%20%5BAllah%5D%20created%22%20and Article In Jordanian State Daily Praises Gaza Terrorists: They Dig Tunnels, Manufacture Rockets And Are Not Afraid To Die], ''Memri'', May 15, 2023.</ref>
Analysis:<ref>Yossi Yehoshua, [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ry00hflre2 Operation Shield and Arrow is a success for Israel], May 14, 2023.</ref>< blockquote>With a fighting round lasting five days Israel delivers the worse blow on PIJ since its inception and as a result, against its patrons in Iran, as well.
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Islamic Jihad went into effect Saturday night and if preserved, Operation Shield and Arrow could be described as one of the most successful operations of the IDF and the Shin Bet in Gaza.</blockquote>
''NYT'''s "Palestinian" Islamic reporter purposely misreported facts:<ref>Jonathan S Tobin, [https://www.jns.org/opinion/palestinians-are-addicted-to-an-endless-cycle-of-nakbas/ Palestinians are addicted to an endless cycle of ‘nakbas’], ''JNS'', May 9, 2023.<blockquote><small>
Israel’s pushback against rocket fire generated the usual condemnations. But the fighting with a rogue terror group based in Gaza is just the latest chapter of a century-old war against the Jews.</small></blockquote></ref><blockquote>Abdulrahim’s explanation of the goal of Islamic Jihad was purposely vague. She left out the fact that it is an Islamist party that believes that the entire country—Israel and the territories—should be governed solely by Islamic law. Even more important, she wrote that it was created in the 1980s “to fight the Israeli occupation.” To most Times readers and consumers of other corporate media outlets, that sounds like the organization wants to end Israel’s “occupation” of Judea and Samaria (the “West Bank”), as well as Jerusalem. But for Palestinian Arabs, the phrase means something different.
When members of PIJ, or for that matter, those affiliated with its Hamas rivals or even the so-called “moderates” of Fatah—whose leaders corruptly run the Palestinian Authority— speak of “occupation,” they are not referring to those territories that Israel gained during the 1967 Six-Day War, and which the international community and the media wrongly describe as “Palestinian” rather than disputed. As far as PIJ is concerned, every inch of Israel is “occupied.” It regards the creation of the Jewish state 75 years ago as a nakba—a “catastrophe” or “disaster”—as well as a crime that must be expunged by violent struggle.</blockquote>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Arab-Israeli conflict}}
[[Category:Middle East]]
[[Category:Middle East Politics]]
[[Category:Terrorist Organizations]]
[[Category:Islamic Terrorism]]
[[Category:Anti-Semitism]]
After 5 days and 1,250 rocket launches<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/israel-reaches-truce-with-islamic-jihad-after-five-days-and-over-1000-rockets-4t2AOVQk6cJ8PcT7z8tDof Israel reaches truce with Islamic Jihad after five days and over 1000 rockets], ''JC'', May 13, 2023.<blockquote>
PIJ fired more than 1,250 rockets at Israel, killing a man in Rehovot</blockquote></ref>: Operation 'Shield and Arrow' has ended.
At the end of five days, the 'Shield and Arrow' operation ended, leaving behind six senior commanders in the Islamic Jihad eliminated, and injured ither commanders. <ref>Hana Levi Julian, [https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/gaza/idf-eliminates-6th-islamic-jihad-commander/2023/05/13/ IDF Eliminates 6th Islamic Jihad Commander], JP, May 13, 2023.<blockquote><small>
Israeli military forces eliminated a sixth senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist commander on Friday in air strikes on Gaza City.
Iyad al-Husseni (Abu Anas), appointed to replace the terror group’s operations commander eliminated by Israel earlier in the week, was killed along with his adviser, Muhammad Abd al-A’al and a third operative. All were hiding in an apartment in Gaza City’s Nasser neighborhood at the time of the air strike. Ten other terrorists were wounded in the attack.</small></blockquote></ref> Quite a few failed launches by the Jihad killed "Palestinians."<ref>Yoav Zeytoun, Einav Halabi, [https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/b12saapnh The launches, the interceptions, the eliminations, the full data: "Shield and Arrow" summary in numbers], ''YNet'', May 14, 2023.<blockquote><small>
Launches from the Gaza Strip. Quite a few failed - and killed Palestinians.
1,469 rockets and rockets were fired at Israel, but not all of them fell on its territory - and some also hit Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. MDA treated 77 casualties, and on the other hand, on the Gaza side, 33 were killed - including 6 senior Jihadists. What is the percentage of interceptions, how many rockets were fired after the ceasefire, how many houses were destroyed in the strip and what is the extent of the damage? All the numbers.
The third round of combat in four years against the Islamic Jihad has ended - and now the IDF is moving into the summation phase of the five days of escalation. In total, during the current operation six senior Islamic Jihad officials were eliminated, 422 targets of the organization in the Gaza Strip were attacked and the system was used for the first time "David's Slingshot" - which intercepted two of the rockets, one over Gush Dan and the other over the Jerusalem mountains.
According to a preliminary investigation by the IDF, since the beginning of the operation, 1,469 rockets and rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip, of which 1,139 crossed into Israeli territory. 291 of the launches were unsuccessful, and 39 fell into the sea. 437 of the rockets were intercepted by Iron Dome, and two as mentioned by the "Slingshot of David" system. All in all, the IDF estimates that the rate of interceptions was about 90%. As a result of these launches, two people were murdered: Inga Abramian, in her 80s, who did not have time to reach the MMD in Rehovot; And Abdullah Abu Geba, a resident of Gaza who died after a fall in an open area in Shokada.
According to MDA, until yesterday at 11:15 p.m., a total of 77 victims were treated across the country, of which 32 were physically injured and 45 of shock. In addition to the two dead, 7 people were injured by shrapnel, the page and broken glass...
After the ceasefire last night at 22:00, 35 rockets were fired, 11 of which were intercepted and the rest fell in territories they opened or did not cross.
Since the beginning of the operation, as mentioned, six senior members of the Islamic Jihad were killed: in the opening blow, Khalil Bahitini, the senior operational commander of the Jihad and the commander of the northern region of the Gaza Strip and the successor of Taysir Jabari, who was killed in the "Dawn" operation, were killed. Tarek Ezz a-Din, who is responsible for directing the Jihad operations in the Gaza Strip; and Jihad Ghanam, the secretary of the Jihad Military Council.
The senior officials of the Islamic Jihad who were killed in Gaza
Six senior jihadists were eliminated, 49 housing units in Gaza are "unfit for habitation."
Later, during the operation, Iyad al-Hassani (also known by the nickname "Abu Anas"), who was in charge of the jihad operations file and acting head of the military council, was eliminated in the hiding apartments; Ali Hassan Ghali, head of the Islamic Jihad's rocket array; and Ahmed Abu-Deka, Ghali's deputy.
In total, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, 33 people were killed in the operation... At least four of them, also according to Palestinian data, were killed as a result of failed jihad launches. 147 Palestinians were injured, 20 houses were destroyed and 940 housing units were damaged - of which 49 are now defined as "unfit for habitation". The initial estimates are that the total damage is estimated at about 5 million dollars.</small></blockquote></ref> along with two dead on the Israeli side, one of them a resident of Gaza. Over 1200 launches, a sixth of which fell in the Gaza Strip, most of the crossings were intercepted. Home Front Command has gradually removing restrictions.
IDF waited 2 days to kill Islamic Jihad leader who was using human shields.<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/371299 IDF waited 2 days to kill Islamic Jihad leader who was using human shields], ''INN'', May 11, 2023.<blockquote><small>
IDF spokesman says military held off on striking deputy commander of Islamic Jihad rocket launching force until he wasn't with family.
This afternoon, the IDF announced that it had killed Ahmed Abu-Deka, the deputy commander of the rocket launching force of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, in an airstrike in Gaza. However, the military could have gotten Abu-Deka two days earlier, and held off on attacking due to the presence of human shields.
Maj. Gen. Eliezer Toledano, the head of the IDF's Southern Command. told reporters this afternoon (Thursday) “We started with the [senior] command in the opening strike. From there we continued for a second attack last night where we killed the head of the rocket array. And now we killed his deputy."</small></blockquote></ref>
An Egyptian brokered cease fire was reached.
The PIJ leader, Muhammad al-Hindi (محمد الهندي), wrapped his statement of asking to stop targeted assassination of its commanders by "killing civilians."<ref>
Orit Perlov @oritperlov ([https://twitter.com/oritperlov/status/1657455745443438599 May 13, 2023]):<blockquote>
For those who didn't understand, this long sentence "stop harming civilians, stop demolishing houses and stop harming people" (means) = stop targeted assassinations (of PIJ leaders).
But only until the next round that comes our way next Thursday or not.</blockquote></ref>
After the "Palestinians" did broke the ceasefire abd launched, the IDF hit Hamas.<ref>Tovah Lazaroff, Khaked Abu Toameh, Yonah Jeremy Bob, [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-742947 IDF strikes Hamas posts in Gaza in response to renewed rocket fire], ''JPost'', May 13, 2023</ref>
Article In [[Jordan]]ian State Daily praised Gaza terrorists.<ref>[https://www.memri.org/reports/article-jordanian-state-daily-praises-gaza-terrorists-they-dig-tunnels-manufacture-rockets#:~:text=Against%20the%20backdrop%20of%20the,people%20%5BAllah%5D%20created%22%20and Article In Jordanian State Daily Praises Gaza Terrorists: They Dig Tunnels, Manufacture Rockets And Are Not Afraid To Die], ''Memri'', May 15, 2023.</ref>
Analysis:<ref>Yossi Yehoshua, [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ry00hflre2 Operation Shield and Arrow is a success for Israel], May 14, 2023.</ref>< blockquote>With a fighting round lasting five days Israel delivers the worse blow on PIJ since its inception and as a result, against its patrons in Iran, as well.
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Islamic Jihad went into effect Saturday night and if preserved, Operation Shield and Arrow could be described as one of the most successful operations of the IDF and the Shin Bet in Gaza.</blockquote>
''NYT'''s "Palestinian" Islamic reporter purposely misreported facts:<ref>Jonathan S Tobin, [https://www.jns.org/opinion/palestinians-are-addicted-to-an-endless-cycle-of-nakbas/ Palestinians are addicted to an endless cycle of ‘nakbas’], ''JNS'', May 9, 2023.<blockquote><small>
Israel’s pushback against rocket fire generated the usual condemnations. But the fighting with a rogue terror group based in Gaza is just the latest chapter of a century-old war against the Jews.</small></blockquote></ref><blockquote>Abdulrahim’s explanation of the goal of Islamic Jihad was purposely vague. She left out the fact that it is an Islamist party that believes that the entire country—Israel and the territories—should be governed solely by Islamic law. Even more important, she wrote that it was created in the 1980s “to fight the Israeli occupation.” To most Times readers and consumers of other corporate media outlets, that sounds like the organization wants to end Israel’s “occupation” of Judea and Samaria (the “West Bank”), as well as Jerusalem. But for Palestinian Arabs, the phrase means something different.
When members of PIJ, or for that matter, those affiliated with its Hamas rivals or even the so-called “moderates” of Fatah—whose leaders corruptly run the Palestinian Authority— speak of “occupation,” they are not referring to those territories that Israel gained during the 1967 Six-Day War, and which the international community and the media wrongly describe as “Palestinian” rather than disputed. As far as PIJ is concerned, every inch of Israel is “occupied.” It regards the creation of the Jewish state 75 years ago as a nakba—a “catastrophe” or “disaster”—as well as a crime that must be expunged by violent struggle.</blockquote>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Arab-Israeli conflict}}
[[Category:Middle East]]
[[Category:Middle East Politics]]
[[Category:Terrorist Organizations]]
[[Category:Islamic Terrorism]]
[[Category:Anti-Semitism]]