Back محرقة غزة (فبراير 2008) Arabic Operación Invierno Caliente AST Operace Horká zima Czech Operación Invierno Caliente Spanish عملیات زمستان داغ FA מבצע חורף חם HE Conflitto di Gaza del 2008 Italian Operasjon Hot Winter NB Operação Inverno Quente Portuguese Операция «Горячая зима» Russian
| Operation Hot Winter | |||||||
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| Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict | |||||||
 Area of the conflict | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Israel (IDF) | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ehud Olmert Gabi Ashkenazi Yoav Galant Eliezer Shkedi Dan Halutz |
 Khaled Mashal Ismail Haniyeh Mahmoud al-Zahar Ahmed Jabari | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3 killed (1 civilian), 8 wounded [2] |
112 killed (52 civilians), 350 wounded[3] | ||||||
In 2008 the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Hot Winter (Hebrew: מבצע חורף חם, romanized: Mivtza Horef Ham), also called Operation Warm Winter, in the Gaza Strip, starting on February 29, 2008 in response to Qassam rockets fired from the Strip by Hamas onto Israeli civilians. At least 112 Palestinians, along with three Israelis, were killed, and more than 150 Palestinians and seven Israelis were injured.[3]
There was some international concern over the scale of the operation, with the United States Department of State encouraging Israel to exercise caution to avoid the loss of innocent life, and the United Nations criticising Israel's "disproportionate use of force". The European Union demanded an immediate end to Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel and also Israel's "disproportionate use of force".[3][4]
- ^ Greenberg, Hanan (2008-03-03). "IDF operation in Gaza ends, soldiers leaving Strip". Ynetnews. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ^ Ben-Yishai, Ron (2008-03-04). "Givati officers: Lessons from Lebanon implemented in Gaza". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
- ^ a b c "Israeli Gaza operation 'not over'". BBC. 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
- ^ Shamir, Shlomo (2008-03-02). "U.S. calls for end to continued violence, return to peace talks". Haaretz.