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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict    = Gaza War
| partof      = the [[Gaza–Israel conflict]]
| image       = Cast lead map.png
| image_size  = 300px
| caption     = Israeli advances in Gaza during 2009
| date        = 27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=12|day1=27|year1=2008|month2=01|day2=18|year2=2009}})
| place       = [[Gaza Strip]] and [[Southern District (Israel)|Southern Israel]]
| result      = Israeli military victory<ref name='Aviation Week 2009-05-11'>{{cite news |url=http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/GAZA031109.xml |title=New Tactics Yield Solid Victory in Gaza |access-date=2009-07-03 |last=Eshel |first=David |date=2009-05-11 |work=Aviation Week |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614203423/http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news%2FGAZA031109.xml |archive-date=14 June 2011 }}</ref><ref name="jpost.com">{{cite news |last=Spyer |first=Jonathan |author-link=Jonathan Spyer |url=http://www.jpost.com/Features/FrontLines/Article.aspx?id=154525 |title=Hamas seeks new doctrine after Gaza War failures |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=10 September 2009 |access-date=2010-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103101551/http://www.jpost.com/Features/FrontLines/Article.aspx?id=154525 |archive-date=3 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="nytimes.com">Ethan Bonner, [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/world/middleeast/24gaza.html Hamas Shifts From Rockets to Culture War] ''The New York Times'', 24 July 2009.</ref><ref name="Victorious, but vilified: Israel has 'destroyed its image and its soul'">{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/victorious-but-vilified-israel-has-destroyed-its-image-and-its-soul-1418920.html |work=The Independent |location=London |title=Victorious, but vilified: Israel has 'destroyed its image and its soul' |first1=Kim |last1=Sengupta |first2=Donald |last2=MacIntyre |date=2009-01-18 |access-date=2010-05-03}}</ref>
* IDF declared [[unilateral]] ceasefire, 12 hours later Hamas announced a [[Tahdiya|one-week ceasefire]].<ref name="xinhua one week" /><ref name="cbc.ca one week" />
* [[Effects of the Gaza War#Gaza humanitarian crisis|Humanitarian crisis]] and deterioration of infrastructure and basic services in Gaza.<ref name="ocha_report_1_2">{{Cite news |title=Gaza Humanitarian Situation Report – January 2, 2009 as of 14:30 |date=2009-01-02 |publisher=[[United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]] |url=http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_gaza_situation_report_2009_01_02_english.pdf |access-date=2009-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114195338/http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_gaza_situation_report_2009_01_02_english.pdf |archive-date=14 January 2009 }}</ref>
* Number of [[List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2009|rockets]] being fired from Gaza reduced.
* [[Gaza War (2008–09)#Aftermath|See results]]
| combatant1  = {{Flagicon|Israel}} [[Israel]]
* [[Israel Defense Forces]]
* [[Israel Security Agency]]
| combatant2  = {{flag|Gaza Strip}}<ref name=Bauer0123>{{cite news |title=Palestinian factions united by war |author=Shane Bauer |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English]] |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/war_on_gaza/2009/01/200911915455957756.html |access-date=2009-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122095501/http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/war_on_gaza/2009/01/200911915455957756.html |archive-date=22 January 2009}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Hamas]]
** [[Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades|Izz ad-Din al-Qassam]]
* {{flagicon image|Red flag.svg}} [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]]
** [[Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades]]
* {{Flag|Palestinian Islamic Jihad}}
** [[Al-Quds Brigades]]
* [[Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades|Al-Aqsa Martyrs']]
* [[Popular Resistance Committees]]
| commander1  = {{Flagicon|Israel}} [[Ehud Olmert]]<br />[[Prime Minister of Israel|Prime Minister]]<br />
{{Flagicon|Israel}} [[Ehud Barak]]<br />[[Defense Minister of Israel|Minister of Defense]]<br />
{{Flagicon|Israel}} [[Gabi Ashkenazi]]<br />[[Chief of General Staff (Israel)|Chief of General Staff]]<br />
{{Flagicon|Israel}} [[Yoav Galant]]<br />[[Southern Command (Israel)|Southern Command]]<br />
{{Flagicon|Israel}} [[Ido Nehoshtan]]<br />[[Israeli Air Force|Air Force]]<br />
{{Flagicon|Israel}} [[Eli Marom]]<br />[[Israeli Navy|Navy]]<br />
{{Flagicon|Israel}} [[Eyal Eisenberg]]<br />[[Gaza Division]]<br />
{{Flagicon|Israel}} [[Yuval Diskin]]<br />[[Shin Bet|Internal Security Service]]
| commander2  = {{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Khaled Mashal]]<ref name="Hamas Leader Khaled Mashaal">{{Cite news |last=Altman |first=Alex |url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1869481,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206181015/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1869481,00.html |archive-date=6 February 2009 |title=Hamas Leader Khaled Mashaal |magazine=Time |date=2009-01-04 |access-date=2010-06-05}}</ref><br />
{{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Ismail Haniyeh]]<br />
{{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Said Seyam]]{{KIA}}<br />
{{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Mohammed Deif]]<br />
{{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Abu Zakaria al-Jamal]]{{KIA}}<br />
{{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Ahmed Jabari]]<br />
{{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Tawfik Jaber]]{{KIA}}<ref name="Israel bombs Gaza for seventh day after killing Hamas leader">{{Cite news |last=Butcher |first=Tim |author-link=Tim Butcher |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4071272/Israel-bombs-Gaza-for-seventh-day-after-killing-Hamas-leader.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4071272/Israel-bombs-Gaza-for-seventh-day-after-killing-Hamas-leader.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Israel bombs Gaza for seventh day after killing Hamas leader |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=2009-01-02 |access-date=2010-06-05 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref><br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Osama Mazini]]<br />
{{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Nizar Rayan]]{{KIA}}<ref name="Israel bombs Gaza for seventh day after killing Hamas leader"/><br />
{{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Mahmoud al-Zahar]]<br /> [[Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah|Ramadan Shallah]]<br>{{flagicon image|Red flag.svg}} [[Jamil Mezher]]
| strength1   = IDF: 4,000<ref name="Israel vows no let-up over Gaza">{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7811301.stm |title=Israel vows no let-up over Gaza |date=2009-01-05 |work=BBC News |access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref>–20,000<ref>{{Cite news |title=Israeli troops enter Gaza |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/world/israeli-troops-enter-gaza/2009/01/04/1231003816897.html |author=Jason Koutsoukis |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2009-01-04}}</ref> deployed in ground invasion and tens of thousands of reservists mobilized<ref>{{Cite news |title=Israel reinforces army before 'third phase' of war in Gaza |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5497710.ece |date=2009-01-12 |author=Fletcher, Martin |work=The Times |access-date=2010-05-17 |location=London }}{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{subscription required}}</ref> (176,000 total active personnel)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inss.org.il/upload/%28FILE%291245235226.pdf |title=Institute for National Security Studies |access-date=2010-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331011719/http://www.inss.org.il/upload/%28FILE%291245235226.pdf |archive-date=31 March 2010 }}</ref>
| strength2   = Hamas (Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigades and paramilitary police): 20,000 (est. total)<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/israeli-think-tank-hamas-has-20-000-armed-men-in-gaza-strip-1.243671 "Israeli think tank: Hamas has 20,000 armed men in Gaza Strip"], Associated Press, ''Haaretz'', 10 April 2008</ref><ref name="t2009-01-05">{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4127074/Hamas-fighters-now-a-well-organised-force.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4127074/Hamas-fighters-now-a-well-organised-force.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Hamas fighters now a well-organised force |last=Butcher |first=Tim |date=2009-01-05 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=3 May 2010 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref><br />Other Palestinian paramilitary forces: 10,000<ref>{{cite news |author=Haidar Eid |url=http://www.socialistworker.org/2009/01/02/israels-war-of-terror |title=Israel's war of terror against Gaza |newspaper=Socialist Worker |date=2009-01-02 |access-date=2010-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615082253/http://socialistworker.org/2009/01/02/israels-war-of-terror |archive-date=15 June 2010 }}</ref>
| casualties1 = '''Total killed''': 13<br />Soldiers: 10 ([[friendly fire]]: 4)<ref name=latimes2009jan13>[https://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/13/world/fg-gaza13 "Israeli troops step up attacks on Hamas outside Gaza City"]. Sebastian Rotella and Rushdi abu Alouf, ''Los Angeles Times'', 13 January 2009</ref><br />Civilians: 3<br />
'''Total wounded''': 518<br />Soldiers: 336<ref name=ocha2009jan26>[http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_gaza_humanitarian_situation_report_2009_01_26_english.pdf "Field update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205002514/http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_gaza_humanitarian_situation_report_2009_01_26_english.pdf |date=5 February 2009 }}. 24–26 January 2009. OCHA oPt ([[Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs|United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]] – occupied Palestinian territory). [http://www.ochaopt.org/ oachopt.org].</ref><br />Civilians: 182<ref name=ocha2009jan26/>
| casualties2 = '''Total killed''': 1,166–1,417{{refn|group=fn|1,166 according to the [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]],{{sfn|Lappin|2009}} 1,391 according to [[B'Tselem]],{{sfn|''B'Tselem''}} and 1,417 according to the [[Palestinian Centre for Human Rights|PCHR]].{{sfn|''PCHR''|2009}}}}

Militants and police officers:<br />491'''*''' (255 police officers, 236 fighters) ([[Palestinian Centre for Human Rights|PCHR]]),{{sfn|''PCHR''|2009}}<ref>Efraim Inbar & Eitan Shamir [https://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Mowing-the-Grass-English.pdf 'Mowing the Grass': Israel's Strategy for Protracted Intractable Conflict], [[Journal of Strategic Studies]], 37:1, 65–90 p. 83</ref><!--Per discussion--> 600'''*''' (B'Tselem),{{sfn|''B'Tselem''}} 709 ([[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]]),{{sfn|Lappin|2009}} 600–700 ([[Hamas]])<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/hamas-admits-600-700-of-its-men-were-killed-in-cast-lead-1.323776 "Hamas admits 600–700 of its men were killed in Cast Lead"] (9 November 2010). ''[[Haaretz]]''. Retrieved 2 March 2011</ref> <br />Civilians: 926 ([[Palestinian Centre for Human Rights|PCHR]]),{{sfn|''PCHR''|2009}} 759 (B'Tselem),{{sfn|''B'Tselem''}} 295 ([[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]]){{sfn|Lappin|2009}}<br />
'''Total wounded''': 5,303 ([[Palestinian Centre for Human Rights|PCHR]]){{sfn|''PCHR''|2009}}

'''Total captured''': 120 ([[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]])
| casualties3 = One [[Egyptian army|Egyptian]] border guard officer killed and three wounded, and two children wounded<!--before blaming Hamas or Palestinians see Talk:2008–2009_Israel–Gaza_conflict#Infobox_blaming-->.<!--Source for one guard dead, one wounded--><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=605368&sid=126 |title=קצין מצרי נהרג מירי אנשי חמאס סמוך למעבר רפיח |publisher=nana 10 |language=He |trans-title=Egyptian officer killed by Hamas near the Rafah crossing |access-date=2009-01-01 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225083951/https://www.10.tv/news/36331 }}</ref><!--Source for two guards, kids wounded--><ref name="egyptian1">{{Cite news |title=Two Egyptian Children, Police Injured in Israeli Air Strike Near Gaza Border |url=http://voanews.com/english/2009-01-11-voa20.cfm |date=2009-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114225319/http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-11-voa20.cfm |archive-date=14 January 2009}}</ref><br />Over 50,800 Gaza residents displaced.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7838618.stm "Gaza 'looks like earthquake zone'"]. BBC. 19 January 2009</ref>

Over 4,000 homes destroyed; around $2bn worth of damage to Gaza<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7845428.stm |title=Gaza: Humanitarian situation |work=BBC News |date=2009-01-30 |access-date=2010-03-24}}</ref>
| notes       = '''*'''255 ([[Palestinian Centre for Human Rights|PCHR]]){{sfn|''PCHR''|2009}} or 265 (B'Tselem){{sfn|''B'Tselem''}} police officers were killed.
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{{Gaza blockade}}

The '''Gaza War''' was a three-week armed conflict that took place in the [[Gaza Strip]] during the winter of 2008–2009. It was codenamed '''Operation Cast Lead''' ({{lang-he|מבצע עופרת יצוקה}} ''Mivtza Oferet Yetzuka'') by the Israeli government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/17/AR2009011700592.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Israelis Announce Cease-Fire In Gaza | first1=Craig | last1=Whitlock | first2=Jonathan | last2=Finer | date=2009-01-18 | accessdate=2010-05-03}}</ref>

The Gaza War is said to have begun when Israel started an air strike against the Gaza Strip on Dec. 27.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ben-David|first=Alon|publisher=Jane's Defence Weekly|title=Israeli offensive seeks 'new security reality' in Gaza|date=January 9, 2009|url=http://www.janes.com/news/defence/triservice/jdw/jdw090109_1_n.shtml|accessdate=August 1, 2010}}</ref> This was after a six-month truce between Israel and Hamas had run out and Hamas had resumed rocket attacks against Israel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0113/p01s04-wome.html |title=Ilene R. Prusher, 'Hamas remains defiant despite pounding' Christian Science Monitor 13/01/2009 |publisher=Csmonitor.com |date=2009-01-13 |accessdate=2010-06-05 |archive-date=2009-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220151839/http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0113/p01s04-wome.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Israel's said its aim was to stop Hamas' rocket attacks on Israel<ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE50423320090105 TIMELINE - Israeli-Hamas violence since truce ended] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104122602/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE50423320090105 |date=2011-01-04 }}, Reuters 05-01-2009</ref> from and arms import into the territory.<ref>Bright, Arthur. [http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1226/p99s01-duts.html Israel set to launch ‘limited operation’ in Gaza], Christian Science Monitor, December 26, 2008. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308113739/http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1226/p99s01-duts.html |date=March 8, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{cite web|author=Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/16/israel-rejects-war-crimes-gaza |title=Israel rejects war crimes findings of UN Gaza inquiry &#124; World news &#124; guardian.co.uk |date=16 September 2009 |publisher=Guardian |accessdate=2010-05-08}}</ref> Israeli forces attacked military targets, police stations and government buildings. [[Hamas]] intensified its rocket and [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]] attacks against Southern Israel, reaching the major cities of [[Beersheba]] and Ashdod for the first time.<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3645485,00.html Rockets land east of Ashdod] m ''Ynetnews'', December 28, 2008; [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3647569,00.html Rockets reach Beersheba, cause damage], ''Ynetnews'', December 30, 2008. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204064937/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3645485,00.html |date=2009-02-04 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254163545960&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |title=Israel News {{!}} Online Israeli News Covering Israel & The Jewish World - JPost |access-date=2021-01-19 |archive-date=2012-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222184423/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254163545960&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129467# |title=Another Miracle: Rocket Hits Empty Synagogue - Defense/Middle East - Israel News |date=17 January 2009 |publisher=Israel National News |accessdate=2010-05-08}}</ref> An Israeli ground invasion began on January 3, 2009. The war ended on January 18, when Israel first declared a unilateral(one-sided) ceasefire, followed by Hamas' announcing a one-week ceasefire twelve hours later.<ref name="xinhua one week">{{cite news |title=Hamas leader in Syria announce one-week ceasefire in Gaza |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/18/content_10679186.htm |publisher=Xinhua |date=2009-01-18 |accessdate=2009-08-03}}</ref><ref name="cbc.ca one week">{{cite news |title=Hamas agrees to 1-week ceasefire |url=http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/01/18/gaza.html |publisher=CBC News |date=2009-01-18 |accessdate=2009-08-03}}</ref> Israel completed its withdrawal on January 21.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/18/israel.gaza/index.html Hamas, Israel set independent cease-fires] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902071535/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/18/israel.gaza/index.html |date=2010-09-02 }}, CNN International; [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7841902.stm Last Israeli troops 'leave Gaza'], BBC News, January 21, 2009.</ref> The conflict resulted in between 1,166 and 1,417 Palestinian and 13 Israeli deaths.<ref>Al-Mughrabi, Nidal. [http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5053r7-us-palestinians-israel/ Israel tightens grip on urban parts of Gaza] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109194300/http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5053r7-us-palestinians-israel/ |date=2009-01-09 }}</ref>

==References==
=== Notes ===
{{Reflist|group=fn}}

=== Citations ===
{{Reflist}}

=== Sources ===
{{refbegin|35em}}
* {{cite web
 | title=Fatalities during Operation Cast Lead
 | website=B'Tselem
 |url=https://www.btselem.org/statistics/fatalities/during-cast-lead/by-date-of-event
 | ref={{sfnref | B'Tselem}}
 | access-date=November 24, 2020
}}
* {{cite web
 |url=http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/PressR/English/2008/36-2009.html
 | title=Confirmed figures reveal the true extent of the destruction inflicted upon the Gaza Strip; Israel's offensive resulted in 1,417 dead, including 926 civilians, 255 police officers, and 236 fighters
 | access-date=19 March 2009
 | url-status=
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612193512/http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/PressR/English/2008/36-2009.html
 | archive-date=12 June 2009
 | publisher = Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
 | date = March 12, 2009
 | ref={{sfnref | PCHR | 2009}}
}}
* {{cite web
 | last=Lappin | first=Yaakov
 | title=IDF releases Cast Lead casualty numbers
 | website=The Jerusalem Post
 | date=March 26, 2009
 |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel/idf-releases-cast-lead-casualty-numbers
 | access-date=November 24, 2020
}}
{{refend}}

==Other websites==
{{Commons category|2008-09 Gaza War}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090107095002/http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/war_on_gaza/ Aljazeera coverage]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7812136.stm Gaza crisis: key maps and timeline], BBC News.
* [http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/news/gaza/ CNN coverage].
* {{Guardiantopic|world/series/gaza-war-crimes-investigation|Gaza war crimes investigation}}
* [[Gabi Siboni]], [http://www.inss.org.il/uploadimages/Import/(FILE)1272779230.pdf "From the Second Intifada through the Second Lebanon War to Operation Cast Lead: Puzzle Pieces of a Single Campaign"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820030032/http://www.inss.org.il/uploadimages/Import/(FILE)1272779230.pdf |date=2016-08-20 }}, ''[[Institute for National Security Studies (Israel)|Military and Strategic Affairs]]'', Volume 1, No. 1, April 2009.
* [[Gabi Siboni]], [http://www.inss.org.il/uploadImages/systemFiles/Operations%20Cast%20Lead,%20Pillar%20of%20Defense,%20and%20Protective%20Edge_%20A%20Comparative%20Review.pdf "Operations Cast Lead, Pillar of Defense, and Protective Edge: A Comparative Review"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820033603/http://www.inss.org.il/uploadImages/systemFiles/Operations%20Cast%20Lead,%20Pillar%20of%20Defense,%20and%20Protective%20Edge_%20A%20Comparative%20Review.pdf |date=2016-08-20 }}, a chapter inside ''The Lessons of Operation Protective Edge'', eds. Anat Kurz and Shlomo Brom, [[Institute for National Security Studies (Israel)|INSS]], 2014.

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