Operation Guardian of the Walls
Israeli soldiers (Photo via Israel Defense Forces)
May 20, 2021, 4:45 pm
Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire after 11 days of bloodshed
Ceasefire set to begin at 2 a.m. Friday Israel time
By Gabe Friedman
A Hamas rocket hits the city of Ashdod on May 14, 2021. (Screenshot)
May 20, 2021, 4:15 pm
Not a normal Israeli Friday
Violence in the Jewish state: A view from the ground
By Alan D. Abbey
A view of a pulpit. Nearly 90 future rabbis have said that the American Jewish community needs to hold Israel accountable for its misconduct. (Getty Images via JTA)
May 20, 2021, 2:19 pm
Rabbinical students sign letter accusing Israel of apartheid
The letter, signed by about 90 future rabbis, called on American Jews to hold Israel accountable for purported human rights abuses.
By Philissa Cramer
The Greater Pittsburgh Jewish community is paired with the city of Karmiel and the Misgav region through, Partnership2Gether, a program of the Jewish Agency for Israel. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
May 20, 2021, 9:40 am
A shared society in conflict
It is going to be very difficult to repair the damage done to what used to be a thriving shared society in the region.
By Kim Salzman
Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire at a warehouse which was hit during an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 18, 2021. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90 via JTA)
May 19, 2021, 9:35 am
Israel strikes Hamas tunnels, Gaza rocket fire decreases
Ceasefire efforts continue
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Paramedics observe a fire in Ramle caused by a rocket from Gaza that landed in the city, May 13, 2021. (United Hatzalah via The Times of Israel)
May 16, 2021, 10:11 am
Amid growing US pressure, Israel said considering Gaza ceasefire
US officials, including close allies of Israel, raise concerns over recent IDF raids, begin calling for Jerusalem to wrap up fighting; Israeli officials reportedly agree
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
Ido Avigal, who was killed in his home in Sderot by a rocket fired from Gaza, May 12, 2021. (Twitter via The Times of Israel)
May 14, 2021, 9:34 am
IDF: Overnight bombardment targeted Hamas’s tunnel network under Gaza City
Military says 160 aircraft dropped 450 missiles on 150 targets in operation, as ground troops in Israel struck terror operatives who try to attack them
By Judah Ari Gross
Paramedics observe a fire in Ramle caused by a rocket from Gaza that landed in the city, May 13, 2021. (United Hatzalah via The Times of Israel)
May 13, 2021, 7:02 pm
Soldier viciously beaten in Jaffa, synagogue burned in Lod as rioting renews
Numerous reports of shootings, other acts of violence in Jewish-Arab cities throughout country; Gantz extends emergency order in Lod, epicenter of recent unrest
By TOI Staff
Jewish Pittsburghers wore blue and sported signs supporting Israel at a May 12, 2021, gathering.(Photo by David Rullo)
May 13, 2021, 6:43 pm
Community comes out to support Israel’s Operation Guardian of the Walls
As Hamas terrorists fired rockets into Israel, about 200 Jewish Pittsburghers gathered in Squirrel Hill to show support for the Jewish state.
By David Rullo and Toby Tabachnick
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