2022 Gaza–Israel clashes

2022 Gaza–Israel clashes
	Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
	; Targeted killing of Tayseer al-Jabari, commander in the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
Date	5–7 August 2022
Location	Gaza Strip and West Bank
Result	Ceasefire on 23:30 (UTC+3), 7 August 2022
Combatants
Israel Israel Defense Forces Israeli Air Force; ;	Gaza Strip Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine (PIJ);
Commanders and leaders
Yair Lapid; Benny Gantz; Aviv Kochavi;	Ziyad al-Nakhalah; Tayseer Jabari †; Khaled Mansour †;
Casualties and losses
2 IDF soldiers wounded; 21 civilians treated for anxiety, 39 for injuries sustained while rushing to shelters	49 Palestinians killed, including 17 children, 350 civilians wounded; 36 civilians killed (22 by Israel, 14 by misfired Palestinian rockets)

The 2022 Gaza–Israel clashes code-named as Operation Breaking Dawn lasted from 5 to 7 August 2022. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted some 147 airstrikes in Gaza and Palestinian militants fired approximately 1,100 rockets towards Israel. The operation, ordered by Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz without prior Cabinet discussion or approval, followed a raid in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in which Israeli forces arrested Bassam al-Saadi, a leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in that area. On 6 August, Israel arrested 20 people in the West Bank of whom 19 were members of PIJ and a further 20 on 7 August according to an unnamed Israeli official.

The initial attack included the targeted killing of Tayseer al-Jabari, a military leader of the group. On the second day, the PIJ commander of the Southern area of the Strip, Khaled Mansour, was also targeted and killed. Islamic Jihad stated that the Israeli bombardments were a 'declaration of war' and responded with retaliatory rocket fire towards Israel.

The clashes resulted in the death of at least 49 Palestinians, including 17 children, according to the Gaza health ministry. The IDF stated that over a dozen of these deaths, including 12 of the children, were caused by failed PIJ rocket launches. This was disputed by the father of one of the victims, while other Gaza residents and journalists state they saw the misfires by PIJ and called for an investigation of the misfires. On 13 August, Haaretz reported that misfires killed 14 civilians, including seven children. Some 20% of rockets fell short and into Gaza.

The clashes ended with a truce that was confirmed by both sides on the night of 7 August 2022.

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