2006 Israeli operation in Beit Hanoun

Military offensive in the Gaza strip yes September 2020 Operation "Autumn Clouds" File:Gaza Strip map2.svg Map of the Gaza Strip the Gaza–Israel conflict and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 31 October – 8 November 2006http://www1.idf.il/DOVER/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&id=7&clr=1&docid=58583.EN Archived copy 2006-11-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120205032208/http://www1.idf.il/DOVER/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&id=7&clr=1&docid=58583.EN 5 February 2012 dmy-all (10 31 2006 11 08 2006) Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip 31 32 19 N 34 32 14 E type:city inline,title Israeli victory Israeli forces withdraw from the Gaza Strip Israel IDF Palestine Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades white-space:nowrap; 24px|Flag of Hamas Hamas 24pxPRC 24pxArmy of Islam white-space:nowrap; Israel D. Halutz, Chief of Staff Israel Y. Galant, ISC white-space:nowrap; 22px|Flag of Hamas K. Mashal, Hamas leaderPM: No Hamas member is immune 2 July 2006 Yedioth Ahronoth http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3269992,00.html 22px|Flag of Hamas M. Deif, Hamas military leader 1 killedhttp://www1.idf.il/DOVER/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&id=7&docid=58460.EN Israel Defense Forces - The Official Website 2006-11-02 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070311113651/http://www1.idf.il/DOVER/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&id=7&docid=58460.EN 11 March 2007 dmy-all 3 civilians wounded 82 Palestinians killed, at least half of whom civiliansMore than 260 woundedReport of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, John Dugard, para 10-11. 29 January 2007 (doc.nr. A/HRC/4/17)http://fr.jpost.com/Tags/satellite Satellite News and latest stories | The Jerusalem Post fr.jpost.com In 2006, the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation "Autumn Clouds" (he מבצע ענני סתיו Mivtza Ananei Stav) beginning on 1 November 2006, following numerous rocket and mortar attacks on southern Israel, when the Israel Defense Forces entered the Gaza Strip triggering sporadic fighting near Beit Hanoun. The operation was the first military endeavor undertaken by the Israeli military since Operation "Summer Rains" in the summer of 2006.IDF soldier and at least 10 Palestinian gunmen killed in GazaMarch 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Jerusalem Post The operation was launched to stop Palestinian rocket attacks into Israel. Palestinian government officials said on 7 November that IDF troops were beginning to withdraw, thus ending the operation. Fifty-three Palestinians, including 16 civilians, and an IDF soldier, were killed since 31 October.PA sources: IDF soldiers begin pulling out of northern Gaza https://web.archive.org/web/20071113065317/https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/784374.html 13 November 2007 Ha'aretz Timeline 1 November raid On 1 November 2006, in the largest military operation by Israel since Operation "Summer Rains", six Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were killed and 35 people were wounded during a raid on Beit Hanoun by the Israeli military. The raid involved three air strikes, sixty tanks backed by helicopter gunships. The AFP news agency reported that three houses were razed by Israeli bulldozers and a dozen homes were hit by tank shells. The raid was the beginning of Operation "Autumn Clouds" by the Israeli military. Both the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and the prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, have described the raid as a massacre.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6104858.stm BBC NEWS - Middle East - Israel launches major Gaza raid November 2006 19 December 2014 3 November shootings On 3 November 2006 one Palestinian woman was killed and ten were reported wounded by Israeli military fire.https://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/783577.html 19 Palestinians killed in IDF raids in West Bank, Gaza 1 January 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20061228130153/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/783577.html 28 December 2006 dead dmy-all https://www.theguardian.com/israel/Story/0,,1938667,00.html At least one Palestinian woman was killed when Israeli forces opened fire on a group near a Gaza mosque. The Guardian 3 November 2006 19 December 2014 The women had gathered outside the Umm al-Nasr Mosque in Beit Hanoun after an appeal by the local radio for women to rescue Palestinian militants trapped inside by disguising the militants as women.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6112386.stm BBC News Gaza women killed in mosque siege 3 November 2006 20 May 2010McCarthy Rory 2006-11-07 Beit Hanoun: Israelis pull out leaving trail of death https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/nov/07/israel2 2025-12-07 The Guardian en-GB Two women were killed and ten injured.Myre Greg Greg Myre 2006-11-03 Israel Kills 2 Women During Mosque Siege https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/world/middleeast/04mideastcnd.html?_r=1&fta=y&oref=slogin https://web.archive.org/web/20180909112851/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/world/middleeast/04mideastcnd.html 2018-09-09 2025-12-07 The New York Times The Israeli military said that their soldiers had spotted two Palestinian militants dressed in women's clothes hiding within the crowd of women, and that the militants were using the women as human shields.The AustralianMarch 2025 medicmedic The Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Ismail Haniyeh, praised the women who he said "...led the protest to break the siege of Beit Hanoun". 7 November withdrawal Palestinian government officials said on 7 November that IDF troops were beginning to withdraw, thus ending the operation. Fifty-three Palestinians, including 16 civilians, and an IDF soldier, were killed since 31 October. 8 November shelling Beit Hanoun November 2006 incident Several civilian houses in Beit Hanoun were struck by shells, fired by the Israeli Defense Force. At least 19 Palestinian civilians were killed and 40 wounded. One day later Assistant Secretary-General Angela Kane of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs briefed the U.N. Security Council on the shelling. She "urged both sides in the conflict to 'return to dialogue'".https://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/whatsnew.html U.N. Department of Political Affairs A resolution proposed by Qatar as condemnation of the shelling was brought before the Security Council and was vetoed by the United States, with the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton calling the proposed resolution 'one-sided' and 'politically motivated'. Following this rebuff, a watered-down and non-binding resolution was passed by the U.N. General Assembly on 17 November 2006 expressing the assembly's 'distress' at the shelling and calling for a fact-finding mission to be sent to Gaza. The resolution was passed by a majority including the European Union member states. Among the several objectors were the United States and Israel.http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=7076 U.N. calls for end to Israel's Gaza ops 1 January 2007 27 September 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014158/http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=7076 dead 16 November On 16 November, Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants firing from Beit Hanoun launched a Qassam rocket at the Israeli town of Sderot, killing one and injuring one other. Israel's Prime Minister released a statement saying: "This is precisely the type of murderous attacks that we are trying to prevent. Israel will take any means necessary in protecting our citizens." Aftermath Israel refused to cooperate with the UN Human Rights Council and obstructed any international investigation into the matter. A Human Rights Council mandated mission which was to have been led by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, was refused to enter Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. On 11 November the United States vetoed a Security Council draft resolution calling for the establishment of a fact-finding mission into the events of 8 November in Beit Hanoun. A UN report, written by the Special Rapporteur, concluded that ″it seems clear that the indiscriminate firing of shells into a civilian neighbourhood with no apparent military objective constituted a war crime, for which both the commanding officer and those who launched the 30-minute artillery attack should be held criminally responsible″. See also Rocket and mortar attacks on southern Israel Palestinian casualties of war Israeli casualties of war References Category:Gaza–Israel conflict Category:2006 conflicts Category:October 2006 in Asia Category:November 2006 in Asia Category:2006 in Israel Category:2006 in the Gaza Strip Category:Counterterrorism in Israel Category:Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip Category:Beit Hanoun in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict