Following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers by Hamas members, the IDF conducted Operation Brother's Keeper to arrest militant leaders, Hamas fired rockets into Israel and a seven-week conflict broke … Jeffrey Goldberg The Hamas terrorists have always publicized their goal of wiping Israel off the map. The 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict also known as Operation Protective Edge and sometimes referred to as the 2014 Gaza war, was a military operation launched by Israel on 8 July 2014 in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Palestinians retaliated by volleying rocket fire into Israel.

Nothing keeps the flames of jihad alight, and Hamas… The siege began only in 2007, two years after the Israeli pull-out, when Hamas violently seized power and intensified rocket fire on Israel. The IDF’s goal for most of these campaigns was to restore the status quo and deter Hamas from waging future violence. Israeli forces launched attacks on political institutions, military camps and police stations. Reactions to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict came from around the world.. Israel's stated purpose was to protect its citizens. If Israel were to withdraw from the West Bank, Hamas would certainly find such a goal easier to accomplish. Understanding the Goals of Hamas and Israel In a sermon, a rabbi does a deceptively simple thing to help explain the nature of the Middle East conflict. They attacked citizens, not military installations. 2 The last of these “deterrence operations” was named “Operation Protective Edge” (the 2014 Israel-Hamas conflict).

Israel's stated goals were to stop rocket fire into Israel and to stop the smuggling of weapons into the Gaza Strip. The United States and Canada were supportive of Israel and critical of Hamas. Israeli operation was to stop rocket fire from Gaza into Israel; short term aim of Hamas was to liberate Palestine; long term aim of Hamas was to establish Islamic state from Jordan river to mediterranean sea