Before the election, Israeli Defense Minister Gantz and caretaker Prime Minister Lapid conducted a large-scale military operation against Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip in order to curry favor with voters, and triggered intensive retaliation.
Israeli Prime Minister Lapid said a "dawn-breaking operation" against the Gaza Strip was launched to eliminate specific threats to Israeli citizens and civilians living near the Gaza Strip. Dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip were destroyed by the Israel Defense Forces and Tayser al-Jabari, head of islamic jihad's northern command, was killed.
In the face of a dense rocket retaliatory attack in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Defense Minister Benni Gantz issued a conscription order calling 25,000 reserve soldiers to the Southern Command, the Air Defense Force, the Rear Command and the Combat Forces for combat missions. This time the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is likely to intensify.
