Operation Bringing Home the Goods
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Operation Bringing Home the Goods (Hebrew: מבצע הבאת ביכורים, romanized: Mivtza Hava'at Bikurim) was a raid launched by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on March 14, 2006, on a Palestinian prison in Jericho. The prison held several prisoners wanted by Israel, whose incarceration was monitored by British and American wardens. In early 2006, the newly elected Hamas government announced that it intended to release the prisoners.[4]
Operation Bringing Home the Goods | |||||||
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Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Israel (IDF) | Palestinian Authority | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Yair Naveh | Ahmed Saadat | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1,000 soldiers[1] | 200 prisoners and guards[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
None[3] |
2 killed 28 wounded Several captured[3][4] |
On March 14, the monitors left, and the IDF raided the prison. The prisoners put up a fight and, after a ten-hour siege, surrendered and were arrested. A series of riots and kidnapping of foreigners ensued throughout the Palestinian territories.[5]