On 8 July 2014, Israel launched a military operation which it designated Operation Protective Edge in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
The stated aim of the Israeli operation was to stop rocket fire from Gaza into Israel, which increased after an Israeli crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank was launched following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers by two Hamas members.
This Series was taken on 22 ed August 2014 after a rocket hit a synagogue in Askelon city, few days before the final ceasefire .
