Year Name Description 1948 Milkhemet The 1948 Arab-Israeli War: a large-scale war between Ha'atzma'ut Israel and five Arab countries and the Palestinian- Arabs. The war resulted in an Israeli victory, with Israel מלחמת :Hebrew) The annexing territory beyond the borders of the proposed" ,העצמאות War of Jewish. Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt signed Independence" the 1949 Armistice Agreements with Israel. The Gaza Strip and the West Bank, were occupied by Egypt and Transjordan, respectively until 1967.
The Israeli flag became the official flag of the State of Israel.
1956 The Sinai The Sinai Campaign was held. This war, followed Campaign Egypt's decision of 26 July 1956 to nationalize the Suez Canal. The war was initiated by United Kingdom and France, and conducted in cooperation with Israel, aimed at occupying the Sinai Peninsula, with the Europeans regaining control over the Suez Canal. Although the Israeli occupation of the Sinai was successful, the US and USSR forced it to abandon this conquest. However, Israel managed to re-open the Straits of Tiran and secured its southern border.
1967 The Six Day War The Six-Day War took place and was fought between Israel and all of its neighboring countries: Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, which were aided by other Arab countries. The war lasted six days and concluded with Israel expanding its territory significantly – Gaza Strip and Sinai fromEgypt, the West Bank and Jerusalem from Jordan and the Golan Heights from Syria.
1982 The First The First Lebanon War took place during which Israel Lebanon War invaded southern Lebanon due to the constant terror attacks on northern Israel by the Palestinian guerrilla organizations resident there. The war resulted in the expulsion of the PLO from Lebanon, and created an Israeli Security Zone in southern Lebanon.
1987 The First The First Intifada: The first Palestinian uprising took Intifada place in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories. (to 1991)
1991 The Gulf War Gulf War: Three Scuds and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, wounding 96 people; three elderly people die of heart attacks.
2000 The Second The Second Intifada: The Intifada second Palestinian uprising took place in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank against the Israeli occupation of thePalestinian Territories. The uprising which began as massive protests carried out by Palestinians in the Palestinian Territories, soon turned into a violent Palestinian guerrilla campaign which included numerous suicide attacks carried out against Israeli civilians within the state ofIsrael. (to 2005)
2006 The Second The Second Lebanon War took place, which began as a Lebanon War military operation in response to the abduction of two Israeli reserve soldiers by the Hezbollah, and gradually grew to a wider conflict.
2012 Operation Pillar Operation Pillar of Defense: IDF forces conducted an of Defense eight-day military operation in the Hamas governed Gaza Strip during which dozens of targets there were attacked in response to ongoing rocket fire on the western Negev.
2014 Operation Operation Protective Edge: An IDF military reaction Protective Edge following the escalation of major rocket attacks fired by Hamas from the Gaza strip targeting major Israeli cities including: Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Beer Sheva, Sderot, Ashkelon, Dimona, Zichron Yaakov and more.