Operation Hot Winter

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Operation Hot Winter, also called Operation Warm Winter (Hebrew: מבצע חורף חם, Mivtza Horef Ham) was an Israel Defense Forces military campaign in the Gaza Strip, launched on February 29, 2008 in response to Qassam rockets fired from the Strip by Hamas. At least 112 Palestinian militants and civilians, along with three Israelis, were killed, and more than 150 Palestinians and seven Israelis were injured.