Jacob Simona standing by his car, torched during the clashes between Lod’s Jewish and Arab residents.

A policeman rescuing a Jewish driver who was being stoned by Arab youths near the Lions’ Gate, shortly before the Flag Parade that was scheduled to pass close by the Old City walls, and before rockets were fired on Jerusalem from Gaza.

An Iron Dome interception missile in the sky above Sderot.

After two years that saw four turbulent Knesset election campaigns, the Likud’s 12 years in power under Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership came to an end. A government led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennet and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid was confirmed with a single-vote majority.

Conflicts erupted in East Jerusalem following the evacuation of Arab residents from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. At the same time riots broke out at the Al Aqsa mosque prior to the Flag March on Jerusalem Day. Subsequently rockets were fired from Gaza and Israel initiated Operation Guardian of the Walls.

Naomi Perlman, a 90-year-old widowed Holocaust survivor who lived in Ashkelon with Soumya Santosh from India, her 32-year-old nurse and caregiver. Their house was struck by a rocket fired from Gaza during Operation Guardian of the Walls. Soumya was killed on the spot. Naomi was rescued from the ruins,
but she was severely injured, and the doctors had to amputate both her legs.

A ripped poster in a tent of then Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s supporters, at the time when
demonstrations calling for his resignation were being held near his residence.

An apartment building heavily damaged by shrapnel from a rocket fired from Gaza during Operation Guardian of the Walls. The strike caused the death of Gershon Franco, who failed to reach a protected area due to his disability.

Roi Goldstein, one of the regular participants in the “Balfour Protest”, under arrest in a police patrol car while
in costume as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dressed in prison clothes.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein welcoming the first consignment of
COVID-19 vaccines.

Traders protesting because opening high street stores and malls was not included in the relaxations of the COVID-19 lockdown that took effect on that day.

Muslim Palestinians praying next to the ruins of a mosque damaged by an IDF attack during Operation Guardian of the Walls.

Sa‘id Musa, a resident of Ramla, is dragged from his car and badly beaten by Jewish rioters after he was identified as an Arab. Passers-by attempted to protect him until he was evacuated to hospital with extensive
severe injuries. The incident took place during Operation Guardian of the Walls, which deepened the rift between Arabs and Jews.

Rockets launched from Gaza being shot down by Iron Dome interception missiles.

A Palestinian youth during clashes following the killing of two demonstrators by IDF soldiers in the course of Operation Guardian of the Walls

A memorial ceremony organized by United Hatzalah volunteers one month after the Mt. Meron disaster. The organization’s volunteers participated in the evacuation of huge numbers of wounded victims.

Personal belongings gathered after 45 men and boys were crushed to death and 102 people injured in a bottleneck at the annual Lag Ba‘Omer festivities at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai on Mt. Meron. The Meron disaster was the worst civilian catastrophe in Israel’s history.

Palestinians, including some who had been evicted from their homes and some threatened by eviction, sit down together to the Iftar meal that breaks the daily fast during Ramadan, facing the settlers now living in the homes of those evicted.

A bus that sustained a direct hit by a rocket fired from Gaza.

A pile of vehicles cleared from Lod’s streets after they were torched during Operation Guardian of the Walls. In the course of the operation severe incidents of violence occurred involving the city’s Jewish and Arab residents.

A car torched in the violent clashes that took place between Lod’s Jewish and Arab residents during Operation Guardian of the Walls.