Operation Bringing Home the Goods

Operation Bringing Home the Goods
Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
DateMarch 14, 2006
Location
Jericho, Palestinian Authority
Result Israeli victory
Belligerents
 Israel (IDF) Palestinian Authority Palestinian Authority
Commanders and leaders
Israel Yair Naveh Palestinian Authority 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]

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]

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]

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