<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Israel">Israel</a> launches an <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Protective_Edge" id="mwASE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Protective Edge">offensive</a> on Gaza amid rising tensions following the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_kidnapping_and_murder_of_Israeli_teenagers" id="mwASI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers">kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers</a>.<sup about="#mwt42" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_8#cite_note-6" id="mwASM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASQ">[6]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"><cite about="#mwt39" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBfo"><a class="external text" href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/07/reported-confessions-israel-mohammed-abu-khdeir-killing" id="mwBfs" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Three Israelis 'confess to killing Palestinian teenager'<span class="cs1-kern-right" id="mwBfw"></span>"</a>. <i id="mwBf0">The Guardian</i>. 2014-07-07<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBf4">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBf8">2021-07-08</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt39" class="Z3988" id="mwBgA" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&amp;rft.atitle=Three+Israelis+%27confess+to+killing+Palestinian+teenager%27&amp;rft.date=2014-07-07&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2014%2Fjul%2F07%2Freported-confessions-israel-mohammed-abu-khdeir-killing&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJuly+8"></span></span>