Overview

• The cabinet approved the change on Sunday, adopting Tkuma—rendered by the Prime Minister’s Office as the 'War of Redemption'—as the official name in place of 'Iron Swords' used by the IDF.
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ministers the fight represents Israel’s revival and a direct continuation of the War of Independence.
• Government materials describe operations across seven fronts: Gaza, the West Bank (Judea and Samaria), Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Yemen and Iraq.
• The cabinet’s explanatory note recounts the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack that killed about 1,200 people in Israel’s south.
• Opposition figures and some victims’ families criticized the renaming as narrative shaping to deflect accountability, and the government estimated implementation costs at about 2 million shekels.