[6] At the start of the war, a force from the unit retrieved the bodies of a tank crew from Battalion 82 that was destroyed by an IED during the pursuit of the kidnappers.

In the days that followed, mortar shells, recoilless rifles, and rockets were fired at Avivim, Yir'on, and other communities from the Jabal al-Dair area near Maroun al-Ras.

A force from the unit crossed the border to search the area and attack the Hezbollah squads responsible for the fire.

In 2009, he was appointed Operations Officer (Katzin Agam) of the Judea and Samaria Division and served in this position until 2011, while also completing the IDF Battalion Commanders Course.

[20][21] He was an active participant in defining the sectoral security concept, particularly in the "Hourglass Plan" and the smart fence around the Gaza Strip.

Most of the offensive military activity was carried out through surgical airstrikes over the Strip, while thwarting infiltration attempts by terrorist squads by the Gaza Division.

[24] On 14 May 2021, Operation Lightning Strike was executed, aimed at trapping hundreds of Hamas terrorists in tunnels (the "Metro" system) and eliminating them while they were holed up using advanced capabilities developed by the Air Force.

The operation, originally designed for use in a broader strategic framework, was developed over years and relied on the element of surprise.

[25] The Southern Command Intelligence Officer warned in time that the ground deception had failed, but the operation proceeded regardless and did not achieve its goals, with the impact on Hamas being minimal.

[27] In August 2022, the quiet was broken with the launch of Operation Breaking Dawn, which focused on fighting the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, not Hamas.

[29][30] In November that year, after being exposed to a possible Hamas surprise attack scenario called "Jericho Wall," Toledano held a classified discussion where he expressed his view that the ceasefire approach with the Gaza terrorist organizations was bound to fail, and that in his opinion, Israel would need to initiate a preemptive strike: "Since any campaign has a price, as long as the significant military advantage is maintained, we will seek to delay the next war.

A week later, he led Operation Shield and Arrow, which began following rocket fire towards Israel a few days earlier and opened with three simultaneous targeted assassinations of senior Islamic Jihad officials.

On 3 June, the Egypt–Israel border shooting occurred in his sector,[34] after which Toledano met with senior Egyptian Army officials in Cairo for a joint investigation.

Following the resignation of Military Intelligence Directorate chief Aharon Haliva, Toledano was considered for the position,[38] but ultimately Shlomi Binder was appointed.