Tag: IDF
Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning documentary arrested for stoning security forces
Israeli forces on Monday night arrested Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Balal on suspicion of throwing stones at security forces during violent clashes near Susya in Judea, according to Hebrew media reports.
Balal, co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary "No...
IDF chief tours Rafah amid renewed Gaza offensive
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir visited the Rafah area in southern Gaza on Tuesday, where he reviewed operational plans and defensive preparations amid ongoing military operations against Hamas.
During the...
Israeli forces continue counter-terror op in Judea and Samaria
Israeli security forces in Judea and Samaria over the past week killed three terrorists, apprehended more than a hundred wanted suspects, confiscated dozens of weapons and questioned dozens of terrorist suspects, the army said...
Syria’s al-Sharaa must normalize ties with Jerusalem or accept IDF presence
Syria, along with the rest of the Middle East, is undergoing unprecedented changes and Israel has announced its intention to protect its borders. As part of this effort, the Israel Defense Forces reported that...
IDF distributes nearly 500k hamantaschen for Purim
The Israel Defense Forces' Military Rabbinate distributed almost half a million hamantaschen, or oznei Haman ("Haman's ears") cookies, the army said ahead of the holiday of Purim, which starts Thursday night.
Approximately 460,000 hamantaschen in the flavors of...
‘Over 2,000 attempted terror attacks in past year’
The Israel Defense Forces' "Operation Iron Wall," an extensive and ongoing counterterrorism effort in Judea and Samaria launched on Jan. 21, is seeing the Israeli military take a new, decisive and sustained approach.
"Iron Wall,"...
Israel redrawing its borders in Syria and Lebanon
On Feb. 24, 2025, protests erupted in southern Syria, with several hundred demonstrators rallying in multiple locations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent call for the demilitarization of the area south of Damascus.
The...
The Oct. 7 catastrophe of the Israeli army
Eyal Zamir, the new chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, embodies the composed strength of the tank corps—resolute, methodical and enduring. Unlike the aerial acrobatics of fighter pilots or the tactical ingenuity...
‘Don’t forget the hostages,’ relatives say at CPAC
Help bring the hostages home.
That was the message Thursday at the annual gathering of thousands of conservative activists in a Washington suburb.
Attendees at the CPAC conference heard U.S. Vice President JD Vance tell hostage...
Apply ‘Trump spirit’ to the situation in Gaza
Everything that has been happening since U.S. President Donald Trump’s entrance into the White House in the context of the future of the Gaza Strip and the Israeli hostages has been widely discussed in...