Tag: IDF Home Front Command
An inside look at the Israeli rescue effort in Surfside
A rescue delegation from the Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command is using visual intelligence techniques and information received from families of the victims to precisely map out the wreckage of a condo that...
Israelis fight despair while aiding survivors, rescuers in Florida calamity
“I saw in the news that you were coming from Israel for us, and I was waiting for you,” says a tearful young woman in Surfside, Florida, to members of the Psychotrauma and Crisis...
Israel’s president offers Gaza-border residents respite from missiles
In the wake of a barrage of 250 missiles launched from Gaza into Israel, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin invited citizens from the Gaza “envelope” (periphery) area and greater southern Israel to his official Jerusalem...
“I was overwhelmed seeing the dozens of wounded children”
Editor’s Note: On March 8, at least 100 people were killed and more than 600 wounded in a series of explosions in the town of Bata in the central African nation of Equatorial Guinea.
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How the IDF’s Home Front Command shifted gears from rockets to vaccines
The Home Front Command has played a critical role in the past year using its close cooperation with local councils to promote health instructions and assist the vaccine drive to all of Israel’s varied...
IDF Home Front battles concerns of youngest sector of Israeli society during the pandemic
The Israel Defense Force’s Home Front Command has many key duties when it comes to boosting the resilience and emergency preparedness of the Israeli civilian world; one of these includes boosting the mental health...
An insider’s look at ‘corona hotels’ operated by IDF Home Front Command
As the Israeli cabinet weighs increasingly stringent steps to deal with the growing numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases, the Israel Defense Forces’ Home Front Command is playing an increasingly essential part in the state’s...
Netanyahu: Opposition leaders’ calls to ignore COVID directives will lead to anarchy
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday took opposition politicians to task for calling on the public not to cooperate with Health Ministry directives regarding the coronavirus pandemic. Such calls, said Netanyahu, would lead...
IDF’s coronavirus headquarters begins new stage of operations
One month after being formed, the Israel Defense Forces’ Coronavirus Command began its second stage of operations on Tuesday, taking over epidemiological tracking efforts nationwide.
The development comes one day after the cabinet approved a...
IDF hosts virtual conference with militaries worldwide to discuss pandemic insights
The Israel Defense Forces has in recent days held a video conference—the first of its kind—with militaries around the world to discuss insights on technological trends and operational issues during the coronavirus pandemic.
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