Tag: IDF Reservists
Israeli DM tells IDF to suspend anti-government activist’s reserve duty
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has instructed the Israel Defense Forces to rescind leading anti-government activist Sgt. Maj. (res.) Eyal Naveh's call-up for reserve duty, the Defense Ministry announced on Sunday.
Naveh, one of the...
IDF major KIA in Gaza, bringing the military’s death toll to 783
An Israel Defense Forces reservist was killed fighting Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Monday evening.
IDF Maj. (res.) Itamar Levin Fridman, 34, from the Red Sea city of Eilat,...
Anger boils over in Israel as IDF reservists are targeted by investigation
Right-wing protesters, including several Knesset members, burst through the gates of two Israeli military bases on Monday to vent their rage after learning nine IDF reservists had been arrested that day on suspicion of...
Likud lawmaker blocks gov’t bill to up age limit for IDF reserve service
Likud Party legislator Yuli Edelstein, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, on Wednesday refused to advance a government-backed proposal to raise the retirement age for military reservists, citing the failure to...
‘Fauda’ star Idan Amedi recounts Gaza blast
Israeli actor-singer-songwriter Idan Amedi, best known for starring in the hit Netflix show "Fauda," recounted to reporters on Thursday his experience fighting in Gaza and the blast that had him hospitalized for over two weeks.
“We...
‘If you are reading these words, something probably happened to me’
Among the 21 soldiers who died in Monday's building collapse in Maghazi, the central Gaza Strip, was Master Sgt. (res.) Elkana Vizel, 35, a resident of Bnei Dekalim in southern Israel. Vizel, married to Galit...
US immigrant, native Israeli fight in Gaza thinking of a fallen comrade
It was at the very end of their two-month stint in Gaza that the reservists of an elite Israeli reconnaissance unit found themselves in an abandoned Hamas training base just half a mile from...
Signs of a long war
It didn't take long after Oct.7 to realize that this war would not be over in a couple of days. Routing out one of the best-funded and -equipped terrorist groups in the world and securing...
Senior Israel Navy reservist suspended for refusing voluntary service
The Israel Defense Forces announced on Thursday the suspension of a high-ranking naval reservist for refusing to show up for duty in protest of judicial reform.
His service was suspended following a conversation with the head of the...