Tag: IDF
Reflections of a father
Written on Friday afternoon, Erev Shabbat, Oct. 13, 2023
It has been a week since the war started, and I feel a need to write.
I am not a writer. I am not writing this for...
Pentagon Spox: ‘Our message to Israel is that we stand with you’
Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder has been close to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin since Hamas attacked Israel and Israel launched “Operation Swords of Iron” on Oct. 7.
The Biden administration has...
IDF chief Halevi vows to probe mistakes, ‘but now is the time for war’
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi admitted the army failed to protect Israel's citizens and properly guard the border fence with the Gaza Strip in a speech to reporters on Thursday.
That failure...
Older couple survives three Hamas assaults on home in Kibbutz Yitzhak
“You're not going out. You are not going out.”
Those were 63-year-old Vivian Roitman's fateful words to her 72-year-old husband Menachem on the morning of Oct. 7, after the Hamas terrorists who had ransacked their...
A desolate Sderot waits for the rockets to stop
SDEROT, Israel—This city, at its closest barely a half-mile from the Gaza Strip, lies forlorn, its storefronts shuttered and its tens of thousands of residents mostly gone.
An eerie hush, punctuated by the booms of...
Northern Israel shelters amid suspected Hezbollah infiltration
Air-raid sirens blared across northern Israel on Wednesday night amid claims of drones and paragliders crossing the border from Lebanon.
Alerts were set off in cities including Haifa, Tiberias, Beit She'an, Kiryat Shmona, Metula, Nahariya...
Jerusalem: Gaza op will leave Hamas with ‘zero’ military capabilities
The ongoing Israel Defense Forces offensive will leave Gaza's ruling Hamas terrorist organization with "zero military capabilities and zero motivation to carry out attacks" for decades, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Israeli government moves to shut down Al Jazeera’s local bureau
Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi initiated emergency regulations on Wednesday to shut down Al Jazeera's operations in Israel.
The regulations will be discussed at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday night.
A spokesperson from Karhi’s office declined JNS's request...
Israel’s leaders must act with absolute and unshakeable resolve
By nightfall on Oct. 7, several publications had reached out to me, asking me to write something about the horrendous events of that day. I was forced to tell them that I could not...
11 Americans killed in Hamas attacks
Hamas killed at least 11 American citizens in this weekend's surprise attack from Gaza, U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement on Monday.
Several other countries also reported their citizens are among the dead...