Tag: IDF
Two soldiers killed in action in Gaza; IDF death toll since Oct. 7 totals...
Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed in action in the Gaza Strip, the military announced on Wednesday.
One of the slain soldiers was named as Master Sgt. (res.) Yohay Hay Glam, 32, of the...
Why is it taking so long to destroy Hamas?
After 10 months of fighting, many ask why Hamas has not yet been destroyed and Israel’s war objectives have yet to be fully realized.
At the beginning of the war, some in the defense establishment...
Father of captive soldier pushes for bipartisan support in US
“We, the families of the hostages, would have wanted to see some calm in the region that would expedite the negotiations,” Ruby Chen, the father of American-Israeli IDF Sgt. Itay Chen, 19, told JNS on Sunday.
“But...
Israel tightens ring around still elusive Hamas leader
Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, 61, has abandoned the tunnels and taken to cross-dressing as a woman to escape detection, Britain’s Daily Express reported on Monday, leading social-media wags to dub the mastermind behind the Oct. 7...
The Israeli imperative to destroy myths, not just missiles
Israel’s preemptive strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon during the wee hours of Sunday morning temporarily shifted focus away from Hamas in Gaza and from the next round of bogus “ceasefire” negotiations in Cairo...
Gunshot evidence found in bodies of hostages recovered from Gaza
Bullet fragments were discovered in at least some of the corpses of six Israeli hostages retrieved from Khan Yunis in Gaza this week, according to information shared with their families.
This finding lends credence to the theory...
Like father, like son
After seven months fighting Hamas terrorists in Gaza with his elite military reserve unit, 32-year-old Eyal Ghanam is now heading to the country’s volatile northern border for a two-month stint.
For Ghanam, a member of...
IDF holds ‘day of readiness’ summit on northern front amid Iran threats
The Israel Defense Forces’ General Staff Forum, which includes around 30 of the military’s most senior commanders, held a “day of readiness” devoted to the northern front on Monday, the IDF said in a...
Six arrested trying to mark 19 years since disengagement in Gaza
sraeli security forces arrested six youths after dozens tried to breach the border with the Gaza Strip to conduct a Jewish prayer service there on Thursday morning.
The six who were detained were part of a...
IDF chief of staff: Sinwar’s new title ‘won’t absolve him’
Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar’s new role as head of the terrorist group’s politburo will not shield him from the Israeli security forces, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi...